Our staff is comprised of creative, social justice-minded, passionate youth advocates

Meet Our Board of Directors

• Eve Byford-Peterson, Ed.D., President – Retired Principle, D.C Public Schools
• Dianne Samu, Vice President – Government Attorney, OUDC Graduate – Class 8
• Steve Meyer, Treasurer – Special Counsel, Sullivan and Cromwall, LLP
• Shelby Shapiro, Secretary – Historian & Research Consultant
• Nora Abramson – OUDC Graduate – Class 2
• Rabbi Bruce D. Aft – Adat Reyim Congregation, Rabbinic Advisor, George Mason University Community Hillel Board
• Loren Amdursky, M.D – Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist
• Jim Barratt – Managing Director, Ankura Consulting
• Joshua Levin – Government Attorney
• Daniel A. Nathan – Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
• Sam Paschall – Associate Dean and Associate Professor, Howard University
• LaSalle Petty – Retired Colonel, United States Air Force
• Adam Strickberger, M.D., – Cardiologist
• Timothy Tubbs – Travel Consultant, Ovation/Lawyer Travels
• Katherine H. Wheatley – Government Attorney
• Jacqueline Gosby – Senior Finance Executive
• Marci Harris-Blumenthal – Global Programs Director, AJC