Executive Committee and Board of Directors
The Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Greater Bethesda Chamber are responsible for developing Chamber policies, procedures and regulations, monitoring financial performance and directing the Chamber’s programs. Comprised of leaders from a diverse range of expertise, members of the Board of Directors represent businesses and organizations of all types, sizes and locations throughout the Greater Bethesda area and Montgomery County.
Meet the Past Chairs of the Chamber since our founding in 1926.
2026 Executive Committee
Charlie Atwell, Chair, Washington Workplace
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Adam Murphy, Chair-Elect, Mon Ami Gabi
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Verelyn Gibbs Watson, Immediate Past
Chair, Nothing Bundt Cakes
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Steve Suissa, SHS Payroll,
VP, Finance
Dushanti Peiris, M&T Bank
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Andrew Fraser, VP Membership, Sandglass Systems
Sean Makulowich, VP Information, IdeaFire™
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Ellen Coren, VP, Government Affairs, Chesapeake Public Strategies
Brendan McKay, VP Economic Development, McKay Mortgage
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Allie Williams, President & Chief Executive Officer
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Marc Engel, General Counsel, Lerch Early Brewer
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2026 Board of Directors
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Casey Anderson, Rodgers Consulting
Rokas Beresniovas, Montgomery County Green Bank
Todd Bornstein, Selzer Gurvitch Rabin Wertheimer & Polott, P.C.
Jennifer Farkas, Bethesda Magazine | Bethesda Today
Daniel Garedew, Merchant Services United
Scott Goldberg, Streamline Management
Angela Juvelis, Weaver
Kunal Khosla, The Cordell
Pete Kimbis, PKC, LLC
Anne Klase, PEPCO, an Exelon Company
Lawrence Kotchek, Print1
Melanie McKee, BV Consulting
Ryan McKinley, National Capital Bank
Mylene Ortiz Luis, Grossberg Company
Philip Shortino, Marriott Bethesda Downtown at Marriott HQ Hotel
Lisa Siegel, The Jane Fairweather Team
LeighAnn Sidone, Suburban Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Craig Small, EagleBank
Coby Smith, Chateau Seekers, Keller Williams
Megan Vallach, Donohoe
Sam Weaver, Chevy Chase Acura
ADVISORS TO THE BOARD
Jeff Burton, Bethesda Urban Partnership, Inc.
Commander Amy Daum, Montgomery County Department of Police
Theresa Cameron, Pike District Partnership
Natalie Avery, Friendship Heights Alliance
CHAIRS EMERITUS
Monique Sanfuentes, Suburban Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Andy Fraser, Sandglass Systems
Russell Lacey, Electric Advisors
Anna Benham, Benham & Associates
Andy Stern, Greystone Holdings
Heather Dlhopolsky, Wire Gill, LLP
Melanie Folstad, RBC Wealth Management, Melanie Folstad
Jane Fairweather, The Jane Fairweather Team
Andrew P. Shulman, TDG/SILVEROCK Realty, LLC
Casey Anderson, Rodgers Consulting
Rokas Beresniovas, Montgomery County Green Bank
Todd Bornstein, Selzer Gurvitch Rabin Wertheimer & Polott, P.C.
Jennifer Farkas, Bethesda Magazine | Bethesda Today
Daniel Garedew, Merchant Services United
Scott Goldberg, Streamline Management
Angela Juvelis, Weaver
Kunal Khosla, The Cordell
Pete Kimbis, PKC, LLC
Anne Klase, PEPCO, an Exelon Company
Lawrence Kotchek, Print1
Melanie McKee, BV Consulting
Ryan McKinley, National Capital Bank
Mylene Ortiz Luis, Grossberg Company
Philip Shortino, Marriott Bethesda Downtown at Marriott HQ Hotel
Lisa Siegel, The Jane Fairweather Team
LeighAnn Sidone, Suburban Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Craig Small, EagleBank
Coby Smith, Chateau Seekers, Keller Williams
Megan Vallach, Donohoe
Sam Weaver, Chevy Chase Acura
ADVISORS TO THE BOARD
Jeff Burton, Bethesda Urban Partnership, Inc.
Commander Amy Daum, Montgomery County Department of Police
Theresa Cameron, Pike District Partnership
Natalie Avery, Friendship Heights Alliance
CHAIRS EMERITUS
Monique Sanfuentes, Suburban Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Andy Fraser, Sandglass Systems
Russell Lacey, Electric Advisors
Anna Benham, Benham & Associates
Andy Stern, Greystone Holdings
Heather Dlhopolsky, Wire Gill, LLP
Melanie Folstad, RBC Wealth Management, Melanie Folstad
Jane Fairweather, The Jane Fairweather Team
Andrew P. Shulman, TDG/SILVEROCK Realty, LLC
For more information about the Board or leadership opportunities in the Chamber, contact Allie Williams, President and CEO of the Chamber.
