Member Buzz: Nov/Dec 2024

December 12, 2024

HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST NEWS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF LGW MEMBERS

1989

Linda Rabbitt (’89) received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Washington Business Journal CEO of the Year Awards

2009

Kim Alfonso (’09) was named as a 2024 Top 100 Minority Business Enterprises by the Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council

2015

Doug Duncan ('15) has been inducted into Montgomery County’s 2024 Human Rights Hall of Fame

Tamara Wilds Lawson (’15) was named Nonprofit Leader of the Year at the Washington Business Journal CEO of the Year Awards

2017

Tara Jackson (’17) has been named Acting County Executive for Prince George’s County

2019

Troy LeMaile-Stovall (’19) was named a Global 100 Honoree by Black Professionals Month

Ed Woods (’19) was inducted into the Montgomery County Business Hall of Fame

2021

Brunson Cooper (’21) was named as a 2024 Top 100 Minority Business Enterprises by the Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council

Indira Henard ('21) received the 2024 EXCEL Honorable Mention Award from the Center for Nonprofit Advancement

2023

John Barnhardt’s (’23) organization, Bishop McNamara High School, was named a 2024 Blue Ribbon School by US Dept of Education

Corey Briscoe (’23) was named as a 2024 Top 100 Minority Business Enterprises by the Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council

2024

Charlyn Stanberry (’24) was named one of The Hill’s Top Lobbyists for 2024

2025

Senthil Sankaran (’25) was named an Affordable Housing Champion at the Washington Business Journal CEO of the Year Awards


Once again, several LGW Members have been named to the Washington Business Journal Power 100 list this year:

  • Linda Rabbitt (’89)
  • Bill Tompkins (’92)
  • Ernie Drew Jarvis (’00)
  • Rosie Allen-Herring (’02)
  • Karen Dale (’03)
  • Kathy Hollinger (’04)
  • Mario Acosta-Velez (’05)
  • Jeremy Blank (’11)
  • Aakash Thakkar (’11)
  • Nina Albert (’14)
  • Victor Hoskins (’16)
  • Jack McDougle (’19)
  • Kyle Schoppmann (’19)
  • Tracy Gabriel (’20)
  • Monica Schmude (’20)
  • Tonia Wellons (’20)
  • Anne Kress (’21)
  • Kim Russo (’22)
  • Gregory Washington (’22)
  • Andrew Flagel (’23)
  • Susan Lacz (’24)
  • Clark Mercer (’24)
  • Gerren Price (’24)
  • Shawn Townsend (’24)
  • Amry Junaideen (’25)
  • Brian Pieninck (’25)
  • Senthil Sankaran (’25)
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Member Buzz: Nov/Dec 2024