STAFF
Yaritza Abrego
Associate Director, Programs
Phillip Carlisle
Director, Development
Nataliia Cherevko*
ESOL Specialist
Jessie Ebersole
Director, Programs
Leideen Escobar-Hernández
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 – Senior Director-Women in the Workplace Innovation Challenge, The Aspen Institute
Ashley Bryant-Baker, Vice Chair – Senior Lead Data Scientist, Booz Allen Hamilton
Mary Douglas – Journalist; attorney (retired)
Brad Fresia – Lawyer and independent director
Miaoru Guan, Treasurer – Sustainability Finance Analyst, Amazon Web Services
Aleshia Harding – Country Portfolio Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency
Minal Damani Kundra – Managing Director, 1000 Urban Scholars
Laura Levine, Secretary – Attorney (retired)
Nay Lin – Product Manager and Data Architect-Senior Risk Manager, Capital One
Barbara M. McGarey – Government public health lawyer (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)
Griselda Sanchez – Associate Director-Project Management, Merck
Steve Seidel – Global environmental policy manager (retired)
Santosh Viswanadham – Strategy and Operations leader
Yanjia Wang – Director-Corporate Strategy, McKesson
ASSOCIATE BOARD
Argus Bacskocky — Manager of Documents & Requisitions, House of Representatives
Laura Bloomer – Attorney
Quinn Carr – Management Consultant, Bain & Company
Nick Day – Founder & President, Odyssey Tutors
Hina M. Gir, Vice Chair – Director of Foreign Policy, SCSP
Kimberly Henrickson – Attorney, Foley & Lardner, LLP
Samantha Hubner – Government AI Advisor
Basia Jones – Senior Consultant, Oracle
Ashley Lantz – Executive Director, Brady PAC
Anthony Livshen, Chair – Manager, McDermott+
Ellena Nasiri — Student, George Washington University School of Business
Shruti Nayak — Policy Analyst, Urban Institute
Karina Quintiliano — Fashion Designer
Palak Sabbineni — Head of Success, SwitchPitch
Disha Dinesh Sahni – Technical Program Manager, Mastercard
Disha Sanwal – Student, University of Maryland, College Park
Jillian Wellborn — Account Manager, Amazon.com, Inc.
Ciara Williams, Secretary – Immigration Specialist, Eliassen Group
ACADEMIC ADVISORY BOARD
Brock Brady, Chair Emeritus
Claire Kevill, Chair – Service Workers Training & Education Partnership
Sherry Lyons – University of Maryland Baltimore County
Emily Naber – DC Public Schools
Soo Park – English Empowerment Center
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
Ann M. Gosier
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