Board members serve for three-year terms, participate in major fundraising activities, attend Theatre Lab performances and events, and take part in committees where their expertise adds value. In addition, board members are ambassadors of The Theatre Lab, enabling us to connect with new people and partner organizations.
Board of Directors
Ellen Perry (Chair)
Managing Partner
Wealthbridge Partners
Sherry Duncan
Retired
Legal Secretary
Michelle DeYoung
Vice President & Senior Associate-Restructuring Associates
Laura Einstein
Former Chief Legal Counsel
Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands
Mary Goldsmith
Director
RSM
Deb Gottesman
Co-Executive Director
The Theatre Lab
Nia Graham
Director of Annual Giving,
The Lab School of Washington DC
Tracy Gray
President-Gray Strategies
Betsy Hague
Episcopal Priest and retired Board Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Denise Hanna
Washington, DC Office Managing Partner
Locke Lord LLP
Ibby Jeppson
Retired-Founding Team and Chief Development Officer-DC Prep
Julie Lloyd
Managing Director
National Journal Group
Buzz Mauro
Co-Executive Director
The Theatre Lab
Mary Mitchelson
Former Inspector General, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Luna Samman
Partner
ArentFox Schiff
Amana Simmons, Esq.
Hearing Administrator
Prince George’s County Public Schools
Rae Vann
Head of Employment Law and Labor Relations
Wayfair
Liz Whisnant
School Leader
Horace Mann Elementary School
Trustees Emeriti
Jeffrey Bauman
Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
President, Beech Street Foundation
Roberta Gottesman
Former Executive Director
Children’s Legal Rights
Gene Rotberg
Former Vice-President and Treasurer
The World Bank
Shar Taylor
Vice President, Chief Social Impact Officer
Consumer Reports