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FOUNDATIONS OF THE CONGRESS

Let's build a bigger table.

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

COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY

INDUSTRY

PUBLIC SECTOR

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ACADEMIA

Allison Fansler

K-12 Advisor

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ACADEMIA

Dr. Andrew Flagel

President & CEO

Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area

(Ex Officio)

Academia

ACADEMIA

Dr. Wayne Frederick

President

Howard University

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ACADEMIA

Dr. Anne M. Kress

President

Northern Virginia Community College

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ACADEMIA

Dr. Darryll J. Pines

President

University of Maryland

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ACADEMIA

Dr. Gregory Washington

President

George Mason University

ACADEMIA

President

Prince George’s Community College

Dr. Falecia D. Williams

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COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY

Rosie
Allen-Herring

 President & CEO

United Way of the National Capital Area

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Community and Philanthropy
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COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY

Rich Bendis

President & CEO

BioHealth Innovation

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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

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COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY

Bob Buchanan

Principal

Buchanan Partners 

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COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY

Carol Thompson Cole

President & CEO

Venture Philanthropy Partners

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COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY

President & CEO

Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce

Julie Coons

COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY

President & CEO

Leadership Greater Washington

Doug Duncan

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COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY

Ed Grenier

President & CEO

Junior Achievement of Greater Washington

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COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY

Larysa Kautz

President & CEO

Melwood

COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY

President

The Brookings Institution

Amy Liu

COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY

Jack McDougle

President & CEO

Greater Washington Board of Trade

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COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY

President & CEO

Goodwill of Greater Washington 

Catherine Meloy

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COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY

Founder & Executive Director, DC Tech & Venture Coalition (DCTAV)

Kevin Morgan

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COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY

Radha Muthiah

President & CEO

Capital Area Food Bank

COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY

President

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Deborah Rutter

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COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY

Kelly Schulz

CEO

Maryland Tech Council

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COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY

Stu Solomon

 CEO

Connected DMV

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COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY

Jennifer Taylor

President & CEO

Northern Virginia Technology Council

COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY

Tonia Wellons

President & CEO

Greater Washington Community Foundation

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COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY

Mieka Wick

Executive Director

The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation

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INDUSTRY

Sameer Bhargava

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Clark Construction

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INDUSTRY

Jeremy Blank

Greater Washington  Managing Partner

Deloitte

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Industry
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COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY

Hon. Anthony Williams

CEO & Executive Director

Federal City Council

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INDUSTRY

Partner

PA Consulting

Mallik Angalakudati

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INDUSTRY

Group President of the Americas

Marriott

Liam Brown

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INDUSTRY

Member at Large

KPMG

(retired)

Jerry Carlson

INDUSTRY

Independent Consultant

James Cook

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INDUSTRY

Jill DeGraff

Managing Member

Aperture Law Group

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INDUSTRY

James W. Dyke Jr.

Sr. Advisor,

State Government Relations

McGuireWoods Consulting

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INDUSTRY

President & CEO

Destination DC

Elliott Ferguson

INDUSTRY

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

AARP

Scott Frisch

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INDUSTRY

Nora Gardner

Managing Partner, Washington DC

McKinsey & Company

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Tim Gillis

INDUSTRY

Chesapeake Market Hub Leader & Office Managing Partner

KPMG

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INDUSTRY

Jermaine Johnson

Regional President, Greater Washington and Virginia

PNC Financial Services Group

INDUSTRY

Brian Kenner

Head of HQ2 Policy & Economic Development

Amazon

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INDUSTRY

President & Managing Director of Operations

APCO Worldwide

Evan Kraus

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INDUSTRY

Evelyn Lee

Greater Washington Regional President

Truist

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INDUSTRY

CEO

TEDCO

Troy A.
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INDUSTRY

Tony Lewis

Region Vice President, Public Policy

Verizon

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INDUSTRY

President & CEO

Children's National Hospital

Kurt Newman

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INDUSTRY

Rodney Oddoye

Senior Vice President-Governmental, Regulatory & External Affairs

Pepco Holdings

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INDUSTRY

 Market President & Publisher

Washington Business Journal

Alex Orfinger

INDUSTRY

Vice President & Site Executive

Micron Technology

Delbert Parks

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INDUSTRY

Amita Poole

Director, WW Entitlements, Public Policy - Economic Development

 Amazon

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INDUSTRY

Evan Regan-Levine

Executive Vice President

JBG SMITH

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INDUSTRY

Partner