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

Sarah Jackson
Sarah’s entire career has centered around empowering Public Sector organizations through technology and enterprise software solutions. Currently, Sarah is a Senior Vice President at Dataminr where she leads a global team of customer success specialists and architects who help government customers use Dataminr’s real-time AI platform to detect the earliest signals of high-impact events and emerging risks from within publicly available data.
Prior to joining Dataminr, Sarah spent a combined 25 years as a General Manager at Microsoft and a Vice President at Oracle.
PAST CHAIR
Jackie Bradford
President and General Manager, NBC4 Washington
VICE CHAIRS
Marcia Carlucci
Chairman, Prevent Cancer
Bryan N. Corbett
President and CEO, Managed Funds Association
Diane Lewis
Associate Broker, Washington Fine Properties – The Lewis Team
Manny Ortiz
Founder, VantageKnight, Inc.
Dan Waldman
Partner, Arnold & Porter
Secretary
Andrea Rice
President & Co-Founder, CareerCore
Treasurer
Shaza L. Andersen
Founder and CEO of Trustar Bank
DIRECTORS
Yvette Alexander
President & CEO, Y. Alexander & Associates LLC
Anthony (Tony) Applewhaite
Partner, Brunswick Group LLC
Andy Blocker
Head of US Government Affairs, Invesco
Jackie Bradford
President and General Manager, NBC4 Washington
Ralph J. Caccia
Partner, Wiley LLP
Drew Cantor
Partner, Peck Madigan Jones
Peter Davidson
Deputy Dean for Strategic Initiatives, Scalia Law School, George Mason University
Jon Decker
White House Correspondent, Gray Television
Kenneth Edmonds
Legislative Director at the National Football League
DD Eisenberg
Non Profit Board Member
Shariff Elsheikh
Managing Director NorGlobe LLC
Stephanie Evans
Corporate Partner, WilmerHale
Nichole Francis Reynolds
Vice President and Global Head of Government Relations, ServiceNow
David Gollob
CEO at Barnes International, Inc.
Marcella A. Jones
CEO, Giving Back Jones Family Foundation
Stephanie Lilley
Non Profit Board Member
Miguel Noyola
Partner, Baker McKenzie
Diane O’Toole
Consultant, Diane O’Toole, LLC
Thomas L. Riesenberg
former Deputy General Counsel, Ernst & Young LLP
H’Cone Thompson
Tennis Professional, St. Albans Tennis Club
Andy Vermilye
Vice President, Fidelity Investments
Joe Weissfeld
Director of Medicaid Initiatives, Families USA
Emeritus Directors
Hon. John Breaux
Director and Senior Partner,
Crossroads Strategies
John A. Harris
President, Potomac Ventures, Inc.
Hon. Paul Ignatius
Former Secretary of the Navy
James Ritzenberg
President, SR Management Company
Advisors
Harvey M. Applebaum
Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
Jerry J. Jasinowski
Former President, National Association of Manufacturers
Thomas Kuhn
President, Edison Electric Institute
David Wilmot
Partner, Harmon and Wilmot LLP
Peter B. Work
Former Partner, Crowell & Moring
FOUNDER