Leadership
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board supports the work of The Congressional Award Foundation and provides mission-based leadership and strategic governance.
Executive officers





Committee Chairs





BOARD MEMBERS

Mayealie Adams
VP, Government Affairs
Danaher
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Pamela Alexander
Managing Director and Head of Corporate Citizenship,
KKR
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Bill Anaya
VP of Global Government Affairs, Coupang
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Marc Baer
Minnesota

Brenda Becker
Senior Vice President, Global Government Affairs for Boston Scientific (BSX)
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Diana Léon Brown

Romero Brown

Dr. Vipul Dev

Lindsey Dickinson

The Honorable Debbie Dingell

Mitchell Draizin

Melissa Foxman

Tom Gannon

Beverly Gilyard

Steve Hartell

Ashley Hayes

Erica Wheelan Heyse

Susan Hirschmann

The Honorable Richard Hudson

David W. Hunt, ESQ.
Legal Counsel

Collis Jones

Ken Johnson

Michael J. Kennedy

Michael Kiely

Bradley Knox, ESQ.

Sylvie Légère

The Honorable Cynthia Lummis

The Honorable Ben Lujan

Mateo Magdaleno

Lance Mangum

Brittany Masalosalo

John Mason

Mike Parrish
VP Public Affairs, Science and Sustainability
Bayer
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Joyce Rogers

Jade Shields

Riley Swinehart

Kim Talley

Jason Van Pelt

Rita Vaswani

Kathryn Weeden
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS

Merrill Eisenhower Atwater
People to People International
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Simeon Banister
Rochester Area Community Foundation
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Juan Banos
CEO, The BR Companies
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Skip Braziel
VP, Government Affairs, Prudential Financial
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George Coelho

Edward Cohen
Principal,
Lerner Enterprises
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KATHY DIDAWICK
Strategic Partner, Strategic Elements
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LAWRENCE J. GREEN, M.D.
Maryland
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The Honorable Gregg Harper

Adrian Harpool

Colin A. Hosten

BRIAN K. JOHNSON, Ed.D.

RAYMOND KERINS, JR.
CEO, The Next Security Group and Chief Public Affairs Officer of The Next Practices Group
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THOMAS KIM

Izzy Klein

CHRISTOPHER LEAHY

Maurice Obeid

Allison Quintanilla Plattsmier

Donald Remy

Jacqueline S. Ruiz
CEO, JJR Marketing
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Sanyin Siang
Executive Director, Coach K Leadership and Ethics Center,
Duke University
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Karen Talarico

The Honorable Ritchie Torres

Bruce Walker

Eric Zulkosky
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