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 — Senior Lead Data Scientist - Booz Allen Hamilton
Brad Fresia — Attorney; 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 — Attorney (retired)
Nay Lin — Senior Risk Manager - Capital One
Barbara M. McGarey, Secretary — Government public health lawyer (retired)
Anu G. Mullick, Vice Chair — 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 — Senior Director, Strategic Business Development - McKesson
ASSOCIATE BOARD
Taylor Adams — Public Policy and Legislative Intern - Connecticut Conference of Municipalities
Argus Bacskocky — Manager of Documents and Requisitions - U.S. House of Representatives
Jessica Berger — Director of Communications - Center for Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health
Quinn Carr — Management Consultant - Bain & Company
Nick Day — Founder & President - Odyssey Tutors
Baylee Easterday — IVLP Program Officer - World Learning
Hina M. Gir — Director of Foreign Policy - SCSP
Bruce Hamilton — Executive Director - Roadway Safety Foundation
Samantha Hubner — Government AI Advisor
Brian Johnson — Government Contractor
Ashley Lantz — Executive Director - Brady PAC
Amy Lillis — Foreign Policy Professional
Anthony Livshen, Chair — Manager - McDermott+
Eugenia Loseva — International Relations Professional
Chrissy McCurdy — Senior Manager, Global Food Practice - TechnoServe
Margaret Munthali — Resource Development Associate - National Fair Housing Alliance
Shruti Nayak — Policy Analyst - Urban Institute
Karina Quintiliano — Fashion designer
Palak Sabbineni — Head of Success - SwitchPitch
Disha Dinesh Sahni — Technical Program Manager - Mastercard
Iryna Tiasko — Events & Special Projects Associate - Manufacturing Institute
Jillian Wellborn, Vice Chair — Account Manager - Amazon.com, Inc.
Ciara Williams, Secretary — Manager, Immigration - Eliassen Group, LLC
Brendan Wilmont — Senior Consultant - FTI Consulting
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
Mary Douglas
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