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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board supports the work of The Congressional Award Foundation and provides mission-based leadership and strategic governance.
Executive officers
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Committee Chairs
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BOARD MEMBERS
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Mayealie Adams
VP, Government Affairs
Danaher
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Pamela Alexander
Managing Director and Head of Corporate Citizenship,
KKR
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Marc Baer
Minnesota
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Diana Léon Brown
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Romero Brown
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Edward Cohen
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Dr. Vipul Dev
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Diane Dewhirst
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Lindsey Dickinson
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The Honorable Debbie Dingell
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Mitchell Draizin
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Melissa Foxman
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Beverly Gilyard
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Steve Hartell
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Ashley Hayes
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Erica Wheelan Heyse
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The Honorable Richard Hudson
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David W. Hunt, ESQ.
Legal Counsel
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Collis Jones
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Myriah Jordan
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Michael J. Kennedy
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Michael Kiely
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Bradley Knox, ESQ.
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The Honorable Cynthia Lummis
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Mateo Magdaleno
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The Honorable Joe Manchin
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Lance Mangum
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Brittany Masalosalo
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John Mason
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Maurice Obeid
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Mike Parrish
VP Public Affairs, Science and Sustainability
Bayer
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Donald Remy
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Joyce Rogers
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Jade Shields
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Riley Swinehart
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Karen Talarico
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Kim Talley
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Jason Van Pelt
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Rita Vaswani
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Kathryn Weeden
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
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Merrill Eisenhower Atwater
People to People International
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Simeon Banister
Rochester Area Community Foundation
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Skip Braziel
VP, Government Affairs, Prudential Financial
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George Coelho
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Anthony Crowell
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Ingrid Duran
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LAWRENCE J. GREEN, M.D.
Maryland
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Raymond Hall
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The Honorable Gregg Harper
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Adrian Harpool
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Colin A. Hosten
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BRIAN K. JOHNSON, Ed.D.
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RAYMOND KERINS, JR.
CEO, The Next Security Group and Chief Public Affairs Officer of The Next Practices Group
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Catherine Pino
Founder & CEO, D&P Creative Strategies, LLC
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Karen Sessions
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Sanyin Siang
Executive Director, Coach K Leadership and Ethics Center,
Duke University
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Vanessa Sinders
INDIANA
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Will Stute
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The Honorable Ritchie Torres
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Bruce Walker
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