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Board & Advisory

Meet Our Talented Leadership Team!

Board of Directors

 

 

Dianne Lorenz, Chair of the Board of Directors

President and CEO, In Focus Foundation

Co-founder Womenade Bethesda

 

 

 

Joanne Clark, Vice-President

Program Officer with Meridian International

Owner of Late BloomersTM

 

 

 

Aida Mady

EWI Entrepreneur Graduate

Interior Designer and Owner, Cooking & Beyond

 

 

 

Drew Bewick, Co-Director of Entrepreneurship Programs

Managing Director, Tree House Ventures

 

 

 

 

Howard Feinstein, Esq.

Attorney, Musician and Author

 

 

 

 

Karen Kullgren

Contributing Editor and Marketing Executive, Washington Parent

Freelance Writer and Editor

 

 

 

Melissa Reitkopp

Director, Talent Acquisition for TalentHunter

 

 

 

 

Shirah Cohen, Co-Director Entrepreneurship Programs

Co-owner EPSScentral

 

 

 

 

Ann E. W. Stone, EWI Co-Founder and Chair Emeritus (Ex-officio)

President of The Stone Group

Co-Founder of the National Women’s History Month

 

 

 

Marga C. Fripp, EWI Founder and Executive Director

Social Entrepreneur, International Consultant

 

 

 

Advisory Board

 

 

Brian Hartman

Business Consultant

 

 

 

 

Deborah Blank Ph.D.

Design, Development and Entrepreneurship Consultant

 

 

 

 

Eileen Kessler

President and Founder of OmniStudio, Inc

 

 

 

 

 

Jeannie Schaughnessy Hodges

President of Fortunach Consulting

 

 

 

 

Kate Campbell Stevenson, Chair of the Board of Directors 2008-2012

Activist, Artist, and Producer of Women: Back to the Future

 

 

 

 

Mimi Hassanein

Executive Director, Learning Centers Management

 

 

 

Rosalie Smith

Educator

 

 

Sujata Bhat

DC Prep, Director of Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Council of Experts

 

 

Diana Katz

Founder of the Reston Giving Circle of HOPE

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ed Dougherty

SPHR, CLU, ChFC

President, Effective HR, LLC

 

 

 

Ken Moore

President and CEO of the Edmond Area Chamber of Commerce

 

 

 

 

Meera Wolfe

Writer and Dance Producer

 

 

 

 

Michelle Somerday

Independent Consultant

 

 

 

 

Rita Hummel Crowe

President, Leadership Advantage

 

 

 

 

Samantha Fraelich

Certified Financial Planner

Bernard R. Wolfe & Associates in Chevy Chase, MD

 

 

 

Sunanda K. Holmes, Esq.

Assistant Director for International Business Operations Compliance in the Controller’s Office at Johns Hopkins University

 

 

 

 

Tanya Edwards

Marketing and Client Relations Manager for E.Cohen and Company, CPAs