Board Members

Chair
James Potts
Vice President (Retired)
PEPCO Holdings, Inc.

Vice Chair
Patricia Williams
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Americans for the Arts

Secretary
Richard Riddell
Senior Vice President
General Dynamics

Treasurer
Carl Buchheister
Attorney

President
Wilton Corkern
The Accokeek Foundation

Chair Emeritus
Peter Ladd Gilsey
President
Ariba Asset Management, Inc.

Christine Bergmark
Executive Director
Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission

Mary Boyd
President
African American Heritage Society

William G. Carter, Jr.
Businessman

Kate Clancy
Food Systems Consultant

Marietta Ethier
Attorney

Susan Gage
Owner
Susan Gage Catering

John Jameson
Former Smithsonian Official

Barbara Pittman
Educator, Farmer

Hon. James Proctor
Delegate
Prince George's County, Maryland State House of Delegates

Andy Quinn
Partner
McAllister & Quinn, LLC

Alfred Rotondaro
Senior Fellow of the Center for American Progress

Robert Stanton
Former Director
National Park Service

Gabrielle Tayac
Curator
National Museum of the American Indian

Norton Dodge
Professor, Emeritus of Economics
University of Maryland

Jean Wallace Douglas
President
Wallace Genetic Foundation

Mary Leigh
Agricultural Economist

ALICE FERGUSON FOUNDATION
Peggy DeStefanis
Tracy Bowen

C&O CANAL ASSOCIATION
Barbara Sheridan

GUNSTON HALL
David L.Reese

MOUNT VERNON LADIES ASSOCIATION
Gay Gaines
James Rees

MOYAONE ASSOCIATION
William Robertson

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Joe Lawler
Regional Director
National Capital Region

Gayle Hazelwood
Superintendent
National Capital Parks East

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
G. Terry Sharrer