STAFF & BOARDS
Staff:
- Yaritza Abrego, Associate Director, Volunteers
- Claudia Belloso, Student Services Manager
- Xilin Yao*, Student Services Associate
- Phillip Carlisle, Director, Development
- Sarahim Davila, Community Outreach Manager
- Jessie Ebersole, Director, Academic Programs
- Chris Griffiths, Interim Director, Student Services
- Danna Gutman*, Academic Programs Associate
- Nataliia Cherevko*, ESOL Specialist
- John Odenwelder, Executive Director
- Kendall Silwonuk, ESOL Manager
- Rufina Torrez*, Student Services Associate
* Indicates part-time status. To contact a member of the WEC team, simply click on their title above.
Board of Directors:
- Kira Alvarez, Chair – Vice President Government Relations, Paramount Global
- Clare Bresnahan English – CEO, New Leaders Council
- Chip Brian-Horberg – Attorney
- Ashley Bryant-Baker – Senior Lead Data Scientist, Booz Allen Hamilton
- Mary Douglas – Journalist; attorney (retired)
- Ann M. Gosier – Corporate public policy executive (retired)
- Miaoru Guan – Sustainability Finance Analyst, Amazon Web Services
- Aleshia Harding, Treasurer – Country Portfolio Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency
- Laura Levine, Secretary – Attorney (retired)
- Henry Lynch – Senior Vice President, Morgan Stanley
- Anu G. Mullick – Executive Director, Regional Clinical Programs, Johns Hopkins Health System
- John Odenwelder, ex officio – Executive Director, Washington English Center
- Sharon Owens Johnson – Chief of Staff, Fannie Mae
- Margot Peet PhD, Vice Chair – Language technology manager (retired)
- Steve Seidel – Global environmental policy manager (retired)
- Diane Zipursky, Immediate Past Chair – Co-founder, Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network; attorney (retired)
Associate Board:
- Clara Dragone – US Army, Retired (Medical); Virtual Teacher, LearnToBe
- Hina M. Gir – Director of Foreign Policy, SCSP
- Kelly Grogg – Research and User Services Librarian, George Washington University
- Jacqui Hatch – Program Consultant, American Institute for Foreign Study; MEd Candidate, George Washington University
- Basia Jones, Chair – Senior Principal Consultant, Oracle
- Anthony Livshen – Consultant, The Lewin Group
- Elizabeth Madjlesi – Program Director, Upwardly Global
- Kavitha Nambiar – Senior Ethics & Compliance Manager, GE
- Dayanna Parra Woodall – Attorney
- Anne Prusky – Senior Manager, OneTable
- Sebastián Schuff – President, Global Center for Human Rights
- Taylor Shaw, Vice Chair – Management consultant
- Youmna Sirgi – MBA Candidate, Oxford University
- Jenny Xiao, Secretary – Senior Consultant, Deloitte
- Tim Zimmer – Fine artist
Academic Advisory Board:
- 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 Members of the Board of Directors:
- 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
- Alexia Kelley
- Jeffrey Kelley
- Joseph Khoury
- Gerald Langan
- Stephanie G. Lawson
- Bonnie Loeb
- Tamera Luzzatto
- Carlos Martin
- Thea Mason
- Sylvia Miller
- Diane Mooney
- Fabian Rosado
- Erin Haskell Ross
- Jocelyn Samuels
- Karen Yudelson Sandler
- Robert Sledge
- Liz Tisdale
- Elizabeth Werner
- Natalie Wexler
- Louise Wides