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Last year, Connected DMV and its regional partners created the organization’s COVID-19 Strategic Renewal Task Force that brought the region together with a mission of improving the long-term social, physical, and digital infrastructures for inclusive economic growth and renewal across the entire DMV region.
What the strategic initiatives and the last year of collaboration by the Task Force has revealed is that this kind of cross-sector, co-equal collaboration works. As such, the Task Force has agreed to make this model sustainable and transition to a new body called the DMV Regional Congress. Its role will be to serve as an enduring body in the region, representing academia, industry, the public sector, community, and philanthropy and ensure that all representatives have a co-equal seat at the table to continue the work already underway to bring further economic renewal and social equity to the region, as well as considering and approving new initiatives to solve some of the region’s greatest challenges.
Members of the Regional Congress represent a cross-jurisdictional group of leaders in academia, community and philanthropy, industry, and the public sector. Keep scrolling to learn more about them.
ACADEMIA
Allison Fansler
President
KIPP DC
ACADEMIA
Dr. Andrew Flagel
President & CEO
Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area
ACADEMIA
Dr. Wayne Frederick
President
Howard University
ACADEMIA
Dr. Anne M. Kress
President
Northern Virginia Community College
ACADEMIA
Ronald Mason, Jr.
President
The University of the District of Columbia
ACADEMIA
Dr. Darryll J. Pines
President
University of Maryland
ACADEMIA
Dr. Gregory Washington
President
George Mason University
ACADEMIA
President
Prince George’s Community College
Dr. Falecia D. Williams
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
Rosie
Allen-Herring
President & CEO
United Way of the National Capital Area
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
Rich Bendis
President & CEO
BioHealth Innovation
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
David Bowers
VP & Mid-Atlantic Market Leader
Enterprise Community Partners
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
President & CEO
The Economic Club of Washington, D.C.
Mary Brady
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
Bob Buchanan
President
The 2030 Group
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
Carol Thompson Cole
President & CEO
Venture Philanthropy Partners
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
President & CEO
Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Julie Coons
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
President & CEO
Leadership Greater Washington
Doug Duncan
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
Ed Grenier
President & CEO
Junior Achievement of Greater Washington
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
David Harrington
President & CEO
Prince George's Chamber of Commerce, representing DMV Chambers of Commerce
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
Interim President
The Brookings Institution
Amy Liu
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
Jack McDougle
President & CEO
Greater Washington Board of Trade
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
President & CEO
Goodwill of Greater Washington
Catherine Meloy
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
Radha Muthiah
President & CEO
Capital Area Food Bank
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
Martin Rosendale
CEO
Maryland Tech Council
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
Deborah Rutter
President
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
Stu Solomon
President & CEO
Connected DMV
Jennifer Taylor
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
President & CEO
Northern Virginia Technology Council
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
Tonia Wellons
President & CEO
Greater Washington Community Foundation
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
Mieka Wick
Executive Director
The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation
INDUSTRY
Sameer Bhargava
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Clark Construction
INDUSTRY
Group President of the Americas
Marriott
Liam Brown
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
Hon. Anthony Williams
CEO & Executive Director
Federal City Council
INDUSTRY
Member at Large
KPMG
(retired)
Jerry Carlson
INDUSTRY
Vice President,
Strategic Engagement and Partnerships
The MITRE Corporation
James Cook
INDUSTRY
Jill DeGraff
Managing Member
Aperture Law Group
INDUSTRY
James W. Dyke Jr.
Sr. Advisor,
State Government Relations
McGuireWoods Consulting
INDUSTRY
President & CEO
Destination DC
Elliott Ferguson
INDUSTRY
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
AARP
Scott Frisch
INDUSTRY
Nora Gardner
Managing Partner, Washington DC
McKinsey & Company
Tim Gillis
INDUSTRY
Chesapeake Market Hub Leader & Office Managing Partner
KPMG
INDUSTRY
Jermaine Johnson
Regional President, Greater Washington and Virginia
PNC Financial Services Group
INDUSTRY
Brian Kenner
Head of HQ2 Policy & Economic Development
Amazon
INDUSTRY
President & Managing Director of Operations
APCO Worldwide
Evan Kraus
INDUSTRY
Evelyn Lee
Greater Washington Regional President
Truist
INDUSTRY
Tony Lewis
Region Vice President, Public Policy
Verizon
INDUSTRY
President & CEO
Children's National Hospital
Kurt Newman
INDUSTRY
Rodney Oddoye
Senior Vice President-Governmental, Regulatory & External Affairs
Pepco Holdings
INDUSTRY
Market President & Publisher
Washington Business Journal
Alex Orfinger
INDUSTRY
Delbert Parks
Vice President & Site Executive
Micron Technology
INDUSTRY
Carla Grant Pickens
Global Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
IBM
INDUSTRY
Evan Regan-Levine
Executive Vice President
JBG SMITH
INDUSTRY
Partner
K&L Gates
Manny Rouvelas
INDUSTRY
Ruth
Williams-Brinkley
Regional President,
Mid-Atlantic States
Kaiser Permanente
PUBLIC SECTOR
Dr. C. Anneta Arno
Director,
Office of Health Equity
DC Health
PUBLIC SECTOR
Executive Director
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
Chuck Bean
PUBLIC SECTOR
Michael Gill
Secretary of Commerce State of Maryland
(Ex Officio)
PUBLIC SECTOR
President & CEO
Fairfax County Economic Development Authority
Victor Hoskins
PUBLIC SECTOR
Glenn Blanchette
Regional Emergency Coordinator
US Department of Health and Human Services
(Ex Officio)
PUBLIC SECTOR
John Falcicchio
Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development
District of Columbia
PUBLIC SECTOR
President & CEO
Prince George's County Economic Development Corporation
David Iannucci
PUBLIC SECTOR
Kim Kadesch
Director, Office of National Capital Region Coordination
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(Ex Officio)
PUBLIC SECTOR
Eugene D. Kinlow
Director of the Office for Federal and Regional Affairs
Executive Office of the Mayor, District of Columbia
PUBLIC SECTOR
Caren Merrick
Secretary of Commerce & Trade, Commonwealth of Virginia
(Ex Officio)
PUBLIC SECTOR
Maj. Gen. Allan M. Pepin
Commanding General
Joint Task Force National Capital Region
(Liaison)
PUBLIC SECTOR
President & CEO Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
John E. Potter
PUBLIC SECTOR
William Ryan
Regional Director
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
(Ex Officio)
PUBLIC SECTOR
Ricky Smith
Executive Director & CEO
BWI Marshall Airport and MDOT MAA
PUBLIC SECTOR
President & CEO
Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation
Bill Tompkins
PUBLIC SECTOR
Hon. Todd M. Turner
Council Member
Prince George's County Council
PUBLIC SECTOR
General Manager & CEO
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Paul J. Wiedefeld
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