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Board of Directors 2023-2024

Executive Committee

GAVIN COLEMAN

Immediate Past Chair
The Salt Line, The Dubliner

SCOTT ATTMAN

Educated Eats Chair | Allied Director
Acme Paper & Supply Co.

DIANE GROSS

Chair of the Board | Chair, Government Affairs Advisory Committee
Cork Wine Bar & Market

GREG CASTEN

PAC Chair | Operator Director
Tony & Joe's Seafood Place, Nick's Riverside Grille, Ivy City Smokehouse, The Point D.C.

JENNA VELELLA

Treasurer
El Presidente, Pastis Washington DC, Bread Alley, St. Anselm

Marisa Casey

Secretary
Due South, Millie's Spring Valley, Jetties, Surfside

Executive Committee At-Large

Ana Reyes

El Tamarindo

Rock Harper

Queen Mother's Kitchen and Hill Prince

Operator Directors

SONYA ALI

Ben’s Chili Bowl, Ben’s Next Door

Alex Momeni

Moby Dick House of Kabob

DEAN CIBEL

Nick’s Riverside Grill

Peter Johnson

Jaleo, China Chilcano, Oyamel, Zaytinya, Minibar, Beefsteak, Spanish Diner

Johnny Spero

Bar Spero

Anna Valero

Hook Hall, Kraken, National Union Building

Valerie Zweig

Prescription Chicken

RIS LACOSTE

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JEFFREY BANK

Carmine's, Alicart Restaurant Group

SCOTT DREWNO

CHIKO, Anju, I Egg You

Nadine Brown

At Your Service, Wine Experiences and Promotions

TIFFANY MACISAAC

RUTH GRESSER

Pizzeria Paradiso

COLIN MCDONOUGH

All Purpose, The Red Hen, Boundary Stone

KATSUYA FUKUSHIMA

Daikaya, Bantam King, Haikan, Tonari

Jenn Larkin

BlackSalt, Black's Bar and Kitchen, Pearl Dive Oyster Palace, BlackJack, and TILT, Republic

CLARE PARKER

The Evening Star, Vermilion, Rustico, Josephine, Hi/Fi Tex Mex BBQ, B Side, Bluejacket, Iron Gate, Birch & Barley, Churchkey, The Sovereign, The Roost, Owen's Ordinary, Caruso's Grocery,

DANIELLA SENIOR

Colada Shop, Bresca, Zumo, Serenata

Jeff Miskiri

Po' Boy Jim, Creole on 14th, Suga & Spice, Miss Toya's Creole House, Miss Toya's Southern Kitchen

Timmy Norton

Jackson's, Silverado, Best Buns, Coastal Flats, Patsy's American, Artie's, Carlyle, Mike's American, Randy's Prime, Ozzie's Good Eats, Sweetwater Tavern

Hollis Silverman

La Collina, The Wells, The Duck and The Peach, Méli

Micheline Mendelsohn

Good Stuff Eatery, Santa Rosa Taqueria, We the Pizza

Allied Directors

Brandon Todd

Washington Gas

Dr. Erinn D. Tucker-Oluwole

DMV Black Restaurant Week; University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Kelly Paul

Cheryl Martin

Republic National Distributing Co.

ANDREW KLINE

Veritas Law Firm

JAY LIM

Saval Foodservice

Nina DiSandro

Potomac Construction Services

SOLOMON KEENE

Hotel Association of Washington, DC

AMY RICE

JBG Smith