Board of Directors & Staff

Prior to her tenure with Prudential, Susan worked as a consultant on trade policy for Newmyer Associates and on technology transfer issues at the Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration. Susan has a bachelor of arts from Allegheny College.

Susan bought her house on Newark Street in 1998 after living in Woodley Park for ten years. She served on the board of the Cleveland Park Historical Society (CPHS) from 2002 to 2007.  She edited the CPHS newsletter Voices for three and a half years.  In addition, Susan put her house on the CPHS October 2003 house tour and her garden on the CPHS May 2006 garden tour.

Susan also serves on the board of Opera Lafayette, an American period-instrument ensemble based in Washington, DC, dedicated to performances of 17th- and 18th-century operas, particularly the French repertoire.

Before earning her degree in landscape design, Tamara was an environmental economist at the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank for over ten years, where she focused on projects in the environmental sector, such as establishing protected areas in Asia, promoting ecotourism in Brazil and Bolivia, and designing afforestation projects in Central America. She earned her Ph.D. in economics from the London School of Economics.

A native Spanish speaker and half-Colombian, Tamara also previously served as PTA co-chair at the Oyster-Adams Bilingual School. Tamara is married to Sean Greene, and they live in Woodley Park with their three children. She is delighted to be able to support the restoration of this neighborhood treasure.

Nick earned a B.A. in mathematical economics from Brown University and is a certified public accountant.

Nick and his wife Cathy Livingston have lived and raised their two children in Cleveland Park since 1996. Nick was the immediate past President of the Cleveland Park Historical Society.

Lynn served for many years as outside general counsel to the Corcoran Gallery of Art and School of Art & Design, counseling the museum and school on a wide range of matters including exhibition and publication contracts, special events, contractors, insurance, and employment and student issues.

Lynn has held a number of leadership roles in DC’s nonprofit and philanthropic communities. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Washington Performing Arts, serving on the Executive Committee and chairing the organization’s 2023 strategic planning process. For seven years, she served on the Board of Cultural Tourism DC, including as Treasurer and Chair of the Development Committee. In 2012, she was appointed as the organization’s Interim Executive Director, leading it through the annual gala and major events planning season. She also served for nine years on the boards of Adventure Theatre MTC and the Young Women’s Project.

From 2007 to 2019, Lynn was a member of the Rainmakers Giving Circle of the Washington Area Women’s Foundation. She co-chaired the Circle for two years, managing its grant-making, assessment and educational activities. She also volunteered for many years at the Maret School on the Endowment Campaign, Annual Fund, and in other roles, and worked with the faculty on environmental education projects.

Lynn holds a B.A. in English from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from the University of Chicago. She and her family enjoy living in Cleveland Park.

Lizzie served as Director of the Heritage Society (Major Gifts) for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, planning events and cultivating major donors. She currently serves on the board of the Bishop Walker School.

Lizzie’s other board experience includes serving as the first Development Chair of the Tudor Place Historic Home and Gardens. She served on the Child Health Center Board of the National Children’s Medical Center. She has also volunteered for Horizons Greater Washington, the Washington Winter Show, THEARC, and the Beauvoir School.

Lizzie received her B.A. in Art History from Washington College. She lives in Cathedral Heights with her husband and three children.

He developed the capacity closure model, which is often used to analyze mergers in commodity industries. Prior to joining Bates White, Dr. Hill served as assistant section chief in the Economic Analysis Group of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, where he received the US Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service and was an economist in the Bureau of Economics at the Federal Trade Commission. Dr. Hill has been named to the Who’s Who Legal list of Competition Economists since 2020 and was recognized as a Global Elite Competition Thought Leader in 2022.

Nicholas is a WIS alumnus and trustee. He and his wife Melissa have a son who is enrolled in WIS’s Class of 2036.

Prior to Galloway, Suzanna was Executive Director of the Center for the Advancement and Study of International Education (CASIE), an educational non-profit that provides professional development training to independent and public schools across North America. Altogether, she has 21 years of experience at international and independent schools in the U.S. and Europe. In addition to her native English, she speaks Swedish, German, and French.

Suzanna earned BA and MA degrees in Modern and Medieval Languages at the University of Cambridge. In 2015, she became a Fellow in the Head of School Program of the Klingenstein Center at Columbia University. Suzanna also attended the London College of Music, and is an avid cellist. 

Jim received his A.B. in Political Science and Geology from Duke University and his J.D. from the University of Michigan.  After working in various roles on Capitol Hill, Jim started his legal career practicing at Shaw Pittman LLP, where in addition to capital markets he also had the opportunity to work with several local non-profits on formation and organizational matters.  Later, he refined his capital markets and corporate governance skillsets at Lowenstein Sandler’s New Jersey and New York offices and in northern New Jersey and Amsterdam working for listed companies.  He and his partner now enjoy seeing their Woodley Park neighbors at Tregaron Conservancy events, including the Conservancy’s annual “Tregaron Unplugged” music event in partnership with the Washington Performing Arts.

She previously served as Chief of Staff to the COO of the Humane Society of the United States and as Vice President for Strategic Advancement at Island Press, a nonprofit that provides ideas and information to those seeking to protect the environment. Denise was previously the national director of the Land Trust Alliance. She also served as director of The Trust for Public Land’s Chesapeake and Central Appalachian Field Office. 

Prior to coming to Washington, DC, Denise led the Connecticut Chapter of The Nature Conservancy; created and directed a finance program for the Open Space Institute that supported landscape scale conservation purchases in New England and New York; and opened and led the Connecticut office of the Connecticut River Watershed Council.  She also served as director of foundation relations for the Natural Resources Defense Council in New York and director of development for environmental programs at Yale University.  She is a co-founder and former director of the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters.  She has an undergraduate degree from Middlebury College and a masters of forest science from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

Zach is Public Affairs Manager at Too Good To Go for the US and Canada, where he leverages his expertise in public policy to advance the mission of combating food waste. Previously, he worked for U.S. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi and at The Raben Group. Zach’s background includes political consulting and third-party engagement. He is dedicated to driving positive environmental and societal change through impactful policy initiatives and advocacy efforts.

Now retired, Frank was a partner in the law firm of Faegre Baker Daniels for over 25 years, where he specialized in government contract compliance and general regulatory matters. Frank was nominated and served as Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Association.

Frank for several years chaired the Metropolitan Club Historical Foundation. He serves on the board of the Cleveland Park Historical Society, and appreciates the opportunity to support local preservation priorities. Frank is a member of the Maryland Native Plant Society and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. He enjoys hiking, fishing and skiing.

Melissa received a B.A. in International Relations, with minors in Economics and Latin American Studies, from the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School.