I-House DC is led and supported by a generous group of volunteer leaders who devote their time, treasure, and talent to fostering intercultural exchange, lifelong connections, and global citizenship. These individuals contribute to the mission of the House through their service in one of the following capacities:
- The Board of Directors provides strategic leadership, governance, and oversight to ensure the House fulfills its mission. The Board’s key responsibilities include guiding the organization’s strategic direction, ensuring financial stability, supporting fundraising efforts, and overseeing the Executive Director.
- Emeritus Members are distinguished Board Members recognized for their merit in serving on the Board of Directors.
- Associate Committee Members are former Directors appointed by the Board of Directors who wish to remain active in their service of I-House DC in a non-voting capacity. They are welcome and encouraged to participate in select Committees (by invitation), House programs, and annual events.
Board of Directors
Officers of the Board of Directors
Tiia Karlén
President
Semi-professional Violinist and Former Social Worker
| Ignacio Jauregui First Vice President Partner, Jauregui Partners | Brian Davis Treasurer Chief Financial Officer, USA for UNHCR |
| Christopher Norton Second Vice President Former President, Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars | Janet Pitt Secretary Founder and CEO, Diplomacy Matters |
Directors of the Board
| Abraham Ding Akoi Advisor to the Executive Director, Africa Group 1 Constituency, World Bank Group | Allison Laudicina-Kahl Associate Principal, Interiors Studio Leader |
| Kara M. Ariail Partner, Holland and Knight, LLP | David Messing Former Director, Office of Congressional Liaison Relations and Non-Profit Leadership |
| Lisa Barry Retired Vice President and General Manager, Government Affairs, Chevron | Chris Morrison Managing Principal, Perkins&Will |
| William J. Bonstra, FAIA, LEED AP Founder and Managing Partner, Bonstra | Haresign ARCHITECTS | Kenneth Propp Professor of European Union Law, Georgetown University Law Center |
| Isabel “Didi” Cutler Professional Photographer | Wendy Ponvert Former Chief Development Officer, The Phillips Collection |
| Everett Eissenstat Partner, Squire Patton Boggs | Lara Tennyson Head of U.S. Federal Affairs, Booking Holdings |
| Janet Eissenstat Former Director of the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships | Puru Trivedi Vice President of External and Corporate Affairs, Meridian |
| Stephen C. Frederico, M.S. Medical Student, University of Pittsburgh | Katherine Wilkens Senior Advisor, National Democratic Institute |
| Stephenie Foster Founder/Partner, Smash Strategies | Melike Yetken Krilla Head of International Organizations, Google |
| Marko Grujicic International Development, World Bank Group | Scott Zumwalt Managing Director, Bully Pulpit International |
| Tonija Hope Director, Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center, Howard University |
Emeritus
| William H. Crocker, PhD Anthropologist, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History | Herbert K. Schmitz*+ Retired Corporate Executive |
| Riaz Haider, MD+ Cardiologist, Clinical Professor of Medicine, George Washington University, School of Medicine | Sherry Migdail, PhD+ Former Educator, Beauvoir, The National Cathedral Elementary School |
| China Jessup+ |
Associate Committee Members
| Annette Aburdene* | Isabel “Didi” Cutler | Shaista Mahmood | Mike Skahill |
| Andrew Ammerman | Lawrence Dunham | Selby McPhee | Barbara Slavin |
| Adam A. Aulestia | Putnam M. Ebinger* | Eric Melby | George S. Springsteen, Jr. |
| Malcolm Benge* | Scott Fleming | Sherry Mueller, PhD | Jessica Springsteen |
| Janet Blanchard | James Gale | Grace Muller Tompkins* | Betty Ann Tanner |
| Rear Admiral Susan Blumenthal Markey, MD, MPA | Lilibet Ziller Hagel | Charles E. Nelson | McGrath Jean Thomas |
| Anne Boardman | Richard Hall | Robert Patterson | Kate Thompson |
| The Honorable Michele Thoren Bond* | Linda Harper | Lorraine Riffle Caron | Jill Welch |
| Cynthia Bunton | Deborah Hefferon | Richard Rodgers | The Honorable Philip C. Wilcox Jr. |
| Fletcher Burton | Kathryn Horlick | Rachel Rubin | Rachel Young |
| Lawrence Camp* | Larry Jennings | Dan Schoonmaker | |
| Greg Coble | Anne B. Keiser | Charles R. Sherman | |
| Christopher H. Collins | Tangley Lloyd | Sambia Shivers-Barclay, M.Ed |
*Past President
+Deceased
