Officers, Committee Members & Representatives

Officers 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

Visit our committees page to learn more about our committees. Consider volunteering your talents by joining a committee!

(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	Alex Matthews
	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	Krystin Sinclair, co-convenor

Representatives to Other Organizations

(One-year or three-year terms, as indicated)

	Quaker Organizations
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
Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2-D - 1 year term
Michael North

DC Council of Churches (Representative to Annual Meeting)
Susan Meehan
Bill Strein

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