Arlington Free Clinic Board of Directors & Community Advisors
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Jennifer Sosin
Chair
Communications Strategist and Market Researcher
John E. Parker
Vice-Chair
Senior Vice President of Communications and Marketing, Healthcare Distribution Alliance
Senior Vice President of Communications and Marketing, Healthcare Distribution Alliance
Jennifer Brearey
Treasurer
Chief Financial & Operating Officer; Executive Director, AdvaMed Advance and AdvaMed Women’s Executive Network
Chief Financial & Operating Officer; Executive Director, AdvaMed Advance and AdvaMed Women’s Executive Network
Neelima Denduluri, MD, FASCO
Secretary
Global Clinical Head, AZ Late Phase R&D
Secretary
Global Clinical Head, AZ Late Phase R&D
Pepper Binner
Co-Chair, Governance Committee
President, PLBsearch
Co-Chair, Governance Committee
President, PLBsearch
Mary-Margaret Lewis, MD
Co-Chair, Governance Committee
Intensivist, VHC Health and PMA Health; Volunteer Pulmonologist
Co-Chair, Governance Committee
Intensivist, VHC Health and PMA Health; Volunteer Pulmonologist
Amanda Bartelme
Chair, Development Committee
Executive Director, Policy at Eisai, Inc.
Chair, Development Committee
Executive Director, Policy at Eisai, Inc.
Members-at-Large
Donna Alpi
AFC Board Member
Ana Alvarez
Health Services Consultant
Maryanne Boster
Director, Corporate Communications, Virginia Hospital Center
Vera Cardinale, MPH
Public Health Professional & Volunteer Interpreter
Brian Crivella
Senior Managing Director, Berkadia
Tracy Donley
Consultant, HealthiVibe, LLC; 2018 AFC Gala Chair
Consultant, HealthiVibe, LLC; 2018 AFC Gala Chair
Stanley Drake, MD
Volunteer Gastroenterologist
Volunteer Gastroenterologist
Rukevbe Esi
SVP & Chief Digital Officer, AvalonBay Communities
SVP & Chief Digital Officer, AvalonBay Communities
Patrick Hope
Virginia State Delegate, 1st District
Virginia State Delegate, 1st District
Lisa Kirchenbauer
Founder & President, Omega Wealth Management
Founder & President, Omega Wealth Management
Ashley Leonard
Principal, Ashley Leonard Consulting
Principal, Ashley Leonard Consulting
Michael Sauri
Co-Owner and President, TriVistaUSA
Tannia Talento
Staffer, U.S. Senate
Michael Ward
Senior Manager, Public Policy, Amazon
Monica Yavrom, DDS, MPH
Dentist
Medical Director
Joan Bowes Ritter, MD
Internist, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Community Council
Grace Abi-Najm Shea
Executive Vice President, Lebanese Taverna Group; AFC Board 2008-2011
Joseph A. Backer, MD
Founder, Arlington Free Clinic; AFC Board 1993-1999 & 2001-2003; Radiologist & Physician Volunteer; Northern Virginia Radiology Consultants (retired)
Katy Banks
Clinic Volunteer; 2017 & 2018 Gala Chair
David W. Briggs
Attorney, Holland & Knight LLP (retired); AFC Board 2003-2005; AFC General Counsel 2005-2016
Kieran Daly & Maria Gallagher
Winking Fish, Creative Strategy + Design
Stephen Fedorchak
Restaurateur (The Liberty Tavern, Northside Social, Lyon Hall, The Falls)
Anita Friedman
Director, Arlington County Department of Human Services
Loren Friedman, MD
Palliative Care Specialist, Virginia Cancer Specialists (retired)
Laura Fuentes
Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, Hilton
Kit Gordon
AFC Board 2006-2011 & 2012-2018; Development Committee & Clinic Volunteer; 2004 AFC Gala Chair
Greg Hamilton
Publisher & Owner, Arlington Magazine
Raymond Hoare, MD
Cardiologist (retired) & 30-year physician volunteer; AFC Board 2002-2004
Christopher T. Lane
President & CEO, VHC Health
Rev. Andrew T.P. Merrow
Rector, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
John Murphy
President, Washington Workplace; AFC Board 2000-2010; AFC Board Chair 2007-2008
Christopher J. Nassetta
President & CEO, Hilton
Diane Naughton
Past Acting Executive Director; 2014 Special Gifts Chair; Clinic Volunteer; AFC Board 2009-2014, 2016-2021; AFC Board Vice Chair, 2014; AFC Board Chair, 2020-2021
Mary Ann Nirschl
AFC Board 1996-2008; AFC Board Chair 2000-2001
Patricia Rodriguez, MD
Oncologist, Virginia Cancer Specialists
Ben Schall
CEO, AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
Allison Shay
20th Anniversary Gala Chair
Matthew Shay
President & CEO, National Retail Federation; 20th Anniversary Gala Chair
Thomas Shooltz
President, TCS Realty Associates; AFC Board 1998-99; Gala Chair 2000, 2001
Mark Silverwood
Silverwood Investments, LLC; AFC Board 2004-09
Andres Tobar
Executive Director, Shirlington Employment & Education Center
Kristian & Chuck Todd
NBC News; Community Volunteers
David N. Townshend
Senior Vice President, Global Sales; Marriot International (retired); 20th Anniversary Gala Chair; 2009-11
Kathy Townshend
20th Anniversary Gala Chair
