Team

CulturalDC is led by a volunteer board of area leaders with the business skills and experience to govern operations, as well as cultural and civic interests in Washington’s quality of life. An advisory committee made up of other arts and business representatives provides the organization with additional feedback and guidance.

Board of Directors

Anita Ayerbe, President
Mark G. Anderson Consultants
Tanja Castro, President-Elect
CastroHaase
Maurice Perry, Vice President
Bank of America Community Development Corporation
Abby Paige Fenton, Secretary
ABC 7/WJLA-TV
David Trebing, Treasurer
Daimler
Michael Abrams, Immediate Past-President
FPR Medical Properties 
Vincent Ammann
Washington Gas Light Co.
John H. Brown, Jr.
Fine Arts Photographer
Phyllis R. Caldwell
Aisha Davis
DESHO Productions
Eliza Erikson
Omidyar Network
John Jessen
VOA Associates
J. Brooks Martin
Municipal Mortgage and Equity, LLC
Gerald Musarra
 Lockheed Martin
Cheryl Numark
 Numark Art Advisory
Olwen Pongrace
Amy Rifkind
 Arnold & Porter LLP
David Shiffrin Esq.
 Arena Stage and WETA
Nikki Sorg
Sorg Architects
Tracy Washington
International Finance Corp.
Douglas Yeuell
 Joy of Motion

Advisory Committee

Many other professionals and former board members continue to provide the organization with support, feedback and guidance on a regular basis.

Shalom Baranes
 Shalom Baranes Associates
Richard Bradley
 Downtown DC Business Improvement District
Janet Farrell
 M&T Bank
Anthony Gittens
 Filmfest DC
Michele Hagans
 Fort Lincoln New Town Corporation
Ernest Drew Jarvis
 CB Richard Ellis
Alexine Clement Jackson
 The Black Women’s Agenda
George Koch
 Artomatic
Lon Levin
SkySevenVentures
Patricia Mathews
 Northern Virginia Health Foundation
E. Ethelbert Miller
 Howard University
Kevin Moore
 The Cleveland Playhouse
Oramenta Newsome
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Frederick P. Ognibene, MD
National Institute of Health
Marshall Purnell
 Devrouax & Purnell
Chris Reutershan
United Group Limited – Equis
Victor Shargai
 Shargai and Associates
Sam Sweet
Atlas Performing Arts Center
Andres Tremols
Vivo Design
Tom Wilbur
The John Akridge Companies
Douglas Wheeler
 Washington Performing Arts Society