FOUNDATIONS OF THE CONGRESS
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.
The 51-member Task Force, representing the CEOs of 17 regional organizations along with leaders from academia, industry, the public sector, community, and philanthropy convened monthly to approve 13 region-wide key initiatives that address economic renewal and social equity in response to the pandemic in 10 key areas that are critical to making an impact on some of our region’s most vulnerable communities: technology and connectivity, finance, workforce development, education, public safety, transportation, food and water, energy, healthcare and housing.
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
President
KIPP DC
ACADEMIA
President & CEO
Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area
ACADEMIA
President
Howard University
ACADEMIA
President
Northern Virginia Community College
ACADEMIA
President
The University of the District of Columbia
ACADEMIA
President
University of Maryland
ACADEMIA
President
George Mason University
ACADEMIA
President
Prince George’s Community College
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
President & CEO
United Way of the National Capital Area
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
President & CEO
BioHealth Innovation
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
VP & Mid-Atlantic Market Leader
Enterprise Community Partners
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
President & CEO
The Economic Club of Washington, D.C.
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
President
The 2030 Group
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
President & CEO
Venture Philanthropy Partners
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
President & CEO
Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
President & CEO
Leadership Greater Washington
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
President & CEO
Prince George's Chamber of Commerce, representing DMV Chambers of Commerce
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
Vice President and Director
Brookings
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
President & CEO
Greater Washington Board of Trade
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
President & CEO
Goodwill of Greater Washington
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
President & CEO
Capital Area Food Bank
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
CEO
Maryland Tech Council
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
President & CEO
Connected DMV
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
President & CEO
Northern Virginia Technology Council
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
President & CEO
Greater Washington Community Foundation
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
Executive Director
The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation
COMMUNITY & PHILANTHROPY
CEO & Executive Director
Federal City Council
INDUSTRY
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Clark Construction
INDUSTRY
President
Ellume USA
INDUSTRY
Group President of the Americas
Marriott
INDUSTRY
Member at Large
KPMG
(retired)
INDUSTRY
Vice President,
Strategic Engagement and Partnerships
The MITRE Corporation
INDUSTRY
Managing Member
Aperture Law Group
INDUSTRY
Sr. Advisor,
State Government Relations
McGuireWoods Consulting
INDUSTRY
President & CEO
Destination DC
INDUSTRY
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
AARP
INDUSTRY
Managing Partner, Washington DC
McKinsey & Company
INDUSTRY
Chesapeake Market Hub Leader & Office Managing Partner
KPMG
INDUSTRY
Regional President, Greater Washington and Virginia
PNC Financial Services Group
INDUSTRY
Corporate Vice President & Chief Strategy and Development Officer
Northrop Grumman
INDUSTRY
Head of HQ2 Policy & Economic Development
Amazon
INDUSTRY
President & Managing Director of Operations
APCO Worldwide
INDUSTRY
Greater Washington Regional President
Truist
INDUSTRY
Region Vice President, Public Policy
Verizon
INDUSTRY
President & CEO
Children's National Hospital
INDUSTRY
Vice President & Site Executive
Micron Technology
INDUSTRY
Global Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
IBM
INDUSTRY
Executive Vice President
JBG SMITH
INDUSTRY
Partner
K&L Gates
INDUSTRY
President & CEO
Pepco Holdings
INDUSTRY
Regional President,
Mid-Atlantic States
Kaiser Permanente
PUBLIC SECTOR
Director,
Office of Health Equity
DC Health
PUBLIC SECTOR
Regional Emergency Coordinator
US Department of Health and Human Services
(Ex Officio)
PUBLIC SECTOR
Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development
District of Columbia
PUBLIC SECTOR
Secretary of Commerce
Commonwealth of Virginia
(Ex Officio)
PUBLIC SECTOR
Executive Director
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
PUBLIC SECTOR
President & CEO
Fairfax County Economic Development Authority
PUBLIC SECTOR
President & CEO
Prince George's County Economic Development Corporation
PUBLIC SECTOR
Director, Office of National Capital Region Coordination
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(Ex Officio)
PUBLIC SECTOR
Director of the Office for Federal and Regional Affairs
Executive Office of the Mayor, District of Columbia
PUBLIC SECTOR
Commanding General
Joint Task Force National Capital Region
(Liaison)
PUBLIC SECTOR
President & CEO Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
PUBLIC SECTOR
Regional Director
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
(Ex Officio)
PUBLIC SECTOR
Secretary of Commerce
State of Maryland
(Ex Officio)
PUBLIC SECTOR
Council Member
Prince George's County Council
PUBLIC SECTOR
General Manager & CEO
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
PUBLIC SECTOR
President & CEO
Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation
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