Leadership

STAFF 

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Yaritza Abrego

Associate Director, Programs

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Phillip Carlisle

Director, Development

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Nataliia Cherevko*

ESOL Specialist

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Jessie Ebersole

Director, Programs

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Leideen Escobar-Hernández

Programs Associate

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Myles Griffin*

Student Services Associate

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Chris Griffiths

Director, Operations & Finance

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Danna Gutman*

Data Analytics Specialist

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Gabrielle Morrison

Student Services Manager

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Shaheda Mujaddedi

Programs Associate

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John Odenwelder

Executive Director

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Xilin Yao

Programs Manager

* Indicates part-time status.

To contact a member of the WEC team, simply click on their picture above.


BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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    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

    Susanne K. Bennet
    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