Our Team

Staff

Administration

Samala Satterwhite

Director of Administration

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Christian Romero

Senior Human Resources Manager

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Tania Miller

Human Resources Generalist

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Delores Dickens

Administrative Assistant

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D'Mario Headen-Vance

IT Operations Manager

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Kenneth Dews

IT Helpdesk Technician

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Downtown Day Services Center

Montishe'a Saunders

Facilities Assistant

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Michael Bunn

Interim Operations Manager

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Economic Development

Mark Simpson

Director of Planning & Economic Development

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Events & Strategic Partnerships

Melanie Nwosu

Director of Events & Strategic Partnerships

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Valencia K. Long

Events & Strategic Partnerships Manager

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Yue Han

Events & Strategic Partnerships, Event Associate

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Executive

Gerren G. Price

President & Chief Executive Officer

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Rachel Rose Hartman

Chief Strategy Officer

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Finance

Gerry Widdicombe

Chief Financial Officer

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Lulu Liu

Controller

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Innes Noel-Jeune

Senior Accountant

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Rukiya Lewis

Staff Accountant

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Marketing & Communications

Ebony P. Walton

Director of Marketing and Communications

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Martina Tinong

Marketing and Communications Associate

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Avery Prescott

Communications Content Coordinator

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Public Space Operations

Lukas Umana

Director of Public Space Operations

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Ellouise Johnson

Deputy Director of Public Space Operations

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Cecily Mendie

Franklin Park Manager

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Ambassadors

Supervisor Team

Crystal Saunders

Safety and Maintenance Supervisor

Eric White

Logistics Supervisor

Rene Diaz-Morales

Franklin Park Supervisor

Michael Williams

Jonathan Broussard

Ethel Frye

Blanca Ramirez

Fiscal Year 2025 Board of Directors

Executive Committee

  • Gerren Price, President – President and CEO, DowntownDC BID Corporation
  • Michael McCarthy, Chairman – Corporate Vice President and Director of Asset Management and Acquisitions, Quadrangle Development Corporation
  • Matthew Klein, First Vice Chair – President, Akridge
  • Christopher P. Mundy, Treasurer – Manager/Senior Vice President, Oxford Properties
  • Shantelle George, Secretary – Senior Director – Store Manager, Macy’s Metro Center Downtown DC
  • Scott Frisch, Member – EVP, Chief Operating Officer, AARP
  • Kingdon Gould III, Member – Vice President, Gould Property Company
  • Yeni Wong, Member – President, Riverdale International

 

Board of Directors FY 2025

  • Lamont Akins, Member – Director of Governmental and External Affairs, Pepco
  • Jeffrey Bank, Member – CEO, The Alicart Restaurant Group (Carmine’s)
  • Ann Chisholm, Member – DC Government Relations Officer, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
  • Jon Davenhall, Member – General Manager, Grand Hyatt
  • Kimberly Douglas, Member – Managing Director, Woolly Mammoth Theatre
  • Thomas E. Finan, Member – Managing Director, Trammell Crow Company
  • Scott Frisch, Member – COO, AARP
  • Aileen Fuchs, Member – President & Executive Director, National Building Museum
  • Angie Gates, Member – President & CEO, Events DC
  • Shantelle George, Secretary – Senior Director – Store Manager, Macy’s Metro Center Downtown DC
  • Marisa Gerla, Member – Managing Director & Partner, BCG
  • Crispus Gordon, Member – Vice President, Government Relations and Strategic Affairs, Monumental Sports and Entertainment
  • Kingdon Gould III, Member – Vice President, Gould Property Company
  • Robert Hoffman, Member – Principal, Global Fund Investments
  • Norman Jemal, Member – Principal/Senior Vice President, Douglas Development Corporation
  • Matthew Klein, First Vice Chair – President, Akridge
  • Michael McCarthy, Chairman – Corporate Vice President and Director of Asset Management and Acquisitions, Quadrangle Development Corporation
  • Robin A. McClain, Member – CMO, Destination DC
  • John McDonnell, Member – President, Clyde’s Restaurant Group
  • Marshall McNair, Member – Senior Vice President, Asset Management | U.S. Office Division, Brookfield Properties
  • Kate Melville, Member – Acting Deputy Director/Chief of Staff, Office of Facilities Management U.S General Services Administration Public Buildings Service | National Capital
  • Wallace J. Mlyniec, Member – Lupo-Rici Professor of Clinical Legal Justice & Director, Juvenile Justice Clinic, Georgetown University Law Center
  • Christopher P. Mundy, Treasurer – Manager/Senior Vice President, Oxford Properties
  • D’Juan O’Donald, Member – Executive Director, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
  • Pete Otteni, Member – Executive Vice President, Co-Head of the Washington DC Region, Boston Properties
  • Ida Polite, Member – Owner Ida’s Idea
  • Gerren Price, President and CEO – DowntownDC BID Corporation
  • Kenneth Schwartz, Member – Partner, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
  • Paul R. Tetreault, Member – Producing Director, Ford’s Theatre
  • Kevin Tien, Member – Owner, Moon Rabbit
  • Dean Violagis, Member – Vice President, Research, CoStar Group, Inc.
  • Yeni Wong, Member – President, Riverdale International