Board of Trustees

Rob Batarla

Chair

Board member since 2015

Education: College of William and Mary (BBA in Accounting); Old Dominion University (MBA)

Affiliations: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (CFO); Whitman Walker Health; American Physical Therapy Association; The American University; Hearth Foundation Board of Directors (Vice-Chair)

Karen Doyne

Vice Chair

Board member since 2018
Education: University of Minnesota (BAs in Theatre and Journalism)
Affiliations: Burson-Marsteller/BCW (consultant); Virginia Tech (consultant); Texas Presbyterian Hospital (consultant); Ketchum (consultant); Fleishman-Hillard (consultant); PBS (former Head of Media/Public Affairs); The Choral Arts Society of Washington (former Board member)

Navroz Gandhi

Treasurer

Board member since 2017

Education: Brown University; Harvard Business School

Affiliations: Constellation Energy Group; J.P. Morgan; Zoroastrian Association of Metropolitan Washington, Inc.; WAMU Community Council (Chair)

Belinda Elvan Nixon

Secretary

Trustee since 2021
Education:
 Stanford University; Georgetown University Law Center
Affiliations: Perkins Coie; Sidwell Friends School (Trustee); The Acceleration Project (President's Council); Maryland State Bar Association; Federal Communications Bar Association.

David Muse, Ex Officio


Marc Albert

Board member since 2018
Affiliations: US Department of Justice (Operating Trustee in Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 cases and former member of the litigation council Tax Division); Chapter 7 Trustee Panel in the District of Columbia; Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights practice group (Co-Chair); GWU Medical Faculty Associates (Board member); National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees (Board member); The George Washington University Textile Museum (Board member).

Jeremías Alvarez

Board member since 2019
Education: St. Edward’s University (Bachelor of Arts in Spanish/International Business); The University of Texas at Austin (Master of Public Affairs)
Affiliations: Guidehouse (Partner); US Department of Homeland Security; Federal Emergency Management Agency; Transportation Security Administration; IBM Global Business Services (former Senior Business Transformation consultant); Farm Credit Administration (former Presidential Management Fellow); US Department of Health and Human Services (former Presidential Management Fellow)

Susan L. Butler

Board member since 1992; Chair Emeritus
Affiliations: Washington Project for the Arts (former Board President); Lowell School (Board member); SMYAL (Board member); Washington and Lee University (Board member); the Corcoran Museum (Board of Overseers member); The Houston Chronicle (former Fine Arts reporter); Best Products Foundation; DC Court System (former mediator)

Rick Donaldson

Board member since 2023

Education: Cornell University (BA in History); The University of Chicago Law School (JD)

Affiliations: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP; the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals (Board member); Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company; Greater DC Cares and City Cares (Founding Board member)

Dr. Mark Epstein

Board member since 2017
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS and MS.in Electrical Engineering); Stanford University (PhD)
Affiliations: Qualcomm Incorporated (Senior Vice President); Office of the Secretary of the Army (former Deputy for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence); Northrop Corporation; Computer Sciences Corporation; MIT Council for the Arts (member); MIT Museum Board (Vice-Chair);  National Gallery of Art (Exhibition Circle Patron); MIT (Trustee); MIT Visiting Committee on Media Arts and Sciences (member); Washington Shakespeare Theater (Board member)

Mark W. Foster

Board member since 2012
Affiliations: Public Defender Service for District of Columbia (former staff attorney and Chief of Felony Trial division); Moore & Foster, PC (former partner); District of Columbia judicial conferences (voting delegate); The George Washington University Law School; the National Institute of Trial Advocacy; the continuing legal education program of the District of Columbia Bar

Jinny Goldstein

Board member since 2015

Susan L. Gordon

Board member since 2005
Education: Barnard College (BA); New York University Stern School of Business (MBA in International Economics)
Affiliations: The Research Board (former consultant); MCI Corporation; Intelstat (former director of marketing and corporate communications)

Renee Matalon

Board member since 2017
Education: Harvard College (major in Near Eastern Languages and Civilization); Harvard Law School (focus on law and international development)
Affiliations: DC Superior Court's Multi-Door dispute resolution program (family mediator); Matalon & Nathani, LLP (founder); General Counsel’s Office of the US Agency for International Development;  Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation's Capital (Board member); Tifereth Israel Congregation (Board member and officer); Harvard and Radcliffe Clubs of Washington, DC (Board member and officer)

Dr. Dayna Bowen Matthew

Board member since 2023

Education: Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University (AB in Economics); University of Virginia (JD); University of Colorado at Denver (PhD in Health and Behavioral Sciences)

Affiliations: George Washington University Law School; George Washington University’s Equity Institute

Larry Naake

Board member since 2012; Chair Emeritus
Education: University of California, Berkeley (Economics and Political Science major); California State University in Sacramento (graduate work in Political Science)
Affiliations: NACo Financial Services Center (Consultant); National Academy of Public Administration (Fellow); Sacramento County Executive’s Office (former intern); California Park and Recreation Society (former Executive Director); California State Association of Counties (former CEO); National Association of Counties (former CEO)

Jamie C. Pate

Board member since 2017
Education: Princeton University (History major); Harvard Business School
Affiliations: Chemical Bank; Citibank; Donaldson; Lufkin & Jenrette; Credit Suisse; UBS; Lloyds Bank

Katy Kunzer Rosenzweig

Board member since 2018
Education: Northern Illinois University; University of Maryland (BA in Political Science, summa cum laude); Georgetown University Law School (JD)
Affiliations: Antitrust Division of the Office of the Maryland Attorney General; Baker and Hostetler; American Chemistry Council

The Honorable Carol Schwartz

Board member since 2023

Education: University of Texas (BS in Special and Elementary Education)

Affiliations: DC Board of Education; US Department of Education (consultant); DC Council (At-Large member, 1985-1989 and 1997-2009); Metropolitan Police Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs; Whitman Walker Clinic; Jewish Council for the Aging; Washington Animal Rescue League; Kennedy Center Community Advisory Board; National Council of the National Museum of the American Indian; Hattie M. Strong Foundation

Teresa Schwartz

Board member since 2012
Education: Stanford University (BA); George Washington University (JD)
Affiliations: George Washington University Law School (former Professor of Public Interest Law); former White House Fellow; Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission (former Deputy Director); YWCA of the National Capital Area (Board member); Consumer Reports (former Board member); the White House Fellows Association (former Board member); the DC Bar (former Board member); the Food and Drug Law Institute (former Board member); the Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention (former Board member); the Administrative Law Review (former Board member); American Bar Association (Fellow); Bar of the District of Columbia (member)

Luz Blancas Sevak

Board member since 2019
Education: Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey (BS and MSc); Harvard business School (MBA)
Affiliations:  Monitor Group (former consultant); Loyola University and Elmhurst College (former adjunct faculty); Mindset Globel (co-founder)

Steven A. Skalet

Board member since 2008
Education: University of Rochester; University of Pennsylvania Law School
Affiliations: A banking and real estate law firm; Mehri and Skalet, PLLC (founder)

Barney Shapiro

Board member since 2023
Education: Syracuse University

Bobbi Terkowitz

Board member since 2002; Chair Emeritus
Affiliations: IBM; Department of Anthropology at the University of Cambridge; Professor Sir Jack Goody (former copy-editor of his books); African Wildlife Federation (former volunteer)

Terry Theologides

Board member since 2020
Education: Princeton University; Columbia Law School
Affiliations: Fannie Mae (Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary); O’Melveny and Meyers LLP (former corporate attorney)

Robert Tracy

Board member since 2010
Education: Cornell University; Columbia Law School
Affiliations: Robinson, Silverman, Pearce; Willkie, Farr, and Gallagher; The National Housing Partnership; Recapitalization Advisors; Washington DC Jewish Community Center (Board member);  Georgetown Day School (former Trustee); Helen Hayes Award (former judge); Theater J (Board member)

Amy Weinberg

Trustee since 2017
Education: McGill University; MIT (PhD in linguistics)
Affiliations: The University of Maryland (former Professor at Linguistics Department and Institute for Advanced Computer Studies); Hope Connections for Cancer Support; the U.S. government (former consultant); the All Stars Project (Board member)