Officers, Committee Members & Representatives
Printer-friendly versionOfficers of the Meeting
(1 year terms)
| Co-Clerk | Gene Throwe |
| Co-Clerk | Betsy Bramon |
| Recording Clerk | Debby Churchman |
| Treasurer | Robert Meehan |
| Assistant Treasurer | David Miller |
| Financial Coordinator | Bill Foskett |
| Recorder | Barbara Briggs |
Special Positions
(1 year terms)
| Librarian | Michael North | |
| Historians | Chris Wickham | Hayden Wetzel |
Administrative & Maintenance Staff
| Administrative Secretary | Barbara Briggs | |
| Acting Event and Rental Manager | Brian Lutenegger | |
| Property Manager | Ken Orvis | |
| Bookkeeper | Jo-anne Williams-Barnes | |
| Youth Program Coordinators | Michael Beer | Cait Hone |
Board of Trustees
(Six year terms run through the years specified)
|
2019 |
2021 |
2023 |
2024 |
| Jim Bell | Virginia Avanesyan | Dan Dozier (Clerk) | Elaine Wilson |
| Mary Campbell | John Scales | William Foskett | Chris Wickham |
| Robin Appleberry | Mark Haskell | Bruce Kellogg | |
| Martha Solt | |||
| Faith Williams |
Standing Committees
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(3 year terms run through the years specified)
| Child Safety Committee | ||
| Term expires end of: | ||
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Nicole Else-Quest | Virginia Avanesyan, Clerk | |
| Kim Acquaviva | ||
| Ken Forsberg | ||
| Tom Yonker | ||
| Ex-officio members: Michael Beer, Youth Program Coordinator | ||
| Ex-officio member: Shannon Hughes, Clerk, Religious Education Committee (through 2019) | ||
| Finance & Stewardship Committee | ||
| Term expires end of: | ||
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Merry Pearlstein | Letty Coffin | Bill Foskett, Clerk |
| Neil Froemming | Bill Strein | Chris Mitchell |
| Jennifer Jenkins | ||
| John Bluedorn | ||
| Grant Thompson | ||
| Ex officio member: Bob Meehan, Treasurer (through 2019) | ||
| Ex-officio member: Bill Foskett, Financial Coordinator (through 2019) | ||
| Ex-officio member: Barbara Briggs, Administrative Secretary | ||
| Healing and Reconciliation Committee | ||
| Term expires end of: | ||
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Ken Orvis, Clerk | Janet Dinsmore | Betsy Bramon |
| Ylene Larsen | ||
| Zoe Plaugher | ||
| Hospitality Committee | ||
| Term expires end of: | ||
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Clerk - VACANT | Kathy Lipp Farr | Andrea Bryant |
| Margot Greenlee | Susan Nelson | |
| Jane Edgerton, Friendly Office Presence Coordinator | ||
| Library Committee | ||
| Term expires end of: | ||
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Faith Williams, Clerk | Judy Hubbard | Lucy Norman |
| Ana Rodriguez | Frank Weiss | |
| Abby Thomsen, emeritus | ||
| Patrick Lynam, emeritus | ||
| Ex officio member: Michael North, Librarian (through 2019) | ||
| Ex officio member: Elizabeth Nyman, Liaison member from Records and Handbook | ||
| Marriage and Family Relations Committee | ||
| Term expires end of: | ||
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Gray Handley, Clerk | Carrie Mitchell | Debby Churchman |
| James Bell | Diane White | |
| Membership Committee | ||
| Term expires end of: | ||
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Janet Dinsmore | Robert Farr, Clerk | |
| Marcia Reecer | Gray Handley | |
| Joe Izzo | Judy Hubbard, Recording Clerk | |
| Zoe Plaugher | ||
| Ministry and Worship Committee | ||
| Term expires end of: | ||
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bill Foskett | Greg Robb, Clerk | Steve Chase |
| Malachy Kilbride | Bertie Rossert | Nicole Else-Quest |
| Marsha Holliday | Sabrina McCarthy | |
| Nominating Committee | ||
| Term expires end of: | ||
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Byron Sandford | Megan Telfair | Todd Harvey, Clerk |
| Martha Solt | ||
| Ex officio member: Rebecca Nelson (Young Adult Friends Co-convenor) | ||
| Peace and Social Concerns Committee | ||
| Term expires end of: | ||
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Elaine Wilson, Clerk | Beth Cogswell | |
| Rashid Darden | Scott Breeze | |
| Victor Freeman | Gerry Fitzgerald | |
| Susan Meehan | Barbara Briggs | |
| Galina Sergen | Chad Dobson | |
| Debby Churchman | ||
| Ex officio member: Jean Capps, American Friends Service Committee Liaison (through 2019) | ||
| Ex officio member: Elaine Wilson, Friends Committee on National Legislation Liaison (through 2019) | ||
| Personal Aid Committee | ||
| Term expires end of: | ||
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Mary Melchior, clerk | Tom Libbert | |
| Hayden Wetzel | ||
| Personnel Committee | ||
| Term expires end of: | ||
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Marsha Holliday | Bill Strein, clerk | |
| Justin Kwong | ||
| Ed Hustead | ||
| Ex officio member: Gene Throwe, Presiding Clerk (through 2019) | ||
| Property Committee | ||
| Term expires end of: | ||
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| David Miller | Merry Pearlstein, Clerk | |
| Justin Kwong | ||
| Matt Higgins | ||
| Ex officio member: Ken Orvis, Property Manager | ||
| Ex officio member: Event and Rental Manager | ||
| Ex officio member: Finance & Stewardship committee member | ||
| Records and Handbook Committee | ||
| Term expires end of: | ||
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Beth Cogswell, Clerk | Chris Wickham | |
| Mark Kawar | Elizabeth Nyman | |
| Mary Lou Schram | ||
| Ex officio member: Hayden Wetzel, Historian (through 2019) | ||
| Ex officio member: Barbara Briggs, Recorder (through 2019) | ||
| Religious Education Committee | ||
| Term expires end of: | ||
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Shannon Hughes | Rob Vaughn | |
| Jacob Ritting, Co-Clerk | Allen Fawcett, Co-Clerk | |
| Susi Remold | Marissa Yeakey | |
| Julie Johnson | ||
| Ex officio members: Michael Beer and Cait Hone, Youth Program Coordinators | ||
Special Committees
(unspecified term length unless indicated otherwise)
| Garden Committee | |||
| (one year term) | |||
| Mark Haskell, Clerk | |||
| Bruce Kellogg | |||
| Gene Throwe | |||
| Mary Jane Simpson (D.C.) Scholarship Fund | |||
| Terms expire end of 2019: | |||
| JE McNeil | Barbara Monahan | Anne Kendall, Clerk | |
| Abby Thomsen | Bill Strein | ||
| Mary Walcott-Lucy Foster Educational Fund | |||
| Terms expire end of 2019: | |||
| Bruce Kellogg, Clerk | |||
| Search Committee (One year term, October to September) | |||
| Arne Paulsen | Michael Beer | ||
| Ex officio member: Gene Throwe, Presiding Clerk (through 2019) | |||
| Ex officio member: Barbara Briggs, Administrative Secretary | |||
| Capital Improvement Task Force | |||
| (no specific term specified) | |||
| Neil Froemming, Co-Clerk | C.J. Lewis | ||
| Merry Pearlstein, Co-Clerk | Ylene Larsen | ||
| Ex officio member: Ken Orvis, Property Manager | |||
| Capital Campaign Committee | |||
| (no specific term specified) | |||
| Byron Sandford | Susan Griffin, Co-Clerk | Meg Greene, Co-Clerk | |
| Mark Haskell | Merry Pearlstein | Neil Froemming | |
| Ylene Larsen | Susan Nelson | Elise Storck | |
| Dante Bucci | |||
| Committee Structure | |||
| Meg Greene | Chris Wickham | Todd Harvey, clerk | |
| Beth Cogswell | |||
| Friendly Office Presence Coordinator | |||
| Jane Edgerton | |||
| Harrassment, Ad Hoc | |||
| Elaine Wilson, clerk | Zoe Plaugher | ||
| Betsy Bramon | Gray Handley | ||
| Greg Robb | |||
| Liz Pomerlau | |||
| Hunger and Homelessness Task Force | |||
| Gray Handley | Brad Green | Steve Brooks, Co-clerk | |
| C.J. Lewis, Co-Clerk | Betsy Bramon | ||
| Information Technology | |||
| Neil Froemming, Clerk | Katie Breslin | Brian Lutenegger | |
| Andrew Hall | Brad Green | Daniel Dozier | |
| C.J. Lewis | Mackenzie Morgan | Bill Foskett | |
| Ex-officio member: Barbara Briggs, Administrative Secretary | |||
| Ex-officio members: Ken Orvis, Property Manager | |||
| Pastoral Care Working Group | |||
| Marsha Holliday | |||
| Race, Taskforce (under Peace and Social Concerns Committee) | |||
| David Ethridge, clerk | Debby Churchman | ||
| Sanctuary Taskforce (under Peace and Social Concerns Committee) | |||
| Rebecca Harris, co-clerk | Rebecca Nelson, co-clerk | ||
| Jim Bell | |||
| Sustainability and Climate Action Taskforce | |||
| Brian Lutenegger | |||
| Young Adult Friends | |||
| Rebecca Nelson, co-convenor | Joe D'Antonio, co-convenor | ||
Representatives to Other Organizations
(One-year or three-year terms, as indicated)
Quaker Organizations |
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| Meeting Liaisons | |||
| American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) - 2 year term through 2019 | Ylene Larsen | ||
| American Friends Service Committee-DC - 1 year term through 2019 | Steve Chase | ||
| Baltimore Yearly Meeting Ministry and Pastoral Care Committee - unspecified term | Blair Forlaw | ||
| Friends Committee on National Legislation - 1 year term through 2019 | Elaine Wilson | ||
| Friends United Meeting - 1 year term | J.E. McNeil | ||
| Right Sharing of World Resources - 1 year term through 2019 | Karen Grisez | ||
| Interfaith Council of Metro Washington - unspecified term | Chad Dobson | ||
| Friends Non-Profit Housing, Inc. Board - 3 year term | |||
| Dan Dozier | |||
| School for Friends Board (3 year term, July-June) | |||
| Through June 2019 | |||
| Michael Cronin | |||
| William Penn House Board - 2 year term | |||
| Vacant | |||
Non-Quaker Organizations |
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| Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2-D - 1 year term | |||
| Michael North | |||
| DC Council of Churches (Representative to Annual Meeting) | |||
| Susan Meehan | |||