MEMBER BUZZ - JUNE 2019
June 1, 2019
Highlighting the Successes and Accomplishments of LGW Members
1992
Maria Gomez won the Hispanic Business Hall of Fame Award, 2019.
Charlene Drew Jarvis was the graduation speaker for the Psychology Department at the University of Maryland where she earned her PhD.
1993
Ibrahim Mumin received a Resolution for his work on behalf of the residents of the District of Columbia.
1998
May 13th was declared Kojo Nnamdi Day by DC Mayor, Muriel Bowser.
Alex Orfinger was honored as Developer of the Year by Jubilee Housing.
2000
Cary Hatch and her communications firm, MDB Communications, were recognized by Roy Rogers Restaurants as an Agency of Record.
2002
Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners set a goal of investing more than $200 million on workforce and affordable housing.
2004
Tamara Copeland was named Fair Chance DC’s Community Champion.
Marsha Ralls was awarded Enterprising Women of the Year 2019.
2005
Mario Acosta-Velez was honored among the Washington Business Journal Business of Pride 2019 honorees.
CohnReznick LLP elected David Kessler as its next Chief Executive Officer.
2007
Lidia Soto-Harmon and the Girl Scouts of the National Capital Area launched a new philanthropy and STEM initiative called Girls the World Needs.
2008
Dr. Sheryl Chapman received an Honorary Doctorate from Brown University.
2010
Glen O’Gilvie was named the FAME -- Foundation for the Advancement of Music & Education 2019 Community and Nonprofit Champion.
2013
WBJ Editor-in-Chief, Doug Fruehling, was named editor-in-chief of the San Francisco Business Times.
2015
Marymount University appointed Jonathan Aberman Dean of its School of Business and Technology.
2017
Jake Burns has been promoted to Nats’ EVP of Business Operations.
Juan Jara was appointed as the new chairman of the Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Nicholas Jordan was named to the Washington Business Journal 2019 class of 40 Under 40 honorees.
Beth Gorman is now Vice President of Fundraising and Innovation and Growth Initiatives at the National Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
2018
Torine Creppy and her organization, Safe Kids Worldwide, held the first-ever “Children in Autonomous Vehicles” Consortium.
Janese Kleban was named to the Washington Business Journal 2019 class of 40 Under 40 honorees.
Jill Klein was recognized in the 20th Annual Women in Technology Leadership Awards in the area of Academia.
2019
Maury Peiperl was appointed as a new director at The Freedom Bank of Virginia.
Aaron Dworkin was named as the new CEO of the National Summer Learning Association.
Bobby Moran was selected as the new Chief Revenue Officer at EverFi.
In Memoriam: Alice Rivlin ('00)
