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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