Distinguished Board Member Emerita
Lois H. England*
2023/24 Board of Directors
![Luanne Adams Luanne Adams](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2018/11/Luanne-Adams.png)
Vice Chair
Luanne Adams came to Washington DC as an undergraduate theater major at The Catholic University. Her enthusiasm for the performing arts had been intensified by a Junior Year Abroad in …
![Britt Biles Britt Biles](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2021/11/Britt-Biles.png)
Britt Whitesell Biles, recently served as General Counsel of the US Small Business Administration. Prior to joining the SBA, she was Special Assistant to the President and Associate White House …
![Jamie Boucher Jamie Boucher](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2018/11/Jamie-Boucher.png)
Jamie L. Boucher joined the TWB board in 2019 and serves on the Ballet’s Executive Committee, Finance Committee, and Community Engagement and Marketing Committee. Jamie was also a member of …
![Jane Cafritz Jane R. Cafritz](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2018/11/Jane-Cafritz.png)
Jane Rosenthal Cafritz, a Washington area native, is an interior designer, color consultant and the head of Jane R. Cafritz Antiques & Interiors. Jane graduated from Holton-Arms School and Skidmore …
![Charles De Santis Charles De Santis](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2018/11/Charles-De-Santis.png)
Charles DeSantis jumps into action each day for three reasons: 1) family and friends, 2) the community in which he lives and works, and 3) those in the greatest need. …
![David De Santis David De Santis](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2019/07/David-De-Santis-e1669757997514.png)
Vice Chair
David DeSantis has been a Partner and Managing Broker at TTR Sotheby’s International Realty since 2007. Before joining TTR, David served in several senior roles in residential development, sales and …
![Erin Drouin Erin Drouin](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2022/11/Erin-Drouin.png)
Erin Drouin worked for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in the Washington, DC office for the Global Health Policy & Advocacy team as a consultant and continued in that …
![Jean-Marie Fernandez Jean-Marie Fernandez](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2018/11/Jean-Marie-Fernandez.png)
Chair
Jean-Marie Fernandez, Chair of the Board of Directors of The Washington Ballet, serves as the President of the Fernandez Foundation, a private foundation focused on the health and education of …
![Emilia Ferrera Emilia Ferrara](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2020/12/Emilia-Ferrera.png)
Emilia Newell Ferrara is a born and raised Washingtonian, an author, editor and teacher, and is an alumna of The Washington School of Ballet. Her tutelage began under Mary Day …
![Lauri Fitz-Pegado Lauri Fitz-Pegado](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2022/11/Lauri-Fitz-Pegado-e1669758318819.png)
Cultural and commercial diplomacy are the hallmarks of Lauri’s career working at the Voice of America, the U.S. Information Agency, and serving as a Foreign Service Officer. A former Assistant …
![YolandaFriend Yolanda Friend](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2023/08/YolandaFriend.png)
Yolanda Friend is an outcome driven, Inclusion & Diversity executive at Accenture, a global professional services company operating in more than 200 cities across 49 countries with more than 735K …
![James Gale James Gale](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2018/11/James-Gale.png)
James Gale is a seasoned professional at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), currently serving as Director of Project Finance and underwriting the financing of business investments worldwide. His primary …
![Michael Goldstein Michael B. Goldstein](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2018/11/Michael-Goldstein.png)
Mike Goldstein has been a member of The Washington Ballet Board since the 1980s, and also serves, pro bono, as TWB’s General Counsel. Mike came to Washington in 1978 to …
![Ryan Hayes Ryan Hayes](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2022/11/Ryan-Hayes.png)
Ryan Hayes is passionate about the arts and has been intimately involved in numerous arenas of the performing arts world. His wide breadth of professional experience in the corporate, non-profit, …
![Maureen Hinman Maureen Hinman](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2022/11/Maureen-Hinman.png)
Maureen Hinman is the Co-Founder and Executive Chair of Silverado Policy Accelerator. Ms. Hinman, a leading policy expert on environmental industry, most recently served as Director for Environment and Natural …
![Ashley Holbrook Ashley Holbrook](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2022/11/Ashley-Holbrook.png)
Ashley Holbrook is Director of National Strategy & Engagement at Boeing where she represents the company through external engagement efforts and leads external veterans and environmental strategies. As Chief of …
![Heather Hughes Heather Hughes](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2018/11/Heather-Hughes.png)
Heather Hughes moved to Washington, DC, in 2007 to join the law school faculty at American University, where she teaches and publishes on legal aspects of property and commercial finance. …
![Elizabeth Keeley Elizabeth Keeley](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2021/11/Elizabeth-Keeley.png)
Elizabeth Keeley retired in 2022 from being a Principal at Taconic Capital Advisors, an alternative investment firm based in New York. Betsy joined Taconic in August 2005 as Chief Compliance …
![Dianne Keppler Dianne Keppler](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2021/01/Dianne-Keppler.png)
Dianne Keppler is an attorney with more than twenty years of experience in federal litigation, working both in government and private practice. She became a ballet enthusiast after her daughter …
![Sara Lange Sara Lange](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2018/11/Sara-Lange.png)
Sara Lange is a mother of three living in Washington, DC and she has been involved with the Ballet for the better part of her life. She is a member …
![Hanane Lemlih Hanane Lemlih](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2020/12/Hanane-Lemlih.png)
Hanane Lemlih’s consulting practice is committed to providing investment advice that helps enable investors to make timely, well informed, and educated decisions. Our practice focuses on high net worth individuals, …
![Eve Lilley Eve Auchincloss Lilley](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2018/11/Eve-Lilley.png)
Eve Auchincloss Lilley is an educational diagnostician, administering psychological and educational evaluations to children and adults at Educational Assessment Associates. Eve began her career earning a Master’s degree working with …
![Timothy Lowery Timothy Lowery](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2018/11/Timothy-Lowery-1-e1669759716436.png)
Timothy R. Lowery is a Director with the global commercial real estate investment firm Hines and serves as the General Manager of the CityCenterDC project in Downtown Washington, D.C. Mr. …
![Dorothy McSweeny Dorothy Pierce McSweeny](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2018/11/Dorothy-McSweeny.png)
Dorothy Pierce McSweeny is the Chair Emeritus of the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, serving from 1996 to present and past Chair of the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation. In …
![Michelle Montes Michelle Montes](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2019/07/Michelle-Montes-e1669760005553.png)
Michelle Montes is an Assurance partner at EY with 23 years of experience in public accounting serving a variety of industries, currently focusing on real estate, hospitality and private equity. …
![Michael Olding Dr. Michael Olding](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2018/11/Michael-Olding.png)
Dr. Michael Olding is Chief of Plastic Surgery at George Washington University and Director of the Cosmetic Surgery Center at the GWU Medical Faculty Associates. He is a board certified …
![Carmen Perkins Carmen Perkins](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2022/11/Carmen-Perkins-e1669761291212.png)
A financial strategist who helps investors achieve maximum double bottom line impact for their commercial real estate portfolios. With clients ranging from multinational corporations to family offices to faith-based institutions, …
![Barbara Rothkopf Barbara S. Rothkopf](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2018/11/Barbara-Rothkopf.png)
Barbara Rothkopf returned to the board after 12 years of living in Easton, PA, where she served on the boards of various non-profits, including the Allentown Art Museum, Easton Hospital, …
![Martha Schwieters Martha Schwieters](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2018/11/Martha-Schwieters.png)
Martha Schwieters, a native Washingtonian, holds a degree in English literature from Trinity College (now Trinity Washington University) and an M.A in Performing Arts: Dance from American University. She taught …
![Mary Slimp Mary Slimp](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2022/11/Mary-Slimp.png)
After a lifelong love of performing arts, Mary joined the CIA as a political analyst. While posted in France and Belgium, she studied ballet at the Salle Pleyel in Paris …
![JenniferTulumello-Web Jennifer Skalka Tulumello](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2023/11/JenniferTulumello-Web-scaled.jpg)
Jennifer Skalka Tulumello is a freelance journalist who has held staff writer positions with the Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, National Journal Group and Concord (NH) Monitor. Her work has also …
![David Vosvick David Vosvick](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2022/11/David-Vosvick-e1669761529697.png)
David L. Vosvick II is the Vice President of Human Resources for Pepco Holdings and Exelon Utilities. Pepco Holdings, the parent company of Pepco, an electric utility serving Washington, D.C., …
![Dena Wiggins Dena Wiggins](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2022/11/Dena-Wiggins.png)
Dena Wiggins is President and CEO of Natural Gas Supply Association. She joined the Natural Gas Supply Association in 2014, returning to her professional roots to represent natural gas producers …
![Patricia Wu Patricia Wu](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2018/11/Patricia-Wu.png)
Patricia Wu is managing director of C&M International, the international policy and regulatory affairs consulting affiliate of Crowell & Moring LLP. Prior to joining C&M International, Patricia was with The …
![Lowell Yoder Lowell Yoder](https://media.washingtonballet.org/app/uploads/2018/12/Lowell-Yoder.png)
Treasurer
Lowell Yoder is currently a Sr. Group Manager for Greater Washington Commercial Banking Group at M&T Bank. Lowell is responsible for the overall management of the group including sales management, …
Distinguished Board Member Emerita