Board of Directors

Co-Chairs

Nina Albert

CO-CHAIR

Deputy Mayor's Office for Planning and Economic Development

Mike O’Hara

CO-CHAIR

Partner, Bohler DC

Richard Lake

CO-CHAIR EMERITUS

Roadside Development

Executive Committee

Derek Ford

President & CEO

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biography

Derek Ford serves as the Partnership’s President & CEO, where he creates, defines, and executes strategic vision for emerging neighborhoods in the District.

He also serves as a liaison between WDCEP, DMPED, and the business and entrepreneurial communities. Previously, Mr Ford was Chairman of the DC Housing Finance Agency and a lobbyist/consultant for companies doing business in DC. Additionally, he serves on the Boards of: Community Family Life Services, African American Real Estate Professionals, NC A&T State University Board of Visitors, and the DC Democratic State Committee.

Anita Butani

VICE CHAIR

Project Executive & Division Lead, HRGM Corporation

Olivia Byrne

OUTSIDE COUNSEL

Partner, K&L Gates

David Hargadon

Treasurer

SVP, Regional Vice President, TD Bank

Caroline Kenney

SECRETARY

Managing Director of Public-Private Ventures, Urban Atlantic

Sybongile Cook

DMPED REPRESENTATIVE

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

Mitchell Weintraub

Partner, Outsourcing and Resources, Cherry Bekaert

Board Of Directors

Joseph Askew

Vice President, Government Relations

Jack Boarman

Founder & CEO

Kristina Bouweiri

President & CEO

Reston Limousine

Dan Carr

Regional Vice President

Comcast Business

Wendy Freeman Carr

Managing Director

Anita Cozart

Director

DC Office of Planning

Tiffany Crowe

Director

Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection

Colette Dafoe

DC Office Managing Partner

Liz DeBarros

CEO

DC Building Industry Association

Jennifer Eugene

Sr. Manager, Account Sales and Emerging Technologies

LaToya Foster

Director

Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment

Aileen Fuchs

Executive Director

National Building Museum

Angie M. Gates

President & CEO

David Germakian

Managing Director

Brian J. Hanlon

Director

Department of Buildings

Roslyn Hopkins-Fernandes

Director of Account Management, Major Accounts & Public Sector Markets

United Healthcare

Stanley Jackson

President & CEO

Anacostia Economic Development Corporation

James Kelly

Senior Vice President, Development

James Lerner

President

Everett Lott

Vice President of Federal, State, and Local Affairs

Valencia McClure

Vice President of Governmental and External Affairs and Pepco Region President

Omar McIntosh

Executive Vice President

Smoot Construction

Michael McPhillips

Vice President of Business Solutions

Astound Broadband

Stephen Miller

Interim Chief Technology Officer at the Office

Office of the Chief Technology Officer

Kristina Noell

Executive Director

Anacostia Business Improvement District

Altmann R. Pannell

Director of Government Relations

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.

Hailey Patel

Senior Account Director

William Rich

President

Transwestern Delta Associates

Kenyattah Robinson

President & CEO

Mount Vernon Triangle BID

Tara Scanlon

Partner | Practice Group Leader

Holland & Knight

Shawn Seaman

President | Hoffman & Associates

Hoffman & Associates

Rosemary Suggs-Evans

Acting Deputy Director

Karima Woods

Commissioner

DC Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking

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