STAFF
Yaritza Abrego
Associate Director, Volunteers & Partnerships
Phillip Carlisle
Director, Development
Nataliia Cherevko*
ESOL Specialist
Jessie Ebersole
Director, Programs
Lucila Gabiassi
Programs Associate
Myles Griffin*
Student Services Associate
Chris Griffiths
Director, Operations & Finance
Danna Gutman*
Data Analytics Specialist
Gabrielle Morrison
Student Services Manager
Shaheda Mujaddedi
Programs Associate
John Odenwelder
Executive Director
Xilin Yao
Programs Manager
*Indicates part-time status.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Kira Alvarez, Immediate Past Chair – Vice President Government Relations, Paramount Global
Clare Bresnahan English – CEO, New Leaders Council
Ashley Bryant-Baker, Vice Chair – Senior Lead Data Scientist, Booz Allen Hamilton
Mary Douglas – Journalist; attorney (retired)
Ann M. Gosier – Corporate public policy executive (retired)
Miaoru Guan, Treasurer – Sustainability Finance Analyst, Amazon Web Services
Aleshia Harding – Country Portfolio Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency
Laura Levine, Secretary – Attorney (retired)
Anu G. Mullick – Regional Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Planning, Johns Hopkins Health System
John Odenwelder, ex officio – Executive Director, Washington English Center
Margot Peet PhD, Chair – Language technology manager (retired)
Steve Seidel – Global environmental policy manager (retired)
Yanjia Wang – Director, Corporate Strategy, McKesson
ASSOCIATE BOARD
Laura Bloomer – Attorney
Chris Caporali – Oceanographer, U.S. Navy
Quinn Carr – Management Consultant, Bain & Company
Alex Cole – Senior, Accounting & Reporting Advisory, Deloitte
Nick Day – Founder & President, Odyssey Tutors
Hina M. Gir, Vice Chair – Director of Foreign Policy, SCSP
Jacqui Hatch – Program Consultant, American Institute for Foreign Study; MEd Candidate, George Washington University
Kimberly Henrickson – Attorney, Foley & Lardner LLP
Basia Jones, Chair – Senior Consultant, Oracle
Ashley Lantz – Executive Director, Brady PAC
Anthony Livshen, Secretary – Manager, McDermott+ Consulting
Kavitha Nambiar – Senior Ethics & Compliance Manager, GE
Dayanna Parra Woodall – Employment Services Advisor, Upwardly Global
Disha Dinesh Sahni – Technical Program Manager, Mastercard
Disha Sanwal – Student, University of Maryland, College Park
Ciara Williams – Immigration Specialist, Eliassen Group
ACADEMIC ADVISORY BOARD
Brock Brady
Claire Kevill, Chair – Workplace-based trainer
Sherry Lyons – University of Maryland Baltimore County
Emily Naber – DC Public Schools
Sherry L. Steeley – Georgetown University
Heather Tatton-Harris – Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School
Polina Vinogradova – American University
EMERITUS MEMBERS OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ellen Bennett
Amy F. Berger
Chip Brian-Horberg
Jennifer Browning*
Frances F. Butler
Karren DeSeve
Francis P. Dicello*
Mary Janice Dicello
Charles Dittrich
Johanna Mendelson Forman
Christopher Gerlach
Robin Hanerfeld
Susan K. Hattan
Sarah Hoagland
Alexia Kelley
Jeffrey Kelley
Joan Kerrigan
Joseph Khoury
Gerald Langan*
Bonnie Loeb
Tamera Luzzatto
Henry Lynch
Carlos Martin
Thea Mason
Sylvia Miller
Diane Mooney
Sharon Owens Johnson
Fabian Rosado
Erin Haskell Ross
Jocelyn Samuels
Karen Yudelson Sandler*
Robert Sledge
Liz Tisdale*
Elizabeth Werner
Natalie Wexler
Louise Wides
Diane Zipursky*
*Indicates past Board Chair