LEADERSHIP AND STAFF

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

John Odenwelder
jodenwelder@washingtonenglish.org
(202) 387-2412

STAFF

Jessie Ebersole, Director of Academic Programs,  jebersole@washingtonenglish.org

Kyaira Ware, Director of Volunteer Programs, kware@washingtonenglish.org

Chris Griffiths, Operations Manager, cgriffiths@washingtonenglish.org

Claudia Belloso, Student Affairs Manager   cbelloso@washingtonenglish.org

Liz Daley, Director of Development and Communications  ldaley@washingtonenglish.org

Renee McKie, Director of Employment Programs, rmckie@washingtonenglish.org

Sheeva Harris, Program Coordinator   coordinator@washingtonenglish.org

Daniel Snyder, Weekend Program Coordinator  weekend@washingtonenglish.org

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  • Kira Álvarez
  • Joy Cook
  • Clare Bresnahan English
  • Chip Brian-Horberg
  • Mary Douglas, Secretary
  • Aleshia Harding
  • Sharon Owens Johnson, Treasurer
  • Joan Kerrigan, Vice-Chair
  • Laura Levine
  • Margot Peet
  • Erin Haskell Ross
  • Roberta Shapiro
  • Elizabeth Tisdale, Chair
  • Diane Zipursky

ASSOCIATE BOARD

  • Garrett Berntsen
  • Rachel Buczynski, Vice Chair
  • Davon Collins
  • Haley Freeman
  • Alana Garellek, Chair
  • Jennifer Griffiths
  • Chris Hart, Secretary
  • Rohita Javangula
  • Basia Jones
  • Allison Kirsch
  • Alex Lescroart
  • Jason McMahon
  • Annie Partika
  • Taylor Shaw
  • Patrick Urda
  • Naria Willis

ACADEMIC ADVISORY BOARD

  • Brock Brady, Chair, Peace Corps
  • Emily Becketti, REEP (Arlington Education and Employment Program)
  • Claire Kevill, Workplace-Based Trainer
  • Sherry Lyons, University of Maryland Baltimore County
  • Emily Naber, DC Public Schools
  • Mary Spanarkel, Center for Applied Linguistics
  • Sherry L. Steeley, Georgetown University
  • Heather Tatton-Harris, Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School
  • Polina Vinogradova, American University

EMERITUS BOARD MEMBERS

  • Susanne K. Bennet
  • Ellen Bennett
  • Amy F. Berger
  • Jennifer Browning
  • Frances F. Butler
  • Karren DeSeve
  • Francis P. Dicello
  • Mary Janice Dicello
  • Charles Dittrich
  • Johanna Mendelson Forman
  • Robin Hanerfeld
  • Susan K. Hattan
  • Sarah Hoagland
  • Robert Kanchuger
  • Jeffrey Kelley
  • Joseph Khoury
  • Edward R.M. Kane
  • Alexia Kelley
  • Gerald Langan
  • Stephanie G. Lawson
  • Bonnie Loeb
  • Tamera Luzzatto
  • Carlos Martin
  • Thea Mason
  • Sylvia Miller
  • Diane Mooney
  • Fabian Rosado
  • Jocelyn Samuels
  • Karen Yudelson Sandler
  • Robert Sledge
  • Elizabeth Werner
  • Natalie Wexler
  • Louise Wides