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Meet the Team

Our Staff

Creative Director

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Sandy Wright

Founder & Co-Executive Director

Tara Wise

Performing Arts Program & Events Director

Dave Therriault

Founder & Co-Executive Director

Emma Myers

Programming Assistant

Our Board

Dave Therriault

Co-Founder

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Sandy Wright

Co-Founder

Lynn Arndt

Nonprofit consultant: former CEO of Blackrock Center for the Arts, Germantown: former COO of Interfaith Works, Rockville

Cathy Matthews

Retired Director of Upcounty Regional Office of Montgomery County Government: co-founder of Foundation for African-American History mobile touring museum.

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President

Cathy Pickar

Retired music professor, George Washington University: founding editor of Women and Music: A Journal of Gender and Culture

Pastor and founder of Hosanna Community Church: Retired corrections officer

Chuck Copeland

Valaree Dickerson

Community organizer and former Poolesville Town Commissioner

Jim Gregg

Treasurer

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Brian Jamison

Realtor with Jamison Real Estate and Accomplished Muscian

Alex Markoff

Director and co-founder of outdoor educational nonprofit Calleva

Meredith Meyers

Vice President

Angela Molfese

Humanities and writing specialist, Montessori Community School, Durham, North Carolina: former Adolescent Guide at Butler Montessori, Darnestown

Secretary

Jeff Sypeck

Writer, editor, historical researcher, and co-author of I Have Started for Canaan: The Story of the African American Town of Sugarland

Robin Salomon

President of affordable housing developer Skyline LLC; former treasurer, Glen Echo Partnership for the Arts; past chair of Silver Spring-based nonprofit Community Bridges

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