Officers, Committee Members & Representatives
Printer-friendly versionOfficers of the Meeting
(1 year terms)
| Co-Clerk | Elaine Wilson (through 2025) |
| Co-Clerk | Allen Fawcett (through 2025) |
| Recording Clerk | Tristan Kirkman |
| Treasurer | Merry Pearlstein (July 2024 - June 2025) |
| Assistant Treasurer | Grant Thompson (July 2024 - June 2025) |
| Financial Coordinator | Anita Drever (June 2024) |
| Recorder | Barbara Briggs |
Special Positions
(1 year terms)
| Librarian | Gene Throwe | |
| Historians | Greg Robb, Nicholas Saylor |
Administrative & Maintenance Staff
| Administrative Secretary | Barbara Briggs | |
| Event and Rental Manager | Brian Lutenegger | |
| Property Manager | Ken Orvis | |
| Religious Education Support Teacher |
Donna Williams |
Board of Trustees
(Six year terms run through December 31 of the years specified)
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2025 |
2027 |
2029 | ||
| Dante Bucci (co-clerk) | Betsy Bramon | Matthew Higgins | ||
| Elaine Wilson | Letty Coffin (co-clerk) | J.E. McNeil | ||
| Jorge Sanchez | Mary Melchior | Meg Greene | ||
| Neil Froemming | Rashid Darden | Justin Connor | ||
Standing Committees
Visit our committees page to learn more about our committees. Consider volunteering your talents by joining a committee!
(3 year terms run through the years specified)
| Child Safety Coordination (Responsibility for child safety and compliance with FMW's protocols is held by representaitves of FMW's Trustees, Personnel, and Religious Education Committee) Reps: Letty Coffin-Trustees, Kathy Lipp-Farr-RE, Aaron Johnson-Personnel | |||||||||||||||
| Advancement and Outreach Working Group | |||||||||||||||
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| Finance & Stewardship Committee | |||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |||||||||||||
| Justin Potisit | Grant Thompson (co-clerk) | Harry Matz | |||||||||||||
| Jason Terry (co-clerk) | David Smith | 2027 | |||||||||||||
| John Bluedorn | Barbara Vohryzek | ||||||||||||||
| John Reynolds | |||||||||||||||
| Ex officio member: Merry Pearlstein, Treasurer | |||||||||||||||
| Ex officio member: Grant Thompson, Assistant Treasurer | |||||||||||||||
| Ex-officio member: Anita, Drever, Financial Coordinator | |||||||||||||||
| Ex-officio member: Michael Cronin, Property Liaison | |||||||||||||||
| Hospitality Committee | |||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |||||||||||||
| Candy Miller | Greg Robb (clerk) | Chris Kearns McCoy | |||||||||||||
| Steve (Peaches) Watkins | Sandra Proctor | Anney Bolgiano | |||||||||||||
| Roger Caitlin | Camilla Greer | ||||||||||||||
| Tristan Kirkman | |||||||||||||||
| Debby Churchman | |||||||||||||||
| Library, Records & Handbook Committee | |||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |||||||||||||
| Jessica Vermooten | Kylie Carpenter | Savannah Richie | |||||||||||||
| Elizabeth Nyman | Patrick Turley | Helena Cobban | |||||||||||||
| Gene Throwe - Clerk & Librarian | William Hardy | ||||||||||||||
| Ex officio members: Librarians, Historians | |||||||||||||||
| Marriage and Family Relations Committee | |||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |||||||||||||
| Martha Solt (co-clerk) | Bill Strein | Mark Haskell | |||||||||||||
| Basil Kiwan (co-clerk) | Beth Cogswell | ||||||||||||||
| Debby Churchman | |||||||||||||||
| Steve Lovett | |||||||||||||||
| Membership Committee | |||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |||||||||||||
| Kathy Lipp Farr | Rebecca Nelson (clerk) | Mary Melchior | |||||||||||||
| Chri Zubowicz | Nick Warren | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Trice | |||||||||||||||
| Ministry and Worship Committee | |||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |||||||||||||
| Liz Pomerleau | Joe Izzo | ||||||||||||||
| Kathy Powell | Ann Herzog | Debby Churchman | |||||||||||||
| Jean Capps | Ray Patch | Elise Storck | |||||||||||||
| Gray Handley (clerk) | John Meyer | ||||||||||||||
| Diane Randall | |||||||||||||||
| Nominating Committee | |||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |||||||||||||
| Jim Bell | Michael Beer (clerk) | Emilie Schmeidler | |||||||||||||
| Marissa Yeakey | |||||||||||||||
| Bill Parker | |||||||||||||||
| Ex officio members: Young Adult Friends Co-convenor, Administrative Secretary | |||||||||||||||
| Peace and Social Concerns Committee | |||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |||||||||||||
| Barbara Briggs (clerk) | Steve Chase | Rozella Apel-Hernandez | |||||||||||||
| Kristen Clark | Allie Douma | Marina Jacobo | |||||||||||||
| Jake Karaisz | Peter Nye | ||||||||||||||
| Helen Qubain | |||||||||||||||
| Personal Aid Committee | |||||||||||||||
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| 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | |||||||||||||
| Mary Melchior | Bill Parker (clerk) | Kathy Lipp-Farr | |||||||||||||
| Mark Haskell | Jacob Keohane | ||||||||||||||
| Pat Michaelson | Steve Lovett | ||||||||||||||
| Jean Capps | |||||||||||||||
| Personnel Committee | |||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |||||||||||||
| Ed Hustead | Nicholas Warren | Aaron Johnson (clerk) | |||||||||||||
| Justin Connor | |||||||||||||||
| Ex-officio: FMW Co-clerks Elaine Wilson, Allen Fawcett | |||||||||||||||
| Property Committee | |||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |||||||||||||
| Michael Wood (co-clerk) | David Aluvale | Chip Yeakey (Co-clerk) | |||||||||||||
| Judy Hubbard | Michael Cronin | Elise Storck | |||||||||||||
| Jay Harris | Renee Ding | ||||||||||||||
| Evan Lippincott | Jennifer Adams | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Bell | |||||||||||||||
| Ex officio member: Ken Orvis, Property Manager | |||||||||||||||
| Ex officio member: Brian Lutenegger, Event and Rental Manager | |||||||||||||||
| Ex officio member: Merry Pearlstein, Finance & Stewardship committee member | |||||||||||||||
| Records and Handbook Committee (Merged into Library/Records & Handbook. See above.) | |||||||||||||||
| Religious Education Committee | |||||||||||||||
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| 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | |||||||||||||
| John Hurvitz | Anastacia Ebi | Tom Yonker (co-clerk) | |||||||||||||
| Jacob Ritting | Emma Preston (co-clerk) | ||||||||||||||
| Audrey Peek | Catherine Arjet | ||||||||||||||
| Ex officio members: Youth Program Teacher, Child Safety Committee | |||||||||||||||
Special Committees
| Mary Jane Simpson (D.C.) Scholarship Fund | |||
| Marsha Holliday | Anne Kendall, Clerk |
C. J. Lewis |
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| J.E. McNeil |
Rebecca Nelson |
Peter Nye | |
| Justin Potosit | Bill Strein | Elaine Wilson | |
| Michelle Hannahs | Nicholas Warren | David Aluvale | |
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Search Committee (1/1/2023 - 12/31/2025) |
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| Elaine Wilson | |||
| Allen Fawcett | |||
| Ex officio member: Presiding Clerk | |||
| Ex officio member: Barbara Briggs, Administrative Secretary | |||
| Hunger and Homelessness Task Force (under care of Peace & Social Concerns) | |||
| C.J. Lewis, Co-Clerk | Eric Nothman Steve Brooks |
Shoebox Project, coordinators | |
| Eric Nothman, Co-Clerk | Emilie Schmeidler | Grate Patrol, coordinator | |
| Gray Handley | Christ House Lunch, coordinator | ||
| Patty Murphy | Church of the Pilgrims Lunch, coordinator | ||
| (vacant) | S.O.M.E Breakfast, coordinator | ||
| Information Technology | |||
| Re-organization in discussion | |||
| Ex-officio member: Barbara Briggs, Administrative Secretary | |||
| Ex-officio member: Ken Orvis, Property Manager | |||
| Change Group for Racial Justice | |||
| David Ethridge, clerk | Debby Churchman | ||
| Robyn Appleberry | |||
| Clearness Committees | |||
| Anyone feeling led to or in need of clearness committee support should reach out to Clerks of Meeting or of Ministry &Worship Committee | |||
| Young Adult Friends | Co-conveners: | ||
| Phoebe Shatzer | Isaiah Grace | Hannah Moloney | |
Representatives to Other Organizations
(One-year or three-year terms, expiring in year indicated)
Quaker Organizations |
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| Meeting Liaisons | |||
| American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) - End 2025 | Steve Chase | ||
| Baltimore Yearly Meeting, Finance & Stewardship Committee | Aaron Johnson | ||
| Baltimore Yearly Meeting Ministry and Pastoral Care Committee - unspecified term | Greg Robb | ||
| BYM Nominating Committee (3 year term) | Donna Williams | ||
| Friends Committee on National Legislation - | Susan Griffin and Tamina Chowdhury | ||
| Friends United Meeting - 1 year term | vacant | ||
| Friends Wilderness Center | vacant | ||
| Friends Non-Profit Housing, Inc. Board - 3 year term | |||
| Annelise Haskell (end 2026) | |||
| School for Friends Board (3 year term, July-June) | |||
| Virginia Avanesyan (end 2025) | |||
Non-Quaker Organizations |
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| Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2-D - 1 year term: Barbara Briggs | |||
| DC Council of Churches (FMW Representative to Annual Meeting): Gene Throwe | |||
| Interfaith Council of Metropolitan Washington: Joe Izzo | |||
| Washginton Interfaith Network | Barbara Briggs | ||
| Jean Capps |