Congressional Award Foundation Board of Directors

Executive Officers

Chairman of the Board - Paxton K. Baker, CENTRIC

Vice Chairwoman - Linda Mitchell, MSU Extension Service

Vice Chairman - Ambassador Roger F. Noriega, Vision Americas LLC

Vice Chairman - The Honorable Rodney E. Slater, Patton Boggs, LLP

Secretary - Mary Rodgers, Pennsylvania

Treasurer - Lee Klumpp, CPA, BDO USA, LLP Director

Chairman Emeritus - John Falk, Firecreek Ltd.

Board Members

Cliff Akiyama - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

The Honorable Max Baucus - United States Senate

The Honorable Gus Bilirakis - United States Congress

Ed Blansitt, CPA - Washington, DC

The Honorable Kwame Brown - DC Council Chairman

Laurel Call - Ohio

Nick Cannon - California

Michael Carozza - Washington, DC

Edward Cohen - Lerner Enterprises

Kathy Didawick - Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Dr. Wiley Dobbs - Idaho

Mike Esser - Edward Jones

David Falk - FAME

Jeffrey S. Fried - Washington, DC

Ron Gillyard - Los Angeles, CA

George B. Gould - Washington, DC

Dr. Larry Green - Maryland

J. Steven Hart, Esq. - Williams & Jensen, P.C.

Erica Wheelan Heyse - National Director

David W. Hunt, Esq. -Counsel

The Honorable Johnny Isakson - United States Senate

The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee - United States Congress

Paul Kelly - The Federal Group

Conrad Lass - American Petroleum Institute

Lynn Lyons - Florida

Patrick McLain - sanofi-aventis, US

Marc Monyek - McDonald's Corporation

Patrick Murphy - 3 Click Solutions

Major General Robert B. Newman, Jr. - Virginia

Kimberly Norman - Texas

Andrew F. Ortiz - Ortiz Leadership Systems

Jerry Prout - FMC Corporation

Glenn Reynolds - USTelecom Association

Adam Ruiz - Kentucky

Dan Scherder - Scherder & Associates

Jimmie Lee Solomon - Major League Baseball

Jeffrey L. Thompson - The Walt Disney Company

The Honorable Jeri Thomson - Former Secretary of the US Senate

Joe Watson - Virginia

Kathryn Weeden - United States Senate Page School

Jon Wood - Alpha Natural Resources