Board

OVERVIEW

Board of Directors

Washington, DC’s top executives across economic and business development support WDCEP to boost our economic ecosystem, and help cultivate jobs, services and quality of life for businesses across the city. WDCEP is honored by the leadership and guidance of its prestigious Board of Directors.

Co-Chairs

Keith A. Anderson

CO-CHAIR

Interim Deputy Mayor, DC Office of Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development

Mike O’Hara

CO-CHAIR

Partner, Bohler DC

Richard Lake

CO-CHAIR EMERITUS

Managing Principal, Roadside

Executive Committee

Chad Shuskey

Interim President & CEO

WDCEP

Anita Butani

VICE CHAIR

Project Executive & Division Lead, HRGM Corporation

Olivia Byrne

OUTSIDE COUNSEL

Partner, K&L Gates

Caroline Kenney

SECRETARY

Managing Director of Public-Private Ventures, Urban Atlantic

Timothy Veith

TREASURER

Regional President, Executive Vice President, United Bank

Sybongile Cook

DMPED REPRESENTATIVE

Director of Business Development & Strategy, DC Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development

Mitchell Weintraub

Managing Partner, Cordia Partners

Board of Directors

Joseph Askew

Vice President, Government Relations

Verizon

Jack Boarman

Founder & CEO

BKV Group DC

Kristina Bouweiri

President & CEO

Reston Limousine

Dan Carr

Regional Vice President

Comcast Business

Anita Cozart

Interim Director

DC Office of Planning

Tiffany Crowe

Acting Director

DC Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection

Colette Dafoe

DC Office Managing Partner

Nixon Peabody

Liz DeBarros

Interim CEO

DC Building Industry Association

Josh Etter

Senior Vice President, Development

Foulger-Pratt

Jennifer Eugene

Sr. Manager, Account Sales and Emerging Technologies

Washington Gas

LaToya Foster

Acting Director

Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment

Aileen Fuchs

Executive Director

National Building Museum

Angie M. Gates

President & CEO

Events DC

David Germakian

Managing Director

EDENS

Brian J. Hanlon

Acting Director

Department of Buildings

David Hargadon

SVP | Regional Vice President

TD Bank

Roslyn Hopkins-Fernandes

Director of Account Management, Major Accounts & Public Sector Markets

United Healthcare

Stanley Jackson

President & CEO

Anacostia Economic Development Corporation

James Lerner

President

Gelberg Signs

Valencia McClure

Vice President of Governmental and External Affairs and Pepco Region President

Pepco

Omar McIntosh

Executive Vice President

Smoot Construction

Kristina Noell

Executive Director

Anacostia Business Improvement District

Altmann R. Pannell

Director of Government Relations

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.

Hailey Patel

Senior Account Director

Microsoft

William Rich

President

Transwestern Delta Associates

Michael Rupert

Interim Chief Technology Officer

DC Office of the Chief Technology Officer

Tara Scanlon

Partner | Practice Group Leader

Holland & Knight

Shawn Seaman

President

Hoffman & Associates

Joseph Torraca

Vice President of Sales & Business Development

RCN Business

Kristi Whitfield

Director

DC Department of Small & Local Business Development

Karima Woods

Commissioner

DC Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking