Dr. Muhammad Yunus
Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006. Yunus founded the Grameen Bank and pioneered the concepts of microcredit and microfinance.
Wes Bush
Wes Bush is chairman, chief executive officer and president of Northrop Grumman Corporation, a leader in global security.
John Maxwell
John Maxwell, the #1 New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker who has sold more than 25 million books, was identified as the #1 leader in business by the American Management Associationand the world’s most influential leadership expert by Business Insider and Inc. Magazine in 2014.
Dr. Sheila Johnson
Philanthropist and entrepreneur who co-found the BET network. Current president and managing partner of the WNBA's Washington Mystics, and CEO of Salamander Hospitality.
Hooks Johnston
Highly successful operating executive and venture capitalist. Currently one of the founding partners at Valhalla Partners, a venture capital firm. Previously was Managing Director at FBR Technology Venture Partners.
Todd Stottlemyer
Chief Executive Officer of Acentia, a private equity-backed provider of information technology solutions to public sector health, financial-related, and other civilian customers.
Cynthia Egan
Cynthia Egan is a company director who has held senior operating positions with both Fidelity Investments and T. Rowe Price. She has also been an NPO chief executive, industry leader and spokesperson.
Knox Singleton
Knox Singleton is CEO of Inova Health System, one of the nation’s most integrated and most wired healthcare delivery systems and one of the largest in the metropolitan Washington region.
Brian Hays
Senior executive with a long track record of founding, managing and growing companies. He has particular specialization with reorganizing troubled companies. Former captain in U.S. Marine Corps.
Larry Warren
Larry Warren is currently interim President and CEO of Trinity Health Corporation. With more than 30 years of hospital and human resource management experience, he previously served as CEO at Howard University Hospital and the University of Michigan Hospital.
Dr. Nava Ashraf
Associate Professor in the Negotiations, Organizations, and Markets Unit at Harvard Business School. Her research has focused on technology adoption, intra-household decision making, and employee motivation.
Wood Parker
Wood Parker is the former CEO of TASC. He is a former White House Fellow and also has written extensively about change management, leadership, and transformation initiatives to achieve improved business results.
Dr. Gary Filerman
Gary L. Filerman, PhD, is a nationally-recognized authority on management systems and competency development for health systems. He is president of the Atlas Health Foundation located in the Washington, DC region.
Caren Merrick
Corporate executive, entrepreneur, and politician who co-founded webMethods, the most successful software IPO to date. Founding partner at Bibury Partners, an early stage investment and advisory fund.
Dr. Tracy Fitzsimmons
Tracy Fitzsimmons is the 16th President of Shenandoah University. She is the institution’s first female president since its founding in 1875 and one of the youngest university presidents in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Bobbie Kilberg
President & CEO of the Northern Virginia Technology Council, the largest technology council in the nation. Former White House Fellow who also served on the White House staff for four different Presidents.
CE Andrews
C.E. Andrews is Chief Executive Officer of MorganFranklin Consulting, a business consulting and technology solutions firm. From 2003 to 2008, Mr. Andrews served in various positions at Sallie Mae Corporation, including President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer.
Archana Vemulapalli
Archana Vemulapalli is a technology strategist with expertise in managing complex technology services business to deliver value to an organization. She currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer of Pristine Environments and also runs a technology consulting practice in Washington DC. Archana is an NACD Board Governance Fellow.
Shaza Anderson
Shaza Andersen is the Chief Executive Officer and founder of the WashingtonFirst Bank. Prior to starting the bank in 2004, Ms. Andersen served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Century National Bank until Century was acquired by United Bank. Ms. Andersen on the Board of Trustees for Youth for Tomorrow and is a member of the National Association of Women Business Owners Leadership Circle.
Shaza founded the WashingtonFirst Youth Foundation, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching the physical, social, and mental well-being of children in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. She was honored as one of the 2012 Washington Business Journal’s Power 100 and 2008 Women Who Mean Businessand was named one of American Banker magazine’s 2011 and 2013 Top 25 Women to Watch.