OUR BOARD
Our accomplished Board of Directors gives us an unusual depth and breadth of talent to advance our mission, guide the organization’s strategic growth, and help fund our programs.
Chair
Manuel Ortiz, Founder, VantageKnight, Inc.
Founder of VantageKnight, Manuel Ortiz is a prominent Democratic strategist and widely recognized as one of Washington’s top lobbyists. Manuel has frequently been featured in national media for his lobbying acumen, including CNN, The New York Times, the National Law Journal, Washingtonian Magazine, and The Hillnewspaper where he was profiled as a top lobbyist nine years in a row.
Prior to law and politics, Manuel enjoyed a distinguished tennis career playing professionally in the ATP Tour, serving as Captain of the University of Kansas team and a member of the Puerto Rican Davis Cup team. Manuel is married to Kristin Solheim and together they have four kids.
Past Chair
Dalbert B. Ginsberg, Managing Member, Ginsberg Boyd CPAs PLLC
Vice Chairs
Hon. John Breaux, Senior Counsel, Squire Patton Boggs
Sarah Jackson, General Manager, Microsoft
Hon. Henry Kennedy, Former US District Court DC Judge
David W. Wilmot, Partner, Harmon and Wilmot LLP
Secretary
Wendy Gasch, Ophthalmologist
Treasurer
Tom Kuhn, President, Edison Electric Institute
President
Rebecca Crouch-Pelham
Directors
Richard L. Amador, Senior Vice President, Capital One Bank
Shaza L. Andersen, President & CEO, WashingtonFirst Bank
Connie N. Bertram, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLC
Andy Blocker, Head of US Government Affairs, Invesco
Jackie Bradford, President and General Manager, NBC4 Washington
Marcia Carlucci, Chairman, Prevent Cancer
Bryan Corbett, Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
Habib Debs, President and CEO, Advanced Technology Systems Company (ATSC)
Hon. Norman Dicks, Senior Policy Advisor, Van Ness Feldman
DD Eisenberg, Non Profit Board Member
David J. Frantz, Partner, Conlon, Frantz & Phelan, LLP
Bill Gardepe, VP Government Relations, General Dynamics
Hon. Constance Harriman-Whitfield, Senior Policy Adviser, Humane Society Legislative Fund
Marcella A. Jones, CEO, Giving Back Jones Family Foundation
Anne B. Keiser, Professional Photographer
Diane Lewis, Associate Broker, Washington Fine Properties – The Lewis Team
Stephanie Lilley, Non Profit Board Member
Tanya Lombard, Assistant Vice President, Public Affairs, AT&T
Sharon Marcil, Senior Partner & Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group
Bernard Moens, Partner, PwC
Michael Moussa-Adamo, Ambassador to U.S. from Gabon
George T. Myers, President, GTM Architects
Diane O’Toole, Consultant, Diane O’Toole, LLC
Andrea Rice, President & Co-Founder, CareerCore
Thomas L. Riesenberg, former Deputy General Counsel, Ernst & Young LLP
James Ritzenberg, President, SR Management Company
Melissa Robinson, Senior Manager, Corporate Responsibility, Hilton Worldwide
David S. Rubin, Director, Deloitte
Terry Rusch, former Director, Office of Admissions in the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of State
Harry Sporidis, Senior Policy Advisor, Polsinelli
H’Cone Thompson, Tennis Professional, St. Albans Tennis Club
Bobby Thomson, Head of U.S. Government Relations, Visa, Inc.
Dan Waldman, Partner, Arnold & Porter
Candi P. Wolff, Executive Vice President and Head of Global Government Affairs, Citi
WTEF East Board Members
Richard Aguglia, former Partner, Hunton & Williams LLP
Wendy Gasch, Ophthalmologist
Tom Kuhn, President, Edison Electric Institute
Emeritus Directors
John A. Harris, President, Potomac Ventures, Inc.
Hon. Paul Ignatius, Former Secretary of the Navy
Albert Ritzenberg, Former Director, St. Albans Tennis Club
Advisors
Harvey M. Applebaum, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
Peter B. Work, Former Partner, Crowell & Moring
Richard L. Aguglia, Former Counsel, Hunton & Williams LLP
Jerry J. Jasinowski, Former President, National Association of Manufacturers
Founder
Stanley M. Rumbough, Jr.