GEC Board

Catherine Meloy serves as President and CEO of Goodwill of Greater Washington and the Goodwill Excel Center Adult Charter High School. Prior to joining Goodwill in 2003, Catherine had a successful 20...

Elizabeth joined Byte Back as executive director in September 2015. She is committed to giving underserved DC residents the opportunity to thrive in the changing economy.

Gilliard came to Venture Philanthropy Partners from the Walmart Foundation where she was senior director. Joining Walmart in 2008, she helped put into place the company’s first strategic approach to g...

April Young joined Hercules in 2011 as Managing Director and is based in the company’s McLean, VA offices. Hercules is the leading specialty finance company focused on providing senior secured loans t...

Betsy Karmin is a partner at Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, in the firm’s Real Estate Practice where she concentrates on a broad range of commercial real estate transactions, including leasing, financ...

Glen Howard retired in March 2013 as Managing Director, Legal Affairs & General Counsel at the Pew Charitable Trusts, where he was responsible for advising the organization’s board, senior management...

Scott is the Head of School for Purdue University’s Polytechnic High School in Indianapolis, which launched on July 31, 2017. Scott’s focus is setting the vision and strategy for the initial campus, a...

Lisa Mallory serves as the District of Columbia Building Industry Association’s CEO. DCBIA is a trade association of 450 member organizations and thousands of professionals in all aspects of real esta...

Debra Swangin, a native of Washington, DC, is currently a student at The Goodwill Excel Center (GEC) and will graduate in July 2021.

He is originally from the Columbia Heights and Adams Morgan neighborhood. He is currently enrolled at The Goodwill Excel Center (GEC) and will graduate in July 2021.