Officers, Committee Members & Representatives
Printer-friendly versionOfficers of the Meeting
(1 year terms)
| 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 | Hayden Wetzel |
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 September 30 of the years specified)
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2023 |
2025 |
2027 | 2029 | |
| Mark Haskell | Dante Bucci | Chad Dobson | Matthew Higgins | |
| Bill Foskett (clerk) | Elaine Wilson | Letty Coffin | J.E. McNeil | |
| Dan Dozier | Mary Melchior | Meg Greene | ||
| Jim Bell | Betsy Bramon | 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 Committee (As of 2022, functions are assumed by Trustees, Personnel and Religious Education Committee) Reps: Martha Solt-Trustees, Kathy Lipp-Farr-Religious Education, Aaron Johnson-Personnel Committee | |||
| Finance & Stewardship Committee | |||
| Term expires end of: | |||
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
| Meg Greene | Justin Potisit | Grant Thompson (co-clerk 2023) | |
| Jason Terry (co-clerk 2023) | Steve Lovett | ||
| John Bluedorn | Dan Dozier | ||
| David Smith | |||
| 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 | |||
| Term expires end of: | |||
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
| Peter Nye | Candy Miller | Greg Robb (clerk 2023) | |
| Susan Bien | Steve (Peaches) Watkins | Sandra Proctor | |
| Roger Caitlin | Camilla Greer | ||
| Tristan Kirkman | |||
| Debby Churchman | |||
| Library, Records & Handbook Committee | |||
| Term expires end of: | |||
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
| Jessica Vermooten | Kylie Carpenter | ||
| Mark Kawar | Elizabeth Nyman | Patrick Turley | |
| Gene Throwe - Clerk & Librarian | |||
| Savannah Richie-2026 | |||
| Ex officio members: Librarians, Historians | |||
| Marriage and Family Relations Committee | |||
| Term expires end of: | |||
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
| Martha Solt (clerk) | Bill Strein | ||
| Basil Kiwan | Beth Cogswell | ||
| Debby Churchman | |||
| Steve Lovett | |||
| Membership Committee | |||
| Term expires end of: | |||
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
| Elaine Wilson | Kathy Lipp Farr | Amit Pandya | |
| Robert Farr | Rebecca Nelson (Clerk) | ||
| Bobby Trice | |||
| Chris Zubowicz | |||
| Beth Cogswell | |||
| Ministry and Worship Committee | |||
| Term expires end of: | |||
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
| Amit Pandya | Liz Pomerleau | Joe Izzo | |
| Tish Thames | Kathy Powell | Ann Herzog | |
| Ray Patch | |||
| Gray Handley (clerk) | |||
| Diane Randall | |||
| Jean Capps | |||
| Nominating Committee | |||
| Term expires end of: | |||
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
| Gene Throwe | Virginia Avanesyan | Jim Bell | |
| Michael Beer (clerk) | Joe Izzo | Allen Faucett | |
| Megan Telfair | |||
| Ex officio members: Young Adult Friends Co-convenor, Administrative Secretary | |||
| Peace and Social Concerns Committee | |||
| Term expires end of: | |||
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
| Peter Nye | Barbara Briggs (clerk 2023) | Steve Chase | |
| Helena Cobban | Tamina Chowdhury | Allie Douma | |
| Kristen Clark | Jake Karaisz | ||
| Personal Aid Committee | |||
| Term expires end of: | |||
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
| Tom Libbert | Bill Parker (clerk through 2023) | Mary Melchior | |
| Hayden Wetzel | Kelli Moore | ||
| Mark Haskell | |||
| Pat Michaelson | |||
| Personnel Committee | |||
| Term expires end of: | |||
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
| Aaron Johnson (clerk) | Ed Hustead | Nicholas Warren (pending) | |
| Justin Connor | |||
| Ex-officio: FMW Co-clerks Elaine Wilson, Allen Fawcett | |||
| Property Committee | |||
| Term expires end of: | |||
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
| Ken Forsberg (co-clerk 2023) | Michael Wood (co-clerk 2023) | David Aluvale | |
| Elise Storck | Judy Hubbard | Michael Cronin | |
| Jay Harris | |||
| Evan Lippincott | |||
| 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 | |||
| Term expires in JUNE of year listed: | |||
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
| Kathy Lipp-Farr | John Hurvitz | ||
| Aaron Johnson | |||
| Jake Rittting | |||
| Julie Johnson (clerk) | |||
| Ex officio members: Youth Program Teacher, Child Safety Committee | |||
Special Committees
| Garden Committee - laid down | |||
| 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 | |
|
Search Committee (1/1/2023 - 12/31/2025) |
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| Bill Parker | Hayden Wetzel | Michael Beer | |
| Marissa Yeakey | |||
| 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 | ||
| Working Group on Clearness Committees | |||
| Petra-Rahim Carnes, clerk | Barbara Briggs | Danielle Carnes | |
| David Etheridge | Gray Handley | Marsha Holliday | |
| Ken Orvis | William Parker | Emilie Schmeidler | |
| Roseanna Stanton | |||
| Young Adult Friends | |||
| Vacant | |||
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) - 2 year term through 2022 | Bill Parker | ||
| 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 | ||
| Right Sharing of World Resources - 1 year term | vacant | ||
| Interfaith Council of Metro Washington - unspecified term | Joe Izzo | ||
| Friends Non-Profit Housing, Inc. Board - 3 year term | |||
| Annelise Haskell | |||
| School for Friends Board (3 year term, July-June) | |||
| Michael Cronin | |||
| Virginia Avanesyan | |||
Non-Quaker Organizations |
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| Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2-D - 1 year term | |||
| Barbara Briggs | |||
| DC Council of Churches (Representative to Annual Meeting) | |||
| Gene Throwe | |||