STAFF & BOARDS
Staff:
- Yaritza Abrego, Associate Director, Volunteers & Partnerships
- Phillip Carlisle, Director, Development
- Claudia Challih, Student Services Manager
- Nataliia Cherevko*, ESOL Specialist
- Sarahim Davila, Associate Director, Students & Partnerships
- Jessie Ebersole, Director, Programs
- Myles Griffin*, Student Services Associate
- Chris Griffiths, Director, Operations & Finance
- Danna Gutman*, Data Analytics Specialist
- John Odenwelder, Executive Director
- Alejandro Rizo*, Community Outreach and Design Associate
- Xilin Yao, Programs Manager
- Maryam Yousufi*, Programs 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)
- Anu G. Mullick – Regional Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Planning, 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)
Associate Board:
- Laura Bloomer – Attorney
- Chris Caporali – Oceanographer, U.S. Navy
- Quinn Carr – Management Consultant, Bain & Company
- Alex Cole – Senior, Accounting & Reporting Advisory, Deloitte
- Nick Day – Founder & President, Odyssey Tutors
- Hina M. Gir, Vice Chair – Director of Foreign Policy, SCSP
- Jacqui Hatch – Program Consultant, American Institute for Foreign Study; MEd Candidate, George Washington University
- Kimberly Henrickson – Attorney, Foley & Lardner LLP
- Basia Jones, Chair – Senior Consultant, Oracle
- Ashley Lantz – Executive Director, Brady PAC
- Anthony Livshen, Secretary – Consultant, The Lewin Group
- Y.S.M. – Volunteer Teacher, Washington English Center
- Kavitha Nambiar – Senior Ethics & Compliance Manager, GE
- Dayanna Parra Woodall – Employment Services Advisor, Upwardly Global
- Disha Dinesh Sahni – Technical Program Manager, Mastercard
- Disha Sanwal – Student, University of Maryland, College Park
- Ciara Williams – Immigration Specialist, Eliassen Group
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
- Christopher Gerlach
- Robin Hanerfeld
- Susan K. Hattan
- Sarah Hoagland
- Alexia Kelley
- Jeffrey Kelley
- Joan Kerrigan
- Joseph Khoury
- Gerald Langan
- Stephanie Lawson
- Bonnie Loeb
- Tamera Luzzatto
- Henry Lynch
- 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
- Diane Zipursky, Immediate Past Chair