Columns DCWatch Elections Government and People Budget issues Organizations |   Agenda describes itself as "a private organization created [in 1995] tobring together people, institutions and resources from the private, non-profit, and government sectors to address the pressing issues in Washington. It provides information, technical assistance and resources to improve the governance and the quality of life in the city. DC Agenda seeks to make the District of Columbia ‘a city that works’ by improving the level of understanding about the challenges facing the District and by acting to support innovating efforts to meet those challenges." "DC Agenda is DC Agenda was originally formed by the Federal City Council, a business organization, The DC Agenda Support Corporation, a non-profit organization, is chaired by Carol |
DC Agenda Support
Corporation
Board of Directors
| EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Carol Thompson Cole, chair. Special advisor on the District of Columbia, The White House Office of Management and Budget James O. Gibson, president and project director. Senior associate, The Urban Institute Terri Freeman, secretary/treasurer. President, The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region Jane Fortson, executive committee. Senior fellow, Progress and Freedom Foundation M. Charito Kruvant, executive committee. CEO, Creative Associates International., Inc.; member of the Transitional Board of Trustees, DC Public Schools. Linda Lee, executive committee. Vice President, South Island Restaurant, Inc. Gladys Mack, executive committee. Deputy director, United Planning Organization; board member, METRO Kenneth R. Sparks, executive committee. Executive vice president, Federal City Council. BOARD MEMBERS | Reginald Griffith, executive director, National Capital Planning Commission Judge Eugene H. Hamilton,* chief justice, DC Superior Court Ronald Hamm,* staff director, US House Subcommittee on the District of Columbia John W. Hill, Jr.,* executive director, DC Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority Harriet Ivey, representative, Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers; senior vice-president, Fannie Mae Foundation Charlene Drew Jarvis,* chair, Economic Development Committee, DC City Council; president, Southeastern University Sue Marshall, executive director, The Community Partnership John McIlwain, president and CEO, Fannie Mae Foundation Americo Miconi,* staff director, DC Subcommittee, US House Appropriations Committee Robert Moore, president, Development Corporation of Columbia Heights Beatriz Otero, executive director, Calvary Bilingual Multicultural Learning Center Woodruff M. Price, corporate vice-president, federal affairs, CSX Corporation Brenda Richardson, consultant, Women Like Us Julie L. Rogers, president, The Eugene & Agnes E. Meyer Foundation Michael Rogers, city administrator, DC government Monte Shepler,* president and CEO, Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metro Area Lloyd Smith, president and CEO, Marshall Heights Community Development Organization Dana Stebbins, partner, Wilkes, Artis, Hedrick & Lane Michael Tierney, vice president, Local Initiatives Support Corporation Rev. Frank Tucker, pastor, First Baptist Church; chairman and CEO, Church Association for Community Services Douglas Wheeler, president, Washington Performing Arts Society; chair, Metropolitan Washington Council of Chambers Kathy Whelpley, acting vice president and executive director, Freddie Mac Foundation Anthony Williams,* chief financial officer, District of Columbia Susan J. Williams, president elect, Greater Washington Board of Trade *ex-officio, non-voting members |
Staff and
Consultants
| STAFF AND CONSULTANTS James O. Gibson, president and project director John "Skip" McKoy, management consultant Brenda Donald, senior program officer, government support Carrie Thornhill, senior program officer, community action Veronica Reed, senior program officer, Neighborhood Indicators Project Wendy Salaam, project director, child and family services Christopher "Cris" Flack, project assistant, child and family services | Patricia Mathews, economic development consultant Melissa O’Neill, executive associate Barbara Mitchell, administrative officer Jennifer Durrence, project assistant Hazel Neal, receptionist PROFESSIONAL |
DC Agenda Civic
Council
DC Agenda also works through a "Civic Council,"
which does not have voting rights in the project.
| John L. Green, chair, executive vice president for corporate services, Medlantic Healthcare Group FISCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT YOUTH, FAMILY & NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT | PUBLIC EDUCATION Carrie Thornhill, senior program officer/community action, DC Agenda; former president, Committee on Strategies to Reduce Chronic Poverty Iris Toyer, director, Raymond Initiative, Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs PUBLIC SAFETY HEALTH CARE |