Board members serve for three-year terms, participate in major fundraising activities, attend Theatre Lab performances and events, and take part in committees where their expertise adds value. In addition, board members are ambassadors of The Theatre Lab, enabling us to connect with new people and partner organizations.
Board of Directors
Ellen Perry (Chair)
Managing Partner
Wealthbridge Partners
Matt Bassett
Creative Director at Graphic Audio, LLC
Lisa Brown
Partner, WilmerHale and Chair of Higher Education Practice Group
Elizabeth Davenport
Owner-Pinney Davenport Nutrition, PLLC, and Owner-Sunny Side Up Nutrition, LLC
Sherry Duncan
Retired
Legal Secretary
Terresita Edwards
Educator/Actor and Talk Show Host
Laura Einstein
Former Chief Legal Counsel
Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands
Deb Gottesman
Co-Executive Director
The Theatre Lab
Nia Graham
Director of Annual Giving,
The Lab School of Washington DC
Tracy Gray
President-Gray Strategies
Denise Hanna
Partner, Troutman Pepper Locke
Dr. Roberto Ifill
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and Search Consultant, AGB Search
Ibby Jeppson
Retired-Founding Team and Chief Development Officer-DC Prep
Julie Lloyd
Managing Director
National Journal Group
Adrianne Marsh
Founding Partner
Altum Insight
Buzz Mauro
Co-Executive Director
The Theatre Lab
Mary Mitchelson
Former Inspector General, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Megan Robbins
Nonprofit Professional
Alexis Ronickher
Partner, Katz Banks Kumin LLP
Luna Samman
Partner
ArentFox Schiff
Rae Vann
Head of Employment Law and Labor Relations
Wayfair
Liz Whisnant
School Leader
Horace Mann Elementary School
Trustees Emeriti
Jeffrey Bauman
Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
President, Beech Street Foundation
Roberta Gottesman
Former Executive Director
Children’s Legal Rights
Gene Rotberg
Former Vice-President and Treasurer
The World Bank
Shar Taylor
Vice President, Chief Social Impact Officer
Consumer Reports