Monday, February 12, 2018 · Owner of largest limousine and bus company in Washington DC. 10th largest limo service in the country. A community leader on ten boards and founder of

Monday, February 12, 2018

A speed coaching and networking eventpowered by bizwomen.

Mentors1 | Mary Abbajay | President & CEO, Careerstone Group LLCMary Abbajay is the president of Careerstone Group, LLC, a full service organization-al and leadership development consultancy that delivers leading-edge talent and organizational development solutions to business and government. As a sought-after speaker, consultant, and trainer, Mary helps clients develop the strategies, skills and sensibilities needed for success in the 21st century. Her expertise lies in helping clients create dynamic and productive workplaces that foster professional and personal excellence and growth. Mary is a frequent expert contributor for television, radio and print publications in the greater Washington area where she provides practical lead-ership and career advice. Mary currently serves on the Market President’s Board of BB&T Bank and is the Past Chairman of the Board for Leadership Greater Washington. In 2010, Mary was named as one of Washington Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business and was a Smart CEO Brava Award recipient in 2017. Mary is the author of Managing Up: How to Move Up, Win at Work, and Succeed with Any Type of Boss to be published by Wiley Press in March 2018.

2 | Rosie Allen-Herring | President & CEO, United Way of the National Capital AreaRosie Allen-Herring is the President and Chief Executive Officer of United Way of the National Capital Area (United Way NCA). She has guided the United Way’s transforma-tion to a successful philanthropic leader for the region. Rosie has more than 25 years of experience in the areas of finance, strategic leadership, public and private partner-ship development, corporate philanthropy and community investment. Formerly, Ros-ie was the Managing Director of the Community Investment and Engagement Division at Fannie Mae. In that role, she led Fannie Mae’s corporate philanthropic strategy, and oversaw the organization’s social responsibility investments and employee engage-ment efforts nationwide. She earned a B.A. in Economics from Howard University, an M.B.A. and was an International Fellow of the US-Southern Africa Center for Leader-ship and Public Values at the University of Cape Town (SA) Graduate School of Business and Duke University Graduate School of Public Policy. Rosie has been honored by many organizations, including: Washington Business Journal’s Power 100 Top Business Leaders (2015, 2014 and 2013); Washington Business Journal Minority Business Leader (2015); Hope Awardee for Calvary Women’s Shelter (2015); Brava Top CEO Award (2014); Washingtonian Magazine’s Most Powerful Women (2015 and 2013) and Washington Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business Award (2011).

3 | LuAnn Bennett | President/Owner, Bennett GroupBennett Group is a family owned real estate business started in 1978 by my late hus-band and me. I took over 24 years ago when he died of leukemia. Originally we were investors and operators of our own properties and developers of real estate. Bennett Group still does some development but started a construction company 15 years ago. In 2016 I took a year off and ran for Congress in Virginia’s 10th District. Currently I am back at Bennett Group, growing our business. Bennett Group is certified as a small women-owned business.

4 | Kristina Bouweiri | CEO, Reston Limousine Owner of largest limousine and bus company in Washington DC. 10th largest limo service in the country. A community leader on ten boards and founder of a monthly networking lunch for women called Sterling women. Chosen as a women who means business by WBJ in 2004. Other awards include DC Chamber Business Leader of the Year, finalist for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year and more. Graduate of Lead-ership Greater Washington.

5 | Mary Brady | Executive Director, The Economic Club of Washington D.C. Mary Brady oversees The Economic Club of Washington, DC, a premier forum for speakers, with a membership roster of senior executives representing over 750 businesses with offices in the Washington Metropolitan region and beyond. Since its founding in 1986 as a nonprofit organization, the Club has served as a global interface for the world’s government and international business luminaries who share insights about the critical issues of the day. Mary Brady is responsible for focusing the Club on the most pressing and significant issues around the world in business and finance, economic issues, national security, and the technology revolution.

6 | Mary-Claire Burick | President, Rosslyn Businesses Improvement District Mary-Claire Burick is a dynamic and strategic leader whose focus is on improving communications, building engagement and leading change. She develops realistic strategies, ties individual and group actions to business outcomes and ensures that employees have the skills, resources and training to achieve their goals. Mary-Claire is the President of the Rosslyn Business Improvement District, an organization that works with businesses, residents and county government to ensure that Rosslyn flourish-es as one of the world’s most successful urban centers. Previously, Mary-Claire was President of MC Strategy, a consulting firm helping leaders build healthy and effective organizations. Prior, she was Vice President of Operations for Allbritton Communica-tions, managing ABC-7, NewsChannel 8 and POLITICO. Earlier in her career, she helped launch the Fox NewsChannel, where she served as Operations Manager.She was named Washington Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business has a certificate in Organi-zational Consulting and Change Leadership from Georgetown University.

7 | Misti Burmeister | Author. Speaker. Chief Provoker, Inspirion Misti Burmeister is a serial disruptor who has worked with leaders across industries to improve focus, impact and influence across generations. Comfort, complacency, and fear thwart growth—it is for this reason leaders look to Misti for her fresh perspective and ability to bring forth truth while driving efficiency, enthusiasm, and growth. Her 4th book, Provoking Greatness, offers a unique approach to revealing the talent hidden within your team. www.MistiBurmeister.com

8 | Rebecca Cooper | Founder & CEO, Capital Insights LLCRebecca Cooper is CEO of Capital Insights LLC, a consulting company shining the spot-light on smart people with smart solutions, and CEO of RCDC Productions, a multimedia production company serving the Mid-Atlantic. With over two decades in media and government leadership positions, Rebecca specializes in developing policy, content and strategies for leaders in business, government and philanthropy. Named by the Washington Business Journal to its inaugural “Power 100” list, Rebecca was creator and anchor of “Washington Business Report” a weekly ABC7 news show. In academia, Rebecca served as Executive-in-Residence at the Kogod School of Business at Ameri-can University and on the faculty of AU’s School of Communications. In government, Rebecca served at the State Department, White House and United Nations as Chief of Staff to Ambassador Bill Richardson in the Clinton Administration. In Congress, Rebecca handled trade law in the Finance Committee for Senator David Boren, while also ad-vising on health care, national security, small business, arts and education policy. A Duke University graduate and mother of three sons, Rebecca is a member of Leadership Greater Washington and serves on the boards of the University of Oklahoma College of International Studies and Childhelp, a national nonprofit treating child abuse.

9 | Elizabeth Cooper | International Director, JLLI am the Executive Sponsor of JLL Women’s Business Network and I run JLL’s Mentor/Protégé program. I also sit on JLL US Diversity and Inclusion Council. As a lawyer turned real estate broker (tenant side), I was the only women on board of our regional business at Staubach, and have co-lead the Law Firm Group at JLL and Staubach for 20 years. I frequently speak on Negotiations and branding for groups within JLL and outside the company such as CREW. I am currently the President o f the Commercial Real Estate Brokerage Association in the Metro DC area. Select Awards: • Named Broker of the Year in Metro DC by the Commerical Real Estate Brokerage Association (2016) • Named one of Diversity Journal’s “Women Worth Watching” (August, 2015) • Real Estate Forum named Elizabeth a “Women of Influence” (Nationally, 2013) and a Top 20 Leasing Broker (Nationally; 11/2015) • Washington Business Journal (WBJ) named her a “Women Who Means Business”, Washington DC Metropolitan Area (2013) • Named as one of DC’s Power Women in Commercial Real Estate by Bisnow (2014) • JLL Champion of Excellence Award winner (2004)

10 | Anne Corbett | Principal, Building Creative Anne is a proven leader with multifaceted experience in directing public private part-nerships, economic development, creative placemaking as well as guiding organization-al development, strategic planning, industry research and business development. She is also a dynamic communicator who can represent a company in a variety of settings and amongst diverse audiences. Having founded and run an award-winning nonprofit development corporation, CulturalDC, she has superior skills in developing public, private and nonprofit business plans and leading complex programmatic and capital

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projects including design, feasibility, finance and execution. She currently runs her own real estate consulting business, Building Creative, in which she lead all aspects of her client’s public, private or nonprofit real estate projects including masterplanning, archi-tecture, engineering, feasibility analysis, budgeting, finance, complex entitlements and execution. She also provide specialty services in leveraging arts and cultural assets to build visibility and value, as well as develops strategic plans for public entities, private companies, arts organizations and other clients seeking to create public benefits and make positive community impact. Her clients include Enterprise Community Partners, Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners and Vision McMillan Partners. For the latter, she directed the $1B public-private partnership effort to develop the 25-acre, historic McMillan Sand Filtration Site.

11 | Dolly Cox | CEO, C2 TechnologiesCo-founder of C2 Technologies, an online education, training, strategic human capital management, Talent Management and information technology firm, established in 1989. As a pioneer in online education, thought-leader, innovator, and an entrepreneur, Ms. Oberoi has dedicated her company’s mission to improving human performance. Her pioneering work in helping organizations transition from the traditional chalkboard to distributed learning environment and developing transformative enterprise-wide learning and talent management strategies has improved organizational and individual performance. As an entrepreneur, served the industry with distinction in the areas of online education, training and human capital management completing more than 8,000 projects for 120 plus clients, employing 400 employees in more than 22 locations globally, and winning over 150 industry awards including OPM’s Benchmark partner of the year and two-time recipient of Department of Transportation’s Small Business of the year.She is also the recipient of several international awards, including, Washing-ton Business Journal’s Innovation & Minority Business Awards, GovCon’s prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year; E&Y’s Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, Women Who Mean Business; and the prestigious Spencer Logan award. Ms. Oberoi has spread the seeds of entrepreneurship by mentoring small businesses and has an incubator and an acceler-ator.

12 | Margaret Dunning | Managing Partner, Finn PartnersMargaret Dunning, Managing Partner, Finn Partners Dunning leads the firm’s Higher Education practice, working with colleges and universities, nonprofits and corporations. She has extensive experience in crisis communications, issues management, media strategy and long-term client positioning. Dunning is on the boards of the Economic Club of Washington, DC and Trinity Washington University; is a member of the Executive Committee of the Federal City Council; and an advisor to the American Red Cross’ Office of Public Affairs. Dunning is a member of Leadership Greater Washington and a recipi-ent of Washington Business Journal’s “Women Who Means Business” Award.

13 | Lynda Ellis | Owner, CEO and President, Capitol ConciergeLynda Ellis is the Owner, CEO and President of Washington, D.C.-based Capitol Con-cierge, the nation’s first provider of corporate, residential and commercial concierge services. She joined Capitol Concierge in 1998 and purchased the company in 2007. Since then, she has been redefining the concierge industry. Lynda leads Capitol based on the philosophy that service matters, a commitment to customer satisfaction and a pioneer-ing spirit. From utilizing the latest technology, to introducing virtual concierge services, to adding new services that help busy professionals manage their hectic schedules, Lynda is always looking for ways to transform the concierge service experience. Last year, Lynda and the Capitol Concierge leadership team implemented a bold strategy to expand its business base by taking the company to the international market. Today, the company serves more than one million busy people worldwide. Some of Lynda’s recent accomplishments include joining the Board of Trustees for St. Mary’s Universi-ty, San Antonio, Texas; being named the 2016 Profiles in Success Award Winner; CEO World Award’s 2016 Female CEO Gold Winner; and Golden Bridge Award’s 2015 Women Executive of the Year Gold Winner. As an industry thought leader, Lynda has shared her expertise in numerous publications and is a sought-after speaker.

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14 | Courtney Fairchild | President & CEO, Global ServicesMs. Fairchild is cofounder and CEO of Global Services. Based in the heart of Washington, DC, Global Services is a niche consulting firm focused on delivering winning strategies and solutions for every stage of federal proposal and GSA Schedule development. Over the past twenty years she and her team have successfully prepared, negotiated, and managed over 2500 contract awards for Global Services’ clients totaling more than $20 Billion dollars. Ms. Fairchild is an authority on all GSA Schedules within the Multiple Award Schedule program and has spoken on related topics across the country. In addi-tion to working with government contractor clients in the private sector, Ms. Fairchild & the Global Services team provide pro bono services to the Small Business Administra-tion’s SCORE program and Small Business Development Center to assist their constitu-ents in learning about successful government proposals. Ms. Fairchild’s knowledge and renown have reached the federal government’s procurement community itself and has led to invitations to moderate training sessions at agencies such as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to instruct in improvement and implementation of contracting best practices from the agency side. Ms. Fairchild holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Georgetown University.

15 | Sabret Flocos | Principal, Perkins EastmanSABRET FLOCO, IIDA, LEED AP Principal, Perkins Eastman Sabret Flocos has dedicated her career to innovation in the workplace. With more than 29 years of architecture and design experience, she has carved out a niche by creating environments which enhance users’ experience and how the environment can spur innovation, optimize performance and ultimately engage the inhabitants. Human by Design. Since joining Perkins East-man, she has been instrumental in providing firmwide leadership in the workplace and strategy practice areas, guiding clients to achieve the optimal in the built environment. Sabret works with practice area leaders to identify expansion and diversification oppor-tunities, build business, and create sector-leading client services. In addition to creating an award-winning portfolio of work, she is active in many industry-related organiza-tions and dedicates her spare time and stewardship to other organizations beyond the real estate realm, including the March of Dimes, having served as a past Board Chair. Her role as wife and mother of two teenage children gives her the perspective of the importance of maintaining a healthy balance between the two.

16 | Angela Fox | President/CEO, Crystal City BIDAngela Fox was hired as the first President/CEO of the Crystal City BID in November 2006. The Crystal City BID has become a pioneer in the industry, with many of the pro-grams and methods created by Ms. Fox being adopted by other organizations through-out the country. Prior to working at the Crystal City BID, Ms. Fox served as Executive Director and CEO for Cultural Tourism DC. While at Cultural Tourism, she expanded the capacity, visibility, viability, and reach of the organization in every area from member-ship and funding, to program delivery, Though Ms. Fox now works in the non-profit sector, her background is primarily corporate. She has run her own consulting firm providing business strategy, marketing and executive coaching services to individuals, corporations, and non-profits, including ESPN, Bank of America, Association for Educa-tion Development, and more. She was also VP for Product and then Strategic Develop-ment at Simplexity, and she began her career in the Executive Development Program at Bell Atlantic (now Verizon). While at Bell, she launched Bell Atlantic.net, and, as CIO for Consumer Services, their first consumer e-commerce application; as well as appear-ing in two Bell Atlantic commercials and facilitating Diversity Management training throughout the organization.

17 | Janice Frey-Angel | Interim Exeuctive, JFA & AssociatesMs. Frey-Angel has been CEO of several non-profit organizations. She has turned around medium and large multi-disciplinary non-profits, developed new programs and grew revenue and scope at each. Their missions ranged from social services, disabilities and rehabilitations services, work force development, and advocacy. Ms. Frey-Angel’s training is as a clinical social worker with a background in mental health, family ther-apy, disability services, domestic violence, and crisis intervention. Most recently, Ms. Frey-Angel serves as Interim CEO for nonprofits in transition, providing an objective and extensive assessment of the organization to the board of directors and providing lead-ership and innovative solutions to enable the mission to be sustainable. In addition, she has served as board chair on a number of state-wide membership organizations and has received a several awards recognizing her leadership such as “Maryland Top 100 Women”, “CEO You Want To Know”, and “Women Who Mean Business”. She is an alumnae of Leadership Greater Washington, Leadership Maryland, and GBC Leadership.

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18 | Kim Greenfield Alfonso | Chief Operating Officer, Columbia Lighthouse for the BlindKim obtained both a bachelors in Economics and a Masters Degree in Business Admin-istration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Northwestern University’s J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, respectively and spent 20+ years in the Corporate arena at Merck & Co., Inc. After a successful career in the Pharma industry as a Sales Executive, she transitioned to Immersion Medical in Gaithersburg, MD where she was Vice President of Marketing. Kim is currently employed at Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind as Chief Operating Officer, where she followed her passions which is serving people with disabilities. Kim is currently serving as co-chair of Age-Friendly DC Commission on behalf of the Mayor and Board President of Imagination Stage - DC.

19 | Lilly Harris | President and CEO, Man-Machine Systems Assessment As the second generation owner and operator of Man-Machine Systems Assessment, I am honored to be carrying on my family dream of creating a company that values its employees, supports the warfighter, all while providing exemplary customer service. I have coupled my passion for business and giving back to make MSA a recognized leader within the community. I enjoy sitting on non-profit boards, guest lecturing on entrepre-neurship and mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs. MSA is an award-winning, Wom-an-Owned Small Business celebrating over 27 years in business. Corporate capabilities include: Operational Test & Evaluation, Ballistic Missile Defense, Integrated Logistics Support, Human Systems Integration, CBRNE Force Protection, Continuity of Operations Planning and Exercise Design and Development.

20 | Denise Hart | President, O2 Lab, Inc.Denise has worked in every area of marketing over the past 30 years. As a principal of O2 Lab, she is responsible for new business development, account management, marketing, and strategic planning. Denise holds a Masters’ degree in PR from American University and is an active member of Women In Technology (WIT) as Board Member-At-Large, Executive Development. She was named the 2011 Change Agent of the Year for Leadership Greater Washington; WIT Champion in 2012 and 2014, a Women of Vision in Arlington County and an Influential Woman of Virginia in 2013; a Washington Business Journal Woman Who Means Business in 2014, and a SmartCEO Brava! honoree in 2015.

21 | Beth Johnson | CEO, RP3 AgencyBeth Johnson is co-founder and CEO of RP3 Agency, an award winning creative commu-nications agency. RP3 builds business opportunity for clients by strengthening connec-tions between people and brands using insights, ideas and technologies. RP3’s client roster includes Norfolk Southern, Coca-Cola Corporation, Children’s National Medical Center, National Harbor and Long & Foster. Beth started her advertising agency career at The Dan Rosenthal Co. in 1994, and came up through the ranks of account manage-ment as a marketing strategist. During her 15-year tenure there, she led the growth of that agency from a 3-person creative boutique into one of the region’s largest shops. When the Agency’s owner retired, Beth launched a new agency model to meet the changing needs of marketers amidst a transformative time in the industry. RP3 opened in July 2009. In addition to leading RP3’s dramatic growth, Beth is deeply committed to improving the community. She actively serves on the boards of the Washington Area Women’s Foundation, Junior Achievement of Greater Washington and Greater Washing-ton Board of Trade. Beth was named by the Washington Business Journal as one of the area’s Women Who Mean Business and is a graduate of Leadership Greater Washing-ton’s Class of 2015.

22 | Jill Klein | Executive in Residence, American UniversityA recovering CIO with industry experience in banking and consulting, Jill transitioned to her academic career at–the–turn–of–the-century only to discover a whole new profes-sional passion. In 2015, Professor Klein launched Business@American, Kogod’s online MBA and MS in Analytics, with DC area 2U Inc. as the University’s “ed tech” partner.   In July 2017, she was asked to step into two new campus roles. Today she serves as the Associate Dean for the School of Professional and Extended Studies and the Executive Director for the Center for Teaching, Research and Learning And yes, she is teaching a freshman seminar on Digital Citizenship- timely, right? Jill especially values her work advocating for gender diverse corporate board service. Since its inception in 2010, Jill guides Women in Technology’s efforts to produce The Leadership Foundry’s Advancing

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MentorsWomen to the Corporate Boardroom study and serves as its curriculum advisor. In addition, Jill serves as the DC Co-Chair of 2020 Women on Boards.  Jill’s prior employ-ers include JP Morgan, Riggs Bank, IBM, The Advisory Board and her own IT consulting firm. Jill earned a BA from Cornell University and an MBA from American University and serves as a Trustee at Pitzer College.

23 | Susan Lacz | CEO, Ridgewells Inc. Susan is Chief Executive Officer of Ridgewells. She joined the company in 1986 as a sales representative and purchased it with her business partners in 1997. She has been instrumental in the continuous growth, expansion and maintenance of the company’s corporate, social and major events portfolio. She is involved on a number of boards to include the Greater Washington Board of Trade, Junior Achievement, Marymount Uni-versity and Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School. Susan was a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Greater Washington Award and was named one of Washington Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business and Power 100. Ridgewells has received a numerous industry awards, locally and nationally under her leadership to include Bethesda Magazine’s Best Caterer, Special Events Magazine, Spotlight Awards and the International Special Events Society Esprit Award for Best Event with a Legacy.

24 | Barbara Martin | Co-founder & Co-CEO, BrandLinkDCBarbara leads the public relations, social media and operations divisions of BrandLink-DC. Her 20-year media career began as a magazine editor, then moved to marketing, where she served as a corporate marketing director for Nielsen Business Media, managing the public relations, marketing and advertising strategies in the business to business sector. In 2007, she founded public relations firm BdMedia before partnering to form BrandLinkDC. In a Sunday Styles cover story, the New York Times called Barba-ra, along with her Co-founder and Co-CEO, Jayne Sandman, “the architects of the new Washington.” GQ magazine named Barbara and Jayne to its “50 Most Powerful People in Washington” list. The Washington Business Journal selected the two partners as “Wom-en Who Mean Business” and included them in their “Power 100 List.” Barbara and Jayne also co-founded District Sample Sale, Washington’s most fashionable charitable event, which raised over $300,000 for women’s and children’s charities across the region.

25 | Barbara McDuffie | Managing Director, Baker TillyBarbara has more than 30 years of experiences in the commercial real estate arena, first as a commercial broker and for the past 10 years doing business development in the east region for Baker Tilly, a national accounting and consulting firm. Barbara’s industry engagement includes NAIOP, CREW, ULI, the Tysons Partnership and the 2030 Group where she has held board and senior committee positions. She was the first female chairman of Northern Virginia NAIOP and served 3 terms on the national board. She is currently chair of the Trustees for the NAIOP Governor’s Research Foundation. Philanthropically she has served as a founding member of the corporate committee and 2 time co-chair for the Trust for the National Mall’s annual gala; supported Georgetown Lombardi Cancer Center as a founder 12 years ago of Women&Wine, a fund raiser to benefit breast cancer research; and is one of the founders and current board member for GMU’s graduate real estate program. Networking and the art of negotiation have been the basis for her success.

26 | Catherine Meloy | President/CEO, Goodwill of Greater WashingtonCatherine Meloy serves as President and CEO of Goodwill of Greater Washington and the Goodwill Excel Center Adult Charter High School. Prior to joining Goodwill in 2003, Catherine had a successful 20 year management career in the radio industry. Over the past 14 years, Goodwill has grown to over 900 associates; 20 retail stores and nine government janitorial contracts. Goodwill of Greater Washington provides sector train-ing programs in Hospitality, Protective and Security Services and Energy and Utilities training to the underserved in the community. In further serving and expanding the mission of Goodwill, the first adult diploma charter high school – The Goodwill Excel Center – opened in August 2016, serving over 325 students. Catherine’s involvement in the greater Washington business community includes being elected to the Federal Reserve Board of Richmond; sitting on the Boards of Directors of the Greater Washing-ton Board of Trade; Federal City Council; DC Chamber of Commerce; MedStar George-town University Hospital Center; SourceAmerica; and the Northern Virginia Workforce Investment Board. She and her husband, David, President of Merit Hotels, live in Annapolis, Maryland and have three grown children.

27 | Jessica Moseley | CEO, TCS Interpreting, Inc.Jessica Moseley currently serves as the Chief Executive Offi cer (CEO) at TCS Interpreting, a premier provider of sign language interpreting services. TCS Interpreting is proud to provide services nationwide to include the nation’s largest federal contracts for the provision of on-site and video remote interpreting services. Mrs. Moseley received her Master’s degree in Human Resource Management from Marymount University. She graduated from James Madison University, where she received two Bachelor’s degrees, one in Communication Sciences and the other in Human Resource Management. Cur-rently serving as a Board Member of Entrepreneur’s Organization (EO-DC), Bridging Hands Camp, Deaf in Government. Mrs. Moseley hold her SHRM-CP certifi cation from the Society of Human Resource Management and her NIC from the Registry of Inter-preters of the Deaf. Mrs. Moseley has been features in the following magazines; Inc., Success and Kiplinger. Most recently Mrs. Moseley was recognized by the Washington Business Journal in the 2017 class of Women Who Mean Business. Mrs. Moseley lives in Frederick, MD with her husband Bryan and three children Brayden (6), Cooper (3) and Riley (18m).

28 | Barbara Mullenex, AIA | Principal, Perkins EastmanKnown as an innovative leader, Barbara has made a unique contribution to the architec-ture and interior design profession through strategic planning, organizational strate-gies, talent development and mentorship, and outcome based management for projects of all scales. From large, complex projects to the most intimately scaled spaces she brings clarity of vision, consistency of intent and focus on purpose. She is known for her expertise and innovation in hospitality, residential, mixed use and workplace projects. Respected for managing collaborative teams, she builds inter-and intra-organizational teams that eff ectively work together to share information, make decisions, and solve problems to achieve mutual goals. Barbara is committed to leadership through service and has been recognized for her philanthropic and community engagement. She serves on both the Executive and Membership Committees of the Federal City Council; she is a member of the Economic Club of Washington DC and the International Women’s Forum, and she also serves on the Board of Safe Shores. In her commitment to bringing the arts into our daily discourse she has served on the Board on the National Symphony Orches-tra and is currently Vice Chair of the Maryland Youth Ballet Board. At Perkins Eastman, she serves as a Board Director.

29 | Jameece Pinckney | President and CEO, HyQuest Consulting Solutions, LLCJameece Pinckney is President and CEO of HyQuest Consulting Solutions, LLC. Ms. Pinck-ney, who established HyQuest, has served as a senior-level executive in the government and commercial contracting industries for more than 15 years. She brings expertise gained in multiple leadership roles in contract management, fi nance and accounting, project control, procurement, risk management, business ethics, and compliance to her role. Ms. Pinckney formulates and leads the execution of the company’s strategy. She previously held positions with organizations including Pragmatics, Inc.; HydroGeologic, Inc.; and Kellogg Brown & Root. Ms. Pinckney has a Master’s Certifi cate in Government Contracting from George Washington University School of Business; a Juris Doctor from the University of Cincinnati College of Law; and a master’s degree in administration and supervision and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, both from Tennessee State Universi-ty. In her spare time, Ms. Pinckney is Chairman of The OPHELIA Foundation, which she founded. She also serves on the Executive Committee of the Northern Virgina Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

30 | Denise Pope | Senior Vice President - Retail Banking, WashingtonFirst BankDenise is a seasoned banker with 35 years of experience in the Mid-Atlantic mar-ket. She is Senior Vice President of Retail Banking at WashingtonFirst Bank and has responsibility for sales and service excellence in the 19 branches as well as leading the Business Development program. Denise held various leadership roles at Chevy Chase Bank including the launch of the Supermarket Banking Program with Giant Food. Denise is an energetic leader with an outstanding capacity for building strong cohesive sales and service teams. Denise was recognized as one of the Women Who Mean Business in 2010 by the Washington Business Journal. Denise is an Advisory Board Member of the Maryland Bankers Association Council of Professional Women in Banking. She also serves as a Board Member for Camp Attaway – a camp in Howard County focused on providing emotionally-challenged children with fun learning opportunities each sum-mer. Denise supports the senior community in Columbia by volunteering with Meals on Wheels.

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31 | Stefanie Reiser | Founder/Principal, Align DevelopmentStefanie J. Reiser Founder & Principal Align Development, LLC Stefanie J. Reiser is the Founder of Align Development, a real estate development firm in Washington, DC com-mitted to using architecture and design to transform lives and communities. Focused on redefining affordable communities, Align Development creates design-forward residences and unique partnerships to enhance and strengthen the fabric of the com-munity. Recently, Ms. Reiser is focusing her attention on the nexus of development and the arts community, seeking to address the unique challenges of that community while harnessing the power of the creative class to revitalize communities. Prior to launching Align Development, Ms. Reiser was a small business owner in Arlington, VA. As a two-time entrepreneur with more than a dozen years in business, Ms. Reiser is passionate about women entrepreneurship, and in supporting other women in achieving success in business.

32 | Nancy E. Roman | President & CEO, Partnership for A Healtheir America Nancy E. Roman, President and CEO of the Partnership for a Healthier America, joined the organization September 5, 2017, following an international career spanning jour-nalism, business, and public service with the U.S. government and the United Nations. Prior to joining PHA, Ms. Roman was the President and CEO of the Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB), the Washington, D.C. region’s largest organization working to solve hunger and its companion problems. CAFB annually provides food and nutrition resources to 540,000 people – 12 percent of the region’s total population. Prior to joining CAFB in January 2013, Ms. Roman was on the leadership team of the United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP), overseeing public policy, private partnerships, fundraising, and communications for the world’s largest humanitarian agency feeding 100 million people in 75 countries. Roman currently serves on the board of trustees of Global Communi-ties and the Millennial Action Project (MAP). She was named one of “The Most Powerful Women in Washington” in 2017 by Washingtonian magazine. She holds a Master of Arts degree in International Economics and American Foreign Policy from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and French from Baylor University.

33 | Gwenn Rosener | Co-Founder/Partner, FlexProfessionals, LLCGwenn co-founded FlexProfessionals with the mission of helping professionals looking for meaningful part-time or flexible work connect with companies looking for seasoned part-time talent. Launched in 2010, FlexProfessionals has become a popular source of talent for start-ups, entrepreneurs and small to mid-sized businesses in need of cost-ef-fective ways to support growth. They are also a valued resource for working moms looking for flexible positions to better balance work and family. FlexProfessionals has worked with hundreds of businesses and thousands of job seekers in the Washington DC and Boston metro areas and was recently named to Inc. Magazine’s 5000 Fastest Growing Companies and selected by Forbes as a Top Staffing Firm for Part-Time Work. Gwenn also speaks and writes about the power of part-time professionals as a smart alternative talent source and how to effectively recruit, hire and integrate flexible resources into organizations. Prior to launching FlexProfessionals, Gwenn worked for Ernst & Young and General Electric. She has a BS and MS in Engineering from Virginia Tech and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

34 | Julie Rosenthal | President, JR CommunicationsJulie is President of JR Communications, a strategic communications firm which she founded in 2001 to offer clients the quality and level of service she wished she’d expe-rienced when she was on the client side and to offer what many agencies struggle to deliver: a true partnership and collaboration where communications plays a key role in helping clients achieve their business objectives.As lead of her own firm, she has created and managed strategic communications programs for consumer, retail and telecom for-profit entities, public sector organizations, nonprofits of all types and sizes, start-ups and more.

35 | Lisa Rother | Executive Director, ULI WashingtonLisa Rother has been the Executive Director of ULI Washington for the past 10 years. ULI is a membership association for the public and private sector participants in the commercial real estate industry. We provide leadership training and education by shar-ing best practices and ideas. ULI has over 2,000 members in the Washington, DC region, with about 700 professionals under 35 years old, and, as Executive Director, mentoring the next generation of leaders is of utmost importance. Prior to coming to ULI Wash-

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ington, Lisa was a municipal government planner in the Maryland suburbs for several decades. She worked on issues relating to zoning and master planning, development review, affordable housing, transportation, and mixed-use project planning.

36 | Jayne Sandman | Co-CEO &Co-Founder, BrandLinkDCJayne Sandman is Co-Founder and Co-CEO, at BrandLinkDC, the agency of choice for market makers pushing their way to scale and for market leaders breathing new life and energy into their organizations. BrandLinkDC builds brand strategies that leverage a blend of critical skills in narrative framework that get our clients – including Sweet-green, SoulCycle and WeWork – measurable results. BrandLinkDC is a passionate bunch of PR pros, marketing strategists, digital experts and event geniuses that relish competition and go all in with our clients in the quest to win. BrandLinkDC was profiled in The New York Times as “the architects of the new Washington” and cited by GQ Maga-zine as one of the “50 Most Powerful People in Washington.” Jayne has been a recipient of the Washington Business Journal’s “Women Who Mean Business” and 40 Under 40 awards, and named to its Power 100 List.

37 | Lidia Soto-Harmon | CEO, Girl Scouts Nation’s CapitalLidia CEO of Girl Scouts Nation’s Capital builds girls of courage, character and confi-dence by directing $16 million budget, serving over 86,000 members, the largest council in the country, includes the District of Columbia and 25 counties in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. Lidia orchestrated the largest celebration in the history of the Girl Scouts. 250,000 attendees gathered for Girl Scouts Rock the Mall at the Washington Monument in 2012. Prior to Girl Scouts, Lidia served as Senior Vice President at First Book, a national children’s literacy organization, and was Deputy Director of the Presi-dent’s Interagency Council on Women, chaired by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Lidia is a Woman Who Means Business by Washington Business Journal, received the Regional Mujer Award by the National Hispana Leadership Institute. She is one of DC’s most influential leaders in Capitol File Magazine. She is Vice Chair of the Migration Policy Institute, and chairs the Governance Committee for the Meyer Foundation. Lidia authored an essay for the 2014 Shriver Report, A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back. In 2017, Drew University, her Alma Mater, featured her as a “Drew Gooder” for her work to inspire youth.

38 | Diane Tipton | Owner, Self Storage ZoneDiane Tipton is a founding Partner in Self Storage Zone and has developed self storage facilities in the Washington Metropolitan Region for the past 22 years. Ms. Tipton identi-fies and secures the sites, analyzes the project costs and operational data to determine the economics of each of the projects as well as oversees their management. Along with her partners, she has developed, owned and managed over 3,000,000 square feet in 28 self storage projects in Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, New York and New Jersey. Ms. Tipton practiced as a CPA for the first 7 years of her career specializ-ing in taxation, particularly real estate, where she structured real estate acquisitions and syndications as well as performed tax planning for partnerships, corporations and individuals. Prior to starting Self Storage Zone, she worked in real estate development for The Evans Company as VP of Acquisitions and Finance for 10 years. Ms Tipton grad-uated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelors Degree in Accounting as well as a Masters of Tax in Accounting.

39 | Liz Wainger | President, Wainger GroupAs an adviser, speaker, and writer, Liz Wainger has spent more than two decades at the side of executives and their leadership teams, demonstrating how to create messag-es that win and effective communications strategies. Her consulting firm, Wainger Group, founded in 2000, works with corporate, government and nonprofit clients who include CBRE, Perkins+Will, Colliers International, RCLCO, Miriam’s Kitchen, CityFirst Bank, Venture Philanthropy Partners and Community Development Bankers Associa-tion. During the course of her career, Liz has run communications departments at two national organizations, served as a reporter at The Washington Post and worked in the social work department at a major Boston hospital. In 2015, she was honored among an elite group of Women Who Means Business by the Washington Business Journal. She is author of The Prism of Value: Get Your Point Across Online, Offline and in the Media due out in early 2018. She blogs regularly for Huffington Post and has been published in The Washington Post and Washington Business Journal. She serves on the Urban Land Institute’s Women’s Leadership Initiative as well as on the Boards of Jubilee Housing, the School for Ethics and Global Leadership and the National Speakers Association-DC. Visit www.waingergroup.com

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