Board of Directors

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.

Officers of the Board of Directors

Tiia Karlén
President
Semi-professional Violinist and Former Social Worker

Ignacio Jauregui
First Vice President
Partner, Jauregui Partners

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	Tonija Hope Director, Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center, Howard University
Kara M. Ariail Partner, Holland and Knight, LLP	Allison Laudicina-Kahl Associate Principal, Interiors Studio Leader
William J. Bonstra, FAIA, LEED AP Founder and Managing Partner, Bonstra \| Haresign ARCHITECTS	David Messing Former Director, Office of Congressional Liaison Relations and Non-Profit Leadership
Isabel “Didi” Cutler Professional Photographer	Chris Morrison Managing Principal, Perkins&Will
Everett Eissenstat Partner, Squire Patton Boggs	Kenneth Propp Professor of European Union Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Janet Eissenstat Former Director of the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships	Lara Tennyson Head of U.S. Federal Affairs, Booking Holdings
Stephen C. Frederico, M.S. Medical Student, University of Pittsburgh	Puru Trivedi Vice President of External and Corporate Affairs, Meridian
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

(In alphabetical order)

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⁺

(In alphabetical order)

Associate Committee Members

Annette Aburdene*	Christopher H. Collins	Tangley Lloyd	Dan Schoonmaker
Andrew Ammerman	Brian Davis	Shaista Mahmood	Charles R. Sherman
Adam A. Aulestia	Lawrence Dunham	Selby McPhee	Sambia Shivers-Barclay, M.Ed
Lisa Barry	Putnam M. Ebinger*	Eric Melby	Mike Skahill
Malcolm Benge*	Scott Fleming	Sherry Mueller, PhD	Barbara Slavin
Janet Blanchard	James Gale	Grace Muller Tompkins*	George S. Springsteen, Jr.
Rear Admiral Susan Blumenthal Markey, MD, MPA	Lilibet Ziller Hagel	Charles E. Nelson	Jessica Springsteen
Anne Boardman	Richard Hall	Chris Norton	Betty Ann Tanner
The Honorable Michele Thoren Bond*	Linda Harper	Robert Patterson	McGrath Jean Thomas
Cynthia Bunton	Deborah Hefferon	Wendy Ponvert	Kate Thompson
Fletcher Burton	Kathryn Horlick	Lorraine Riffle Caron	Jill Welch
Lawrence Camp*	Larry Jennings	Richard Rodgers	The Honorable Philip C. Wilcox Jr.
Greg Coble	Anne B. Keiser	Rachel Rubin	Katherine Wilkens
			Rachel Young

(In alphabetical order)

*Past President
⁺Deceased