2012 DC Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee
2012 Chair
Matt Klein
Akridge
President
Immediate Past Chair
Gina Adams, Esq.
FedEx Corporation
Corp. Vice President
Chair Elect
Antwanye Ford
Enlightened, Inc.
Co-President
1st Vice Chair
Chester Burrell
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
President & CEO
2nd Vice Chair
Ralph Bazilio, CPA
Thompson, Cobb, Bazilio & Associates, P.C.
President & COO
Treasurer
Chris Wiggan, CPA
Mitchell & Titus, LLP
Partner
Secretary
Regina Knox-Woods
MedStar Health, LLPHC
VP, Government Affairs Washington, DC
General Counsel
Alethia Nancoo, Esq.
Hogan Lovells
Partner
Audit
James P. Martinko, CPA, Esq.
Reznick Group
Co-Office Managing Partner
Government Affairs
Roger K. "J.R." Clark, Esq.
Squire, Sanders, Dempsey, LLP
Partner
Government Affairs
Neil Albert
Holland & Knight
Senior Policy Advisor
Membership
Susan B. Hepner, CPA
RAFFA, P.C.
Partner
Membership
Mark Rothman
MYTA Corporation
Founder
Workforce Development
Catherine Meloy
Goodwill of Greater Washington
President & CEO
Workforce Development
Roderic L. Woodson, Esq.
Holland & Knight
Partner & Co-Chair, DC Practice Group
Development
A. Scott Bolden, Esq.
Reed Smith, LLP
Managing Partner – Washington, DC Office
Develpoment
Maria Tildon
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Board-at-Large
Richard Alexander, Esq.
Arnold & Porter, LLP
Partner
Board-at-Large
Rosie Allen Herring
Fannie Mae Partnership Office
National Director of Community and Charitable Giving
Barbara B. Lang
DC Chamber of Commerce
President & CEO
2012 Board of Directors
Jim Abdo
Abdo Development LLC
President & CEO
Claude E. Bailey, Esq.
Venable, LLP
Partner
Eliot F. Battle, Jr., MD
Cultura Cosmetic Dermatology & Laser Center
CEO & Founder
Lisa A. Bell, Esq.
Jackson & Campbell, P.C.
Partner
Robert Bobb
Robert Bobb Group
President & CEO
Jackie Bradford
NBC-4, WRC-TV Local Media
President & General Manager
Donella Brockington
ACS, A Xerox Company
Vice President, Business Development
Karen Campbell
Verizon – Washington, DC
Vice President & Chief Policy Officer
Joe Clarke
EagleBank
Senior Vice President
Donna Cooper, Esq.
PEPCO
Vice President
Matt Cromwell, CPA
BDO Seidman, LLP
Senior Manager/Assurance Services
Garry Curtis
Hager Sharp, Inc.
President & CEO
Bill Dean
M.C. Dean
President & CEO
Bernard Demczuk, PhD
The George Washington University
Vice President, DC Affairs
Cherrie Doggett
Doggett Enterprises, Inc.
President
Patrick Doyle
Pfizer
Director
Maureen Dwyer, Esq.
Goulston & Storrs
Partner
David Gatling
PNC Bank
Senior Vice President
Eric Grant
Washington Gas
Vice President, Corporate Relations
Michele V. Hagans
Fort Lincoln New Town Corporation
President & CEO
Ken Hostetter
Wells Fargo
Vice President
Marilyn Kawamura
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc.
President
Joe McHugh
Amtrak
VP, Government Affairs and Corporate Communications
Marianne Niles, Esq.
Coleman Niles and Associates
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Chris Paradissis
Giant Food, LLC
Regional Vice President of Sales & Operations
Larry Parrish
Bank of America
Senior Vice President & Consumer Market Executive
Donna Rattley-Washington, Esq.
Comcast of the District
Vice President, Government Affairs DC Metro
Kelvin Robinson
EmergeDC, LLC
President & CEO
Rynthia Rost, Esq.
GEICO Direct
Vice President, Public Affairs
Jeff Rubery
BB&T
Senior Vice President
Allen Sessoms, PhD
University of the District of Columbia
President & CEO
"B." Smith
B. Smith Enterprises
Founder & Chief Creative Officer
Mike Sigal
GCS, Inc.
President
Ben Soto
Premium Title & Escrow
President & CEO
Jarvis C. Stewart
Ian Reid, LLC
Chairman & Managing Partner
Ex-Officio Past Chairs
Stephen Porter
Past Board Chair 2010
Arnold & Porter, LLP
Alex Orfinger
Past Board Chair 2009
Washington Business Journal
Kate Carr
Past Board Chair 2008
Cardinal Bank
Anthony A. Lewis
Past Board Chair 2007
Verizon – Washington, DC
Natalie Ludaway, Esq.
Past Board Chair 2005
Leftwich & Ludaway, PLLC
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Esq.
Past Board Chair 2004
The George Washington University
Hugh Panero
Past Board Chair 2003
Charlene Drew-Jarvis, PhD
Past Board Chair 2002
Southeastern University
B. Doyle Mitchell
Past Board Chair 2001
Industrial Bank, N.A.
Ex-Officio Board Members
Alice Rivlin, PhD
The Brookings Institution
Director
Margaret Stewart
Chair Emetrius
Stewart Funeral Homes
Gail Edwards
DC Building Industry Association (DCBIA)
Executive Vice President
Lynne Breaux
Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington
President
Robert A. Malson, Esq.
District of Columbia Hospital Association
President