Officers, Committee Members & Representatives
Printer-friendly versionOfficers of the Meeting
(1 year terms)
| Co-Clerk | Debby Churchman |
| Co-Clerk | Rebecca Nelson |
| Recording Clerk | Amanda Nadeau Mayer |
| Treasurer | David Miller |
| Assistant Treasurer | |
| Financial Coordinator | |
| Recorder | Barbara Briggs |
Special Positions
(1 year terms)
| Librarian | ||
| Historians | Chris Wickham | Hayden Wetzel |
Administrative & Maintenance Staff
| Administrative Secretary | Barbara Briggs | |
| Event and Rental Manager | Brian Lutenegger | |
| Property Manager | Ken Orvis | |
| Bookkeeper | Jo-Anne Williams-Barnes | |
| Youth Program Coordinators | Cait Hone |
Board of Trustees
(Six year terms run through the years specified)
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2021 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
| Virginia Avanesyan | Dan Dozier | Elaine Wilson | |
| Robin Appleberry | William Foskett | Chris Wickham | |
| 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: | ||
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Virginia Avanesyan, Clerk | Chris Mitchell | |
| 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: | ||
| 2020 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Letty Coffin | Bill Foskett | Dan Dozier, Clerk |
| Bill Strein | John Bluedorn | Neil Froemming |
| Jennifer Jenkins | Merry Pearlstein | |
| Grant Thompson | Dante Bucci | |
| Ex officio member: David Miller, Treasurer (through 2020) | ||
| Ex-officio member: **, Financial Coordinator | ||
| 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: | ||
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Juanita Cribbwade | Bill Parker-clerk (1 yr) | |
| Galina Sergen | Greg Robb | |
| Library Committee | ||
| Term expires end of: | ||
| 2020 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Judy Hubbard | Lucy Norman | Gene Throwe (clerk, 2020) |
| 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: | ||
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Gray Handley, | ||
| James Bell - Clerk | Danielle Carnes | |
| Petra'Rahim Carnes | ||
| Beth Cogswell | ||
| Arlene Lutenegger | ||
| 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 | Kathy Lipp Farr | |
| Beth Cogswell | ||
| Ministry and Worship Committee | ||
| Term expires end of: | ||
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Marsha Holliday, Clerk, | Sabrina McCarthy | Joe D'Antonio |
| Bertie Rossert | Joe Izzo | |
| Bill Foskett | Tom Yonker | |
| Ann Herzog | ||
| Nominating Committee | ||
| Term expires end of: | ||
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Martha Solt, Clerk | Todd Harvey | Gene Throwe |
| Megan Telfar | Joe D'Antonio | Michael Beer |
| Ex officio member: Rebecca Nelson (Young Adult Friends Co-convenor) | ||
| Peace and Social Concerns Committee | ||
| Term expires end of: | ||
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Elaine Wilson, Co-Clerk | ||
| Barbara Briggs, Co-Clerk | ||
| Chad Dobson | ||
| Beth Cogswell | ||
| Gerry Fitzgerald | ||
| 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: | ||
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Mary Melchior, clerk (2019?) | Greg Robb | |
| Tom Libbert | ||
| Hayden Wetzel | ||
| Personnel Committee | ||
| Term expires end of: | ||
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Bill Strein, Clerk | ||
| Ed Hustead | ||
| Ex officio member: Gene Throwe, Presiding Clerk (through 2019) | ||
| Property Committee | ||
| Term expires end of: | ||
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Merry Pearlstein, Co-Clerk | James Bell | |
| Justin Kwong, Co-Clerk | Jay Harris | |
| Matt Higgins | Tom Yonker | |
| Jose Woss | ||
| 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: | ||
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Beth Cogswell, Acting Clerk | Chris Wickham | Mark Kawar |
| Elizabeth Nyman | ||
| Mary Lou Schram | ||
| Ex officio member: Hayden Wetzel, Historian (through 2020) | ||
| Ex officio member: Barbara Briggs, Recorder (through 2020) | ||
| Religious Education Committee | ||
| Term expires end of: | ||
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Allen Fawcett, Co-Clerk | ||
| Jacob Ritting, Co-Clerk | ||
| Rob Vaughn | ||
| Marissa Yeakey | ||
| Julie Johnson | ||
| Ex officio members: Cait Hone, Youth Program Coordinator, Virginia Avanesyan, Child Safety Committee | ||
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 | Sabrina McCarthy (clerk) | David Etheridge | |
| William Parker | Liz Pomerleau | Emilie Schmeidler | |
| Roseanna Stanton | Gene Throwe | ||
| Race, Taskforce (under Peace and Social Concerns Committee) | |||
| David Ethridge, clerk | Debby Churchman | ||
| Working Group on Clearness Committees | |||
| Petra-Rahim Carnes, clerk | Barbara Briggs | Danielle Carnes | |
| David Etheridge | Gray Handley | Marsha Holliday | |
| Ken Orvis | William Parker | Emilie Schmeidler | |
| Roseanna Stanton | |||
| 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 | |||
| Tom Yonker |
| Grant Thompson |
| Megan Telfair |