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2007-2008 Roundtable Fellows |
 Tina Campanella is the Executive Director of Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities, an independent nonprofit working to improve the lives of people with developmental disabilities in the District of Columbia. She is committed to finding ways to assist people to achieve personal goals and is an active partner of the local coalition of self advocates known as “Project Action!”. She shares her vision of a city full of opportunities for people with all different abilities through involvement in projects and initiatives that impact many people with and without disabilities in DC.
Margie Chalofsky is the Executive Director of the Foster & Adoptive Parent Advocacy Center (FAPAC). FAPAC is a grassroots advocacy organization that works to improve the quality of life for children in the District child welfare system through programs of systemic advocacy, individual family advocacy, information and referral, and training. Margie brings a passion to this work that comes from being a District adoptive parent. She is also an Advisory Board member of two other organizations that serve the children in our community, the Post-Permanency Family Center and Kayla's Village.
 Diane Charles was the Executive Director of Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) of Northern Virginia, a regional child abuse prevention organization dedicated to the well-being of children and the prevention of child abuse and neglect through education, public awareness, and advocacy. Diane serves on the Executive Committee of the Alexandria Council of Human Service Organizations, is an Associate Member of the Alexandria Police Foundation, and is the Church Council Chair at Fairlington United Methodist Church.
Lawrence Dark was the Executive Director of The Good Samaritan Foundation (GSF) in Washington DC, whose mission is to prepare youth for leadership in the community and workplace through academic proficiency, workplace literacy, civic awareness/community service, and personal integrity. The Student Training Opportunity Program of GSF is geared to high school youth in Ward 7 and Ward 8. Lawrence has received acknowledgement for his work as a W.K. Kellogg Foundation National Leadership Fellow and Salzburg Seminar Fellow. He serves on the Montgomery County Community Foundation Board of Directors and Grants Committee and the Board of Christian Education and Social Action Ministry Executive Board at The People’s Community Baptist Church, Silver Spring, Maryland.
 Judith Dittman is the Executive Director of Alternative House – The Abused and Homeless Children's Refuge in Fairfax County focusing on homeless, runaway, and at-risk youth. She has used her background of more than 25 years in nonprofit management and advocacy to obtain more services for abused, homeless, and runaway youth. She is a Board member of the Fairfax Partnership for Youth and Chairs the Partnership’s Fairfax County After-School Network. Judith is a former Board Member of the Mid Atlantic Network for Youth, and an associate member of the Fairfax Falls Church Mental Health Committee of the Community Services Board. She is married with two daughters and lives in Oakton, Virginia.
Manuel (Manny) Hidalgo is the Executive Director of the Latino Economic Development Corporation (LEDC), which works to improve the wealth-building capacity of low to moderate income Latinos and other underserved communities in the Washington Metropolitan Area. LEDC achieves its mission through small business development, homeownership counseling, and affordable housing preservation. Manny has over 16 years of experience in the field of community development and advocacy. He is on the national board of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies and in the Washington DC area serves on the board of the Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development and the Wheaton Redevelopment Advisory Committee. He lives with his wife and four children in Wheaton, Maryland.
 Tim Kime is the President and CEO of Leadership Greater Washington which creates a platform to enable change and strengthen the bonds among the region’s leaders. Leadership Greater Washington brings together top leaders from business, government and nonprofits to seek new approaches to regional challenges. Tim believes in the power of the nonprofit sector to change our community and thus recently served as Board President for the Center for Nonprofit Advancement. He also is a recent graduate of the FBI’s Washington Field Office’s Citizen Academy.
 Ed Lazere is the Executive Director of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, which conducts research and public education on tax and budget issues in the District, with a focus on issues affecting low-income residents. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Fair Budget Coalition, and a board member of both The Children's Law Center and the Consumer Health Foundation. Ed writes a monthly column for DC North, East of the River, and Hill Rag. He is the president of the board of Micah House, a small transitional housing program, and is a Cub Scout den leader.
 JoAnn Pearson Knox is the Executive Director of NOVA ScriptsCentral, a regional nonprofit pharmacy whose mission is to provide integrated pharmaceutical care and access to medications for low-income uninsured children and adults throughout Northern Virginia. JoAnn serves on the board of the Northern Virginia Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO) and is the former chair of the Northern Virginia Access to Healthcare Consortium and the Northern Virginia Health Services Coalition. She received the Governor’s Award for Outstanding Leadership in Business and Education Partnerships in 2004 and UNICARE of Northern Virginia’s Community Service Leadership Award in 2003.
Kim Rhim is the Executive Director of The Training Source, Inc. in Prince George's County which provides employment training, homeless programs, youth leadership and enrichment programs, and corporate training. With a passion for enhancing the visibility and sustainability of the nonprofit sector in the region, Kim serves on the Boards of Directors of Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations and the Human Services Coalition of Prince George's County and is a member of Maryland Women Work and Leadership Greater Washington.
 Judith Sandalow is the Executive Director of The Children’s Law Center, the largest legal services organization in Washington DC and the only one that provides comprehensive legal representation to children. CLC envisions a future for the District of Columbia in which every child has a safe home, a meaningful education and a healthy mind and body and works toward this vision by providing legal services to at-risk children and their families and by advocating for changes in the law and its implementation. Judith is a foster and adoptive parent and a founding member of the board of directors of the Foster & Adoptive Parent Advocacy Center.
Cheri Villa was the President and CEO of SERVE (Securing Emergency Resources Through Volunteer Efforts), a human resources nonprofit in Prince William County. SERVE manages the County’s largest family emergency shelter and distributes emergency food and financial assistance to needy residents in Western Prince William County, Manassas, and Manassas Park. Cheri serves as the Chair of Nonprofit NoVA, whose mission is to build the strength, visibility and influence of the nonprofit sector in order to create a more just and caring community in the Northern Virginia region. She also co-chairs the Prince William County Continuum of Care and the County’s 10-year Plan to End Homelessness.
 Curtis Watkins is the Executive Director of LifeStarts Youth and Family Services (formerly known as East Capitol Center for Change). Curtis grew up in the East Capitol community and in 1997 founded the organization in order to improve the quality of life for community residents. He represents community interests and is often a featured speaker on issues related to youth development, violence prevention, and community development before congressional committees, city agencies, businesses, think tanks and at national and local conferences.
Kerrie Wilson is the CEO of Reston Interfaith, a community-based nonprofit organization in Fairfax County, Virginia that provides support and advocacy for those in need of shelter, affordable housing, quality childcare, food, and other human services. Kerrie works for a just and compassionate Commonwealth through the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, where she serves as Secretary of the Board of Directors. Kerrie serves regionally as a member of the Boards of Directors of the Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington, the Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce, and the Steering Committee of Nonprofit NoVA. She is proud to have been part of the planning team that finalized the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Partnership to End Homelessness by 2018, adopted by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in March 2008.
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