Our Board of Directors provides oversight of all programs and transactions and provides guidance and expertise to staff. They play a vital role in decision making, strategic planning, fundraising, and financial oversight and approve the organization’s annual operating budget. Each member of the AWS Board of Directors is required to serve on a programmatic subcommittee and make an annual contribution. Board members serve a maximum of two consecutive, three-year terms.
Officers and Members
- Geoff Rankin, Chair
Congressional Aviation - Kathleen Linehan, Vice Chair
Alpha Corporation - Ken Williams, Treasurer
Environmental Quality Resources, LLC - Melissa Ho, Ph.D., Secretary
Beeyuan Strategies - Danielle Baussan
Aspen Institute - Jim Connolly
Long and Foster Real Estate, Inc - Dolly Davis
First Tee DC - Elissa Feldman
Retired Deputy Dir., Indoor Environment Div., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Bill Irwin
Retired Chevron: Engineering, Operations, Government Affairs - Jayant Kairam
Diageo - Edwina J. McKechnie
LEAF Coalition - Tracey Patillo Johnson, MPP
Urban Institute - Lee Poston
Saola Strategies Consulting - Christopher E. Williams, President & CEO
Anacostia Watershed Society - Robert Boone
Founder & Honorary Member