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Board of Directors 2023-2024

Executive Committee

GAVIN COLEMAN

Chair
Long Shot Hospitality & The Dubliner

SCOTT ATTMAN

Educated Eats Chair | Allied Director
Acme Paper & Supply Co.

DIANE GROSS

Chair of the Board | Chair, Government Affairs Advisory Committee
Cork Wine Bar & Market

GREG CASTEN

PAC Chair | Operator Director
Tony & Joe's Seafood Place, Nick's Riverside Grille, Ivy City Smokehouse, The Point D.C.

JENNA VELELLA

Treasurer
El Presidente, Pastis Washington DC, Bread Alley, St. Anselm

Marisa Casey

Secretary
Due South, Millie's Spring Valley, Jetties, Surfside

Executive Committee At-Large

Ana Reyes

At-Large Director – Mar. 2025
El Tamarindo

Rock Harper

At-Large Director – Mar. 2025
Queen Mother's Kitchen and Hill Prince

Operator Directors

SONYA ALI

Director – Mar. 2025
Ben’s Chili Bowl and Ben’s Next Door

Alex Momeni

Director – Mar. 2025
Moby Dick House of Kabob

DEAN CIBEL

Director – Mar. 2026
Nick’s Riverside Grill

Peter Johnson

Director – Mar. 2025
Jose Andres Group

Johnny Spero

Director – Mar. 2025
Bar Spero

Anna Valero

Hook Hall, Kraken, National Union Building

Valerie Zweig

Prescription Chicken

RIS LACOSTE

Director – Mar. 2025
ris

JEFFREY BANK

Director – Mar. 2025
Alicart Restaurant Group

SCOTT DREWNO

Director – Mar. 2025
CHIKO, Anju

Nadine Brown

Director – Mar. 2026
At Your Service, Wine Experiences and Promotions

TIFFANY MACISAAC

Director – Mar. 2026

RUTH GRESSER

Director – Mar. 2025
Pizzeria Paradiso

COLIN MCDONOUGH

Director – Mar. 2025
Red Stone (All Purpose, The Red Hen, Boundary Stone)

KATSUYA FUKUSHIMA

Director – Mar. 2025
Daikaya Group

Jenn Larkin

Director – Mar. 2025
Black Restaurant Group

CLARE PARKER

Director – Mar. 2026
Neighborhood Restaurant Group

DANIELLA SENIOR

Director – Mar. 2026
Colada Shop, Bresca, Zumo, Serenata

Jeff Miskiri

Director – Mar. 2026
Miskiri Hospitality Group

Timmy Norton

Director – Mar. 2026
Great American Restaurants

Hollis Silverman

Director – Mar. 2025
Eastern Point Collective

Micheline Mendelsohn

Director – Mar. 2027
Sunnyside Restaurant Group

Allied Directors

Brandon Todd

Allied Director - Mar. 2024
Washington Gas

Dr. Erinn D. Tucker-Oluwole

Allied Director - Mar. 2024
DMV Black Restaurant Week; University of Maryland Eastern Shore

CHAD THOMPSON

Allied Director – Mar. 2025
USI Insurance Services

Cheryl Martin

Allied Director - Mar. 2024
Republic National Distributing Co.

ANDREW KLINE

Allied Director – Mar. 2025
Veritas Law Firm

JAY LIM

Allied Director - Mar. 2025
Saval Foodservice

Nina DiSandro

Allied Director – Mar. 2025
Potomac Construction Services

SOLOMON KEENE

Allied Director - Mar. 2024
Hotel Association of Washington, DC

AMY RICE

Allied Director - Mar. 2024
JBG Smith