2026 Executive Committee
Chair: Steve Barber
Owner & Managing Director
Supporting Strategies
(yr 2 of 2-yr term)
Chair-Elect: Michele Potter
Executive Director
Asbury Methodist Village
(yr 2 of 2-yr term)
Treasurer: Dan Dellon
Founder & Owner
Gaithersburg CPAs
(yr 1 of new 2-yr term)
Secretary: Emmyrich Vicente
PNC Bank
(yr 1 of 2-yr term)
President & CEO: Paula Ross (ex-officio)
Directors
City of Gaithersburg Appointment:
Tom Lonergan-Seeger, Assistant City Manager
Vice Chair, Member Programs:
Mick Collins
Pay it Forward Processing
Co Vice Chair, Member Recruitment/Retention: Jared Bailey
Northwestern Mutual
Co Vice Chair, Member Recruitment/Retention: Sandy LeBlanc
Coldwell Banker Realty
Co Vice Chair
Economic Devt & Legislative Affairs: Sharon Anthony
Montgomery College
Co Vice Chair
Economic Devt & Legislative Affairs:
Dave Buonora
Universities at Shady Grove
Vice Chair, Emerging Professionals Group:
Riley Black
Kiddie Academy of Gaithersburg
Lou Cardenas
Bargain Movers
Asif Choudhury
Bahar Consulting
Fernando Fuentes
M&T Bank
Rosalind McCollough
DoubleTree by Hilton
Jon Sadaka
Minkoff Development
Paul Smith
RLAH
Virginia Tehrani
Tehrani Law LLC
Neil Burka
Downtown Crown
Wendie Veloz
Wendie Veloz Enterprises
(DEIB Ad Hoc Committee Chair)
Heather Madison
Ex-Officio: GGCC Community Foundation Chair
2026 Annual Corporate Sponsor Advisory Board:
(CEO of sponsor company is default member; any representative of these sponsor companies may be named to this Board by their leadership)
Adventist Hospital Shady Grove Medical Center
Alexis Robbins
Asbury Methodist Village
Michele Potter
The Branded Company
Cory Luckett
DoubleTree by Hilton
Rosalind McCollough
Downtown Crown
Neil Burka
Gaithersburg CPAs
Dan Dellon
Hughes Network Systems
Shah Behzadi
Holy Cross Health
David Schultz
Integrency
Cliff Peterson
Lerch Early Brewer Chtd.
Stuart Barr
Matan
James Matan
Mid Atlantic Federal Credit Union
Tamara Schiavone
Minkoff Development
Jon Sadaka
Montgomery College
Sharon Anthony
Peterson Companies
Heather Madison
QIAGEN
Barbara Crews
Rodgers Consulting
Randall Rentfro
Supporting Strategies
Steve Barber, Chair
Chair Emeriti
Anita Anderson
Leadership Maryland
Stuart Barr
Lerch Early Brewer
John Compton
retired
Barbara Crews
QIAGEN
Jack Hauber
Gaithersburg Beloved Community Initiative
Heather Madison
Peterson Companies
David McCormick-Goodhart
Savant Wealth Management
Jim Muir III
retired
AJ Nwoga
M&T Bank
Colette Releford
Redfin
Randy Scritchfield Randy Scritchfield & Associates
Jerry Therrien
retired