AGA DC Chapter Committees and Related Volunteers

Program Year 2025-2026 (updated November 7, 2025)

ACE Reporting
Director – Paterne Koukpesso
Assistant Director – Shepherd Brown

Communications
Co-Director – Melanie Geesaman
Co-Director – Lydia Tamblyn
Assistant Director – Jennifer “Jen” Wells
Assistant Director – Sara Mahaffey
Assistant Director – Shauna Erickson

Communications – Newsletter
Director/Editor in Chief – Thomas Chin
Newsletter Editor – Claire Chen
Newsletter Editor – Hao Nguyen
Newsletter Editor – Monique Llanos
Publication Columnist – Simcha Kuritzky
Photographer – Victor Thomas

Communications – Webmaster
Director – Jeff Ledford
Assistant Director – Christina Low
Assistant Director – E. Marie Butler
Assistant Director – Howie Simanoff

Annual Gala/Special Events
Director – Tonya Baker
Assistant Director – Cherry Sancho Ung
Assistant Director – Elizabeth (Izzie) Yi
Assistant Director – Karen Brown

Annual Training Program
Co-Director – Annalena Winer
Co-Director – Meg Gill
Assistant Director – Christy Beck
Assistant Director – Jennifer Torres
Assistant Director – Julia Duquette
Assistant Director – Tyler Hampton

Awards Committee
Director – Orinda Basha
Selection Subcommittee – Evelyn Brown
Selection Subcommittee – Jeff Steinhoff
Selection Subcommittee – Pat Wensel
Selection Subcommittee – Virginia Robinson

CGFM
Director – Lauren Peck
Assistant Director – Tiara Mizelle

Community Service
Director – Maurice Preston
Assistant Director – LaVerne  Mason
Assistant Director – Niko Lojanica

Corporate Sponsors
Co-Director – Cherry Ung
Co-Director – Michelle Paul
Assistant Director – Delphia Wilson
Assistant Director – Dylan Gilbert
Assistant Director – Elizabeth (Izzie) Yi

CPE Coordinator
Director – Christy Beck

Finance Committee
Director – Brittany Hopwood
Assistant Director – Samuel Crawford
Assistant Director – Spencer Ham
Assistant Director – Terri Dawson

Historian
Director – Alicia Pelikan
Assistant Director – Brad Grams

Member Services
Co-Director – Anthony Richards
Co-Director – David Baskin
Assistant Director – Cherry Ung
Assistant Director – Jamison Howell

Membership
Co-Director – Cherice Washington
Co-Director – Giovanni Leon
Co-Director – Makia Robertson

Mentorship
Director – Ryan Phillips
Assistant Director – Claire Chen
Assistant Director – Megan Curtis
Assistant Director – Paterne Koukpesso

Monthly Luncheon Live Ops
Director – Chad Willhite
Assistant Director – Cody Wolfe
Assistant Director – Craig Freeman
Assistant Director – Dylan Gilbert
Assistant Director – Victoria Abril

Monthly Luncheon Program
Co-Director – Lal Carter
Co-Director – Peter Moore
Assistant Director – Bo Shevchik
Assistant Director – Paul Lionikis
Assistant Director – Shepherd Brown

Monthly Luncheon Virtual
Director – Alexis Alfaro-Trejo
Assistant Director – Areeba Rizvi
Assistant Director – Katherine Rexroad
Assistant Director – Keith Freundlich

Strategy
Co-Director – Salim Mawani
Assistant Director – Jennifer Meade
Assistant Director – Joslyn Marshall
Assistant Director – Sonia Jolly

Webinars
Co-Director – Danielle Burrell
Co-Director – Tyler Gall
Assistant Director – Michelle Bowers
Assistant Director – Noah Kaufman

Young Professionals
Director – Michelle Paul
Assistant Director – Cherice Washington
Assistant Director – Christel Pico
Assistant Director – Joslyn Marshall
Assistant Director – Shannon Johnson