BOARD AND STAFF
Board of Directors
Gregory S. Chernack, President
Hollingsworth LLP
Gail Harmon, Vice President
Harmon Curran, LLP
Jamie Hechinger, Secretary
Russell Reynolds Associates
Anna Fuhrman
Owner, Proper Topper, Inc.
Donald Richardson
Antoinette Ford
Executive Director, Double Nickels
James Lewis
Merrill Lynch
Diane Lebson
SOS Children’s Villages/Kinderdorf International
Linnea Hegarty
Alliance for Climate Protection
Executive Director
Anna Velazco
avelazco@dcplfoundation.org
Office: 202-727-4943
Anna Velazco is a nonprofit executive and social entrepreneur with over 20 years’ experience pioneering innovative initiatives for disadvantaged populations in the public and nonprofit sectors. She has performed organizational development consulting to over 75 nonprofit organizations, ran a multi-million dollar national and international division of a nonprofit organization, and most recently served 5 years in District of Columbia government, primarily as Director of Planning and Analysis in the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Children, Youth, Families and Elders. She began her career as an adult educator in the fields of literacy, English as a Second Language, and adult basic education culminating in managing a network of 18 alternative learning centers in New York City. She holds degrees in literature and classics from Oberlin College and Harvard University and is a lifelong lover of books. She has lived in the District for 16 years.
Honorary Board
Frida Burling
Nora Drew Gregory
Michael Kahn
Charles Mann
Virginia Hayes Williams
