Officers, Committee Members, and Representatives
Officers of the Meeting
(1 year terms)
| Co-Clerk | Elaine Wilson |
| Co-Clerk | Allen Fawcett |
| Recording Clerk | Tristan Kirkman |
| Treasurer | Merry Pearlstein |
| Assistant Treasurer | Grant Thompson (through 6/30/23) |
| Financial Coordinator | Anita Drever, Neil Froemming |
| 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 | |
| Youth Program Teacher | Donna Williams |
Board of Trustees
(Six year terms run through September 30 of the years specified)
2023 – Bill Foskett (Clerk), Jim Bell, Dan Dozier, Mark Haskell, Martha Solt (second term)
2024 – None
2025 – Dante Bucci, Bruce Kellog, Chris Wickham, Elaine Wilson
2026 – None
2027 – Betsy Bramon, Letty Coffin, Chad Dobson, Mary Melchior
Standing Committees
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(3 year terms run through the end of the years specified, unless otherwise indicated)
Finance & Stewardship Committee
2023 – Meg Greene
2024 – Jason Terry (co-clerk), John Bluedorn, Justin Potisit, David Smith
2025 – Grant Thompson (co-clerk), Dan Dozier, Steve Lovett
Ex officio member: Merry Pearlstein, Treasurer
Ex-officio member: Anita Drever, Financial Coordinator
Ex officio member: Grant Thompson, Assistant Treasurer
Ex officio member: Property Committee liaison
2023 – Susan Bien, Peter Nye
2024 – Roger Caitlin, Candy Miller, Steve (Peaches) Watkins
2025 – Greg Robb (clerk), Debby Churchman, Camilla Greer, Tristan Kirkman, Sandra Proctor
Library, Records & Handbook Committee
2023 – Mark Kawar
2024 – Elizabeth Nyman, Jessica Vermooten
2025 – Gene Throwe (Clerk and Librarian), Kyle Carpenter, Patrick Turley
Ex officio members: Librarians, Historians
Marriage and Family Relations Committee
2023 – Jim Bell
2024 – Martha Solt (clerk), Liz Pomerleau
2025 – Beth Cogswell, Bill Strein
2023 – Robert Farr, Elaine Wilson
2024 – Kathy Lipp Farr
2025 – Rebecca Nelson (co-clerk), Bobby Trice (co-clerk), Beth Cogswell, Amit Pandya
Ministry and Worship Committee
2023 – Amit Pandya, Tish Thames
2024 – Liz Pomerleau, Kathy Powell
2025 – Gray Handley (clerk), Ann Herzog, Joe Izzo, Ray Patch, Diane Randall
2022 – Michael Beer (Clerk), Megan Telfair, Gene Throwe
2023 – Virginia Avanesyan, Joe Izzo
2024 – Jim Bell, Allen Fawcett
Ex officio members: Young Adult Friends Co-convener, Administrative Secretary
Peace and Social Concerns Committee
2023 – Helena Cobban, Peter Nye
2024 – Barbara Briggs (clerk), Tamina Chowdhury, Kristen Clark
2025 – Steve Chase, Allie Douma, Jake Kauraisz
2023 – Tom Libbert
2024 – Hayden Wetzel (clerk), Bill Parker
2025 – Mark Haskell, Mary Melchior, Pat Michaelson, Kelly Moore
2023 – Aaron Johnson (clerk)
2024 – Justin Connor, Ed Hustead, Martha Solt
2025 – Nicholas Warren
Ex-officio: FMW Clerks
2023 – Ken Forsberg (co-clerk), Elise Storck
2024 – Michael Wood (co-clerk), Judy Hubbard
2025 – David Aluvale, Michael Cronin, Jay Harris
Ex officio member: Ken Orvis, Property Manager
Ex officio member: Brian Lutenegger, Event and Rental Manager
Ex officio member: Finance & Stewardship committee liaison
Term expires at end of June of the year listed
2023 – Danielle Carnes, Roseanna Stanton
2024 – Allen Fawcett, Aaron Johnson, Kathy Lipp-Farr, Jake Ritting
2025 – John Hurvitz
Ex officio members: Religious Education Support Teacher
Special Committees
(unspecified term length unless indicated otherwise)
Change Group for Racial Justice
David Ethridge (Clerk), Debby Churchman
Hunger and Homelessness Task Force (under care of Peace & Social Concerns)
Steve Brooks (Co-clerk), C.J. Lewis (Co-clerk), Allen Archer, Betsy Bramon, Brad Green, Archer Griffin, Gray Handley
Information Technology
Reorganization in discussion
Ex-officio member: Barbara Briggs, Administrative Secretary
Ex-officio member: Ken Orvis, Property Manager
Mary Jane Simpson (D.C.) Scholarship Fund
Anne Kendall (Clerk), David Aluvale, Michelle Hannahs, Marsha Holliday, C. J. Lewis, J.E. McNeil, Rebecca Nelson, Peter Nye, Justin Potosit, Bill Strein, Nicholas Warren, Elaine Wilson
Search Committee
Term 2023-2025
Michael Beer, Bill Parker, Hayden Wetzel, Marissa Yeakey
Ex officio member: Presiding Clerk
Ex officio member: Barbara Briggs, Administrative Secretary
Working Group on Clearness Committees
Petra-Rahim Carnes (clerk), Barbara Briggs, Danielle Carnes, David Etheridge, Gray Handley, Marsha Holliday, Ken Orvis, Bill Parker, Emilie Schmeidler, Roseanna Stanton
Vacant
Representatives to Other Organizations
Various term lengths, as indicated below
Quaker Organizations – Meeting Liaisons
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) – 2 year term through 2022
Bill Parker
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 Non-Profit Housing, Inc. Board – 3 year term
Dan Dozier
Friends United Meeting – 1 year term
vacant
Right Sharing of World Resources – 1 year term
vacant
School for Friends Board (3 year term, July-June)
Michael Cronin
Non-Quaker Organizations
Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2-D – 1 year term
Barbara Briggs
DC Council of Churches (Representative to Annual Meeting)
Gene Throwe
Interfaith Council of Metro Washington – unspecified term
Joe Izzo