MEMBER BUZZ - October 2019

Highlighting the Latest Successes and Accomplishments of LGW Members
 

Class of 1998

Kojo Nnamdi (’98) to host the National Caribbean American Heritage Awards on Nov 22

Class of 1999

Calvin L. Smith ('99) honored as Volunteer of the Year at the 2019 Annual YMCA Celebration

Class of 2002

Kim Rhim (’02) named Nonprofit Leader of the Year at the Greater Washington Community Foundation’s 2019 Civic Leadership Awards

Jane Levey (’02), DC’s Chief Historian describes what DC was like when the city last hosted a World Series in 1933

Class of 2003

Eric Koefoot (’03) to open a second Public Relay office in Ireland

Class of 2004

RAMW CEO Kathy Hollinger ('04) recognized by WBJ as a 2019 CEO of the Year and C-Suite Awards honoree

Class of 2006

Robert Bobb (’06) featured in an Oakland story on his role in the origins of Nationals baseball coming to DC

Class of 2011

Liz Price (’11) will succeed Lisa Rother (’18) as Executive Director of the Urban Land Institute's Washington chapter

Class of 2012

Angela Alsobrooks honored as a 2019 Visionary Leader Awardee by the Washington Area Women's Foundation 

Class of 2013

Neil Albert (’13) to serve as chairman of the new DowntownDC Foundation, a vehicle for philanthropic initiatives

Class of 2014

Tammy Mann ('14) honored as a 2019 Visionary Leader Awardee by the Washington Area Women's Foundation 

Cindy Condyles ('14) appointed to the Board of Directors of Academy of Hope Adult Public Charter School 

Class of 2015

Michelle McGuire (’15) now heading international programs at Children’s National as VP, International Affairs

Cameron Gilreath (’15) opening the first-ever DC office for Sony Pictures Entertainment as Head of Federal Affairs

Lynne Ford (’15) was recently named President and CEO Of ICMA-RA a non-profit financial services company for public sector retirement plans

Jonathan Aberman (’15) appointed dean of the Marymount University School of Business and Technology

Darrell Darnell (’15) named Vice President of Venue Security and Threat Managemen for the Madison Square Garden Company

Stephanie Shane (’15) oversees merger growing Humane Rescue Alliance to a regional organization with the opening of three NJ locations

Lecester Johnson (’15) selected for the David Bradt Nonprofit Leadership Award from the Greater Washington Community Foundation

Tamara Wilds Lawson ('15) appointed to the Board of Directors of Academy of Hope Adult Public Charter School 

Class of 2017

Ris Lacoste (’17) is celebrating 20 years at the helm of her eponymous restaurant Ris, and was included in a Washington Post Magazine feature on 20 years of DC dining

Class of 2019

Steven Carter ('19) appointed permanent Deputy Director of Facility Operations for the Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission

Congratulations to our inspiring leaders included in the 2019 "Power 100" list in the Washington Business Journal: 

Rosie Allen-Herring ('02)

Irma Becerra ('20)

Richard Bynum ('13) 

Doug Duncan ('15) 

Tracy Sayegh Gabriel ('20) 

Nicky Goren ('13) 

Kim Horn ('15) 

Victor Hoskins ('16) 

Anthony Pierce ('02) 

Nicole Quiroga ('08) 

Kyle Schoppmann ('19) 

Andy Shallall ('17" 

Tony Williams ('98) 

In recognition of our exceptional leaders named to Washington Magazine's "150 Most Powerful Women in Washington" list:

Rosie Allen-Herring ('02) 

Angela Alsobrooks ('12) 

Muriel Bowser ('13) 

Mary Brady ('09) 

Monica Goldson ('18) 

Nicky Goren ('13) 

Kim Horn ('15) 

Linda Mathes ('98)

Linda Rabbitt ('89) 

Monica Schmude ('20) 

Kyle Schoppmann ('19)