Officers, Committee Members & Representatives
Officers of the Meeting
Co-clerk | Elaine Wilson |
Co-clerk | Allen Fawcett |
Recording Clerk | Tristan Kirkman |
Treasurer | Merry Pearlstein (July 2023 - June 2024) |
Assistant Treasurer | Grant Thompson (June 2024) |
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 |
Events and Rental Manager | Brian Lutenegger |
Property Manager | Ken Orvis |
Religious Education Support Teacher | Donna Williams |
Six year terms run through December 31 of the years specified
Board of Trustees
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2025 | 2027 | 2029 |
Dante Bucci | Betsy Bramon | Matthew Higgins |
Elaine Wilson | Letty Coffin | 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!
Responsibility for child safety and compliance with FMW's protocols is held by representatives 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
Term expires end of:
2025 | 2026 | 2027 | |
CJ Lewis | Ray Patch | ||
Malcolm McDermond (co-convener) | |||
EJ Hardwick (co-convener) |
2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 |
Justin Potisit | Grant Thompson (co-clerk) | Harry Matz | Barbara Vohryzek |
Jason Terry (co-clerk) | David Smith | John Reynolds | |
John Bluedorn |
Term expires end of:
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 |
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 |
Term expires end of:
2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Jessica Vermooten | Kylie Carpenter | Savannah Richie |
Elizabeth Nyman | Patrick Turley | Helena Cobban |
Gene Throwe - Clerk & Librarian | William Hardy |
Term expires end of:
Ex officio members: Librarians, Historians |
Term expires end of:
2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Martha Solt (co-clerk) | Bill Strein | Mark Haskell |
Basil Kiwan (co-clerk) | Beth Cogswell | |
Debby Churchman | ||
Steve Lovett |
2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Kathy Lipp Farr | Rebecca Nelson (clerk) | Mary Melchior |
Bobby Trice | ||
Chri Zubowicz | ||
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2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Liz Pomerleau | Joe Izzo | Tish Thames |
Kathy Powell | Ann Herzog | Debby Churchman |
Ray Patch | Elise Storck | |
Gray Handley (clerk) | John Meyer | |
Diane Randall | ||
Jean Capps |
Term expires end of:
2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Virginia Avanesyan | Jim Bell | Michael Beer (clerk) |
Joe Izzo | Marissa Yeakey | |
Bill Parker |
Term expires end of:
Ex officio members: Young Adult Friends Co-convenor, Administrative Secretary |
2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Barbara Briggs (clerk) | Steve Chase | Rozella Apel-Hernandez |
Kristen Clark | Allie Douma | Marina Jacobo |
Tamina Chowdhury | Jake Karaisz | Peter Nye |
Helen Qubain |
Term expires end of:
2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Mary Melchior | Bill Parker (clerk) | Kathy Lipp-Farr |
Mark Haskell | Jacob Keohane | |
Pat Michaelson | Steve Lovett | |
Jean Capps |
Term expires end of:
2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Ed Hustead | Nicholas Warren | Aaron Johnson (clerk) |
Justin Connor |
Term expires end of:
Ex-officio: FMW Co-clerks Elaine Wilson, Allen Fawcett |
Term expires end of:
2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Michael Wood (co-clerk) | David Aluvale | Chip Yeakey (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, Events and Rental Manager |
Ex-officio member: Merry Pearlstein, Finance & Stewardship committee member |
Term expires in June of year listed:
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
2025 | 2026 | 2027 |
Marsha Holliday | Anne Kendall (clerk) | C. J. Lewis |
J.E. McNeil | Rebecca Nelson | Peter Nye |
Justin Potosit | Bill Strein | Elaine Wilson |
Michelle Hannahs | Nicholas Warren | David Aluvale |
Search Committee
1/1/2023 - 12/31/2025
Bill Parker | Michael Beer | ||
Marissa Yeakey |
Ex officio member: Presiding Clerk |
Ex officio member: Barbara Briggs, Administrative Secretary |
C.J. Lewis (co-clerk) | Eric Nothman (Backpack Project co-coordinator) |
Eric Nothman (co-clerk) | Steve Brooks (Backpack Project co-coordinator) |
Emilie Schmeidler (Grate Patrol co-coordinator) | |
Gray Handley (Christ House Lunch coordinator) | |
Patty Murphy (Church of the Pilgrims Lunch coordinator) | |
(vacant) (S.O.M.E Breakfast coordinator) |
Information Technology
Reorganization in discussion
Ex officio member: Barbara Briggs, Administrative Secretary |
Ex officio member: Ken Orvis, Property Manager |
David Ethridge (clerk) |
Debby Churchman |
Anyone feeling led to or in need of clearness committee support should reach out to Clerks of Meeting or of Ministry & Worship Committee
Phoebe Shatzer, Isaiah Grace and Hannah Moloney (co-conveners)
Representatives to Other Organizations
Quaker Organizations
Meeting Liaisons
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) - 2 year term through 2022 | Steve Chase |
Baltimore Yearly Meeting, Finance & Stewardship Committee | Aaron Johnson |
Baltimore Yearly Meeting Ministry and Pastoral Care Committee - unspecified term | Greg Robb |
Friends Committee on National Legislation - 1 year term through 2022 | Susan Griffin and Tamina Chowdhury |
Friends United Meeting - 1 year term | (vacant) |
Friends Wilderness Center | (vacant) |
Right Sharing of World Resources - 1 year term | (vacant) |
Interfaith Council of Metro Washington - unspecified term | Joe Izzo |
Friends Non-Profit Housing, Inc. Board
Annelise Haskell - 3 year term
Michael Cronin - 3 year term |
Virginia Avanesyan - 3 year term |
Non-Quaker Organizations
Barbara Briggs - 1 year term (DC Council of Churches (FMW Representative to Annual Meeting) |
Gene Throwe - 1 year term (Interfaith Council of Washington) |
Joe Izzo - 1 year term |