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FONZ Board of Directors

James C. Weinberg, President of the Board of Directors
James C. Weinberg has been a Vice President in Booz Allen Hamilton's information systems group for 15 years and is a member of the leadership team for the Information Technology practice. At Booz Allen Hamilton, Mr. Weinberg focuses on strategic transformation programs and building I/T-enabled capabilities for automotive, aerospace, and industrial clients. Mr. Weinberg has been responsible for consulting assignments that involve business transformation, information technology and operations effectiveness improvement, enterprise resilience and security, innovation capability improvement, and supply chain restructuring and systems implementation.

Mr. Weinberg earned a B.S. in business from Southern Illinois University and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He has been a consultant to Fortune 500 companies for more than 30 years and before joining Booz Allen Hamilton was a partner with KPMG.

Mr. Weinberg recently relocated to Booz Allen Hamilton’s McLean, Virginia, office from Chicago, where he lived for more than 30 years. He and his wife, Christine, are updating a 100-year-old rowhouse in Washington, D.C.’s Mount Pleasant community. Christine and Jim enjoy sailing, traveling, and biking. His previous volunteer activities include serving on the Technology Committee of Barrington Public Schools in Chicago, on the Corporate Coordination Committee of Rebuilding America, and as the Booz Allen Hamilton Coordinator of the Lincoln Park Zoo Ball.

Andrew M. Shore, Vice President
Andrew M. Shore is a founding partner in Black Swan LLC and Jochum Shore & Trossevin PC, a government relations and law firm in Washington, D.C. Previously, he was a partner at Mayer Brown LLP. He was formerly the Chief of Staff for the U.S. House of Representatives’ Republican Conference, serving as one of the top advisors to the Congressional Leadership. From 2003 to 2005, he was Director of Policy and Coalitions with the House Republican Conference, and from 2001 to 2003 served as Congressman Phil Crane’s Legislative Director and General Counsel.

Previously, Mr. Shore was Director of Government Affairs with Lobby for Me, Inc., and Publisher of this company’s HillZoo.com website; Assistant Director of the American Medical Association’s Division of Congressional Affairs; and Senior Legislative Assistant to Congressman Bill Archer.

Mr. Shore earned his B.A. in Political Science at the University of Kansas and his J.D. at the George Mason University School of Law. His honors include the National Hemophilia Foundation’s Public Policy Recognition Award and, in 1997, he was named an Honorary Texan by Governor George W. Bush. He has been listed as one of the top 50 Congressional staffers by Roll Call, and, in 2004 and 2005, was one of “The Hill’s Top 35 Under 35 Staffers” by The Hill newspaper.

Mr. Shore lives in Arlington, Virginia, with his wife, Cindi, and their two children.

Sheila D. Stinson, Treasurer
Sheila D. Stinson is a Family Wealth Advisor with GenSpring Family Offices, where she is team leader in the delivery of wealth management services. Her responsibilities include oversight of investment advisory and asset management services, tax and estate planning issues, philanthropic endeavors, family governance matters, and management of special projects. Previously, from 1987 to 2003, she served in various positions at Bank of America and predecessor banks, most recently as Private Client Manager with the Private Bank of Bank of America.

Ms. Stinson is a member of the Financial Planning Association of the Washington Capital Region. She is Parliamentarian of the Board of Directors of the Junior League of Washington (JLW), and previously served in various JLW leadership positions including Treasurer and Vice Treasurer of the Board of Directors. She also served on the Finance Committee of Bright Beginning.

Ms. Stinson earned a B.S. in Business Administration from Florida State University, a master’s degree in Business Administration from The George Washington University, and is a Certified Financial Planner. A resident of Washington, D.C., Ms. Stinson has a lifelong interest in animals and their habitats.

John F. Ring, Secretary
John F. Ring is a partner in the Labor and Employment Practice of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. His practice focuses on advising clients in connection with strategic business planning, with a particular emphasis on the negotiation and administration of labor contracts, multi-employer benefit funds, and corporate restructurings. He represents management interests in collective bargaining, employee benefits, litigation, counseling, and litigation avoidance strategies.

Mr. Ring has extensive experience in the negotiation and administration of collective bargaining agreements, most notably the multi-employer agreement in the trucking industry. He has served as a member of the national negotiating team for the National Master Freight Agreement, and he has been involved in other negotiations in a variety of industries. He has represented clients in numerous proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board.

In addition, Mr. Ring serves as counsel to several multi-employer benefit funds, and has extensive experience with pension and health and welfare fund administration in the trucking industry. Mr. Ring also has experience in labor and employment litigation, in both federal and state courts and in arbitrations under collective bargaining agreements and private alternative dispute resolution.

Active in community affairs, Mr. Ring serves as pro-bono counsel to the Washington Jesuit Academy, and has been active in supporting the establishment of this tuition-free Jesuit elementary school for low-income boys. He serves on several committees at Holy Trinity Parish in Georgetown . Mr. Ring earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees at Catholic University of America. He and his wife, Betsy, live in Bethesda, Maryland, with their three children.

Thomas B. Arundel
Thomas B. Arundel has devoted his career to the advancement of eCommerce. He currently serves as Manager, eCommerce Measurement & Analysis with Marriott International, based in Bethesda, Maryland. Before his current role, he was an Internet business consultant, serving nonprofit, government, and commercial clients for more than 10 years. He consulted for the United States Postal Service, Microsoft, Danaher and Ericsson, and was a co-founder of the Association for Interactive Media.

A volunteer for Marriott Spirit to Serve, Great Meadow Outdoors Foundation, First Chukker Foundation, Greater D.C. Cares, and Hands on D.C., Mr. Arundel was appointed to the FONZ Board in 1999; he was elected to a full first term in 2000. He serves on the Visitor Experience Committee.

He is a 1994 graduate of Ithaca College, where he received a B.S. in corporate communication. While a student, Mr. Arundel interned in the press office of U.S. Senator John Warner (R-Va.), and served variously as business editor, news writer, and photographer with Northern Virginia's Times Community Newspapers.

Marcie Bane
Marcie Bane has most recently been a fourth-grade teacher at Garrison Elementary School in the District of Columbia Public Schools. She received her Master of Arts in teaching from Johns Hopkins University, completing its School Immersion Master of Arts in Teaching (SIMAT) program designed for individuals who are entering teaching as a second career.

While part of the SIMAT program, she served as the graduate student liaison on the Professional Development School Steering Committee, and took on several leadership roles, one of which included the design and implementation of a summer-school program for inner-city children. Ms. Bane accepted her D.C. Public Schools teaching position in 2000, making a commitment to teaching the challenging student population of Garrison, which is located in Washington's Shaw neighborhood.

A 1993 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Ms. Bane came to Washington, D.C., in 1994.

Christopher Capuano
Christopher Capuano is Vice President, Corporate Development and Licensing Programs, for ObjectVideo, Inc. In this role, he is responsible for business development efforts, strategic business transactions with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and other partners, and for directing the licensing of the company’s technology products.

Mr. Capuano brought nearly 20 years of business transaction experience to ObjectVideo. Before joining ObjectVideo, Mr. Capuano was the Senior Vice President of Corporate Development for Dimension Data North America (previously Proxicom, Inc.), a provider of network services, managed services, and integration services to Global 1000 companies. As a member of Dimension Data's senior management team, Mr. Capuano had both strategic and operational responsibilities. His areas of focus included client and partner business development, mergers/acquisitions, and international expansion.

Mr. Capuano helped lead Proxicom from its initial venture funding in 1996 through its successful initial public offering of stock in 1999 and its acquisition by Dimension Data (LSE: DDT) in 2001. Before joining Proxicom and Dimension Data, he was a Senior Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers, and before that a Senior Associate with the law firm of Willkie, Farr & Gallagher in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Capuano was an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, and holds a B.S. cum laude in Business Administration from Wake Forest University, a J.D. from the Catholic University Law School, and an LL.M. from Georgetown University.

Keith J. Greene, SPHR
Keith Greene, SPHR, is President of Scarlet Fire Consulting, which he founded in May 2008, specializing in association management and human resources strategy. Previously, he was with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) from January 1993 to May 2008, most recently serving as Vice President of Workforce Readiness and was also previously Vice President of Member Relations.

Prior to joining the staff of SHRM, Keith was an HR practitioner for 13 years. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Personnel Management in 1979 from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and in 1995, he received his certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).

He has served on the HR Councils for the Food Marketing Institute and the American Hotel and Lodging Association and is currently a member of the Board of the Business and Labor Responds to AIDS for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

James F. Hinchman
James F. Hinchman is the General Counsel of the National Academies, which includes the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council.

Mr. Hinchman spent 30 years in government service, serving in various positions in the U.S. Departments of Health, Education, and Welfare; Housing and Urban Development; and Agriculture; and in the Office of Management and Budget. From 1985 to 1998, he worked in the U.S. Government Accountability Office, most recently as Acting Comptroller General of the United States. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1963 to 1967.

Mr. Hinchman is a Trustee of the Council for Excellence in Government and a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, and is active in the American Bar Association. Mr. Hinchman earned a B.A. degree from Harvard College in 1963 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1970.

Deborah Knuckey
Deborah Knuckey is a real estate specialist, author, and marketing consultant. She has written two personal-finance books, been a TV/radio spokesperson for several national media campaigns, and consulted companies on marketing and media issues as a Vice President/Group Manager at Ketchum Public Relations and as a self-employed consultant. She was also a management consultant with McKinsey & Co., and a journalist and section editor at a national newspaper in Australia. She currently works with investors and home owners in residential real estate sales.

Ms. Knuckey earned an M.B.A. in marketing from UCLA in 1993. She was a Rotary International Graduate Scholar and a Sandy Sigiloff Scholar, and was awarded the IBM prize for marketing. She also completed The Washington Program for M.B.A. students.

A resident of the Washington, D.C., area since 1996, her interests include travel and green architecture. She has volunteered at WAMU and Habitat for Humanity, and completed the Royal Geographic Society's polar expedition training and NOLS' mountaineering program.

Robyn S. Kravit
Robyn S. Kravit is an international trade consultant with 25 years of experience in management, planning, marketing, and venture development. She is President of ParCon, Inc., a trade and business advisory firm specializing in China and Far East markets. She is also the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Tethys Research, a biotechnology start-up company.

Ms. Kravit began her career in international trade in 1975, and first went to China in 1976. Since then, her business experience in China and Southeast Asia has ranged from private negotiations to government tenders, including trade agreements and joint ventures. During her career, Ms. Kravit has negotiated more than $1 billion in trade contracts. Ms. Kravit has experience in devising marketing plans that adapt to evolving political and economic environments, and has managed every aspect of foreign trade transactions. She has also established and managed profitable new business operations both in the U.S. and abroad.

Ms. Kravit sits on the Board of Directors of the Eisenhower Institute and the Board of Governors of the Washington Foreign Law Society. She has served on the selection committee for Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows, under the J. William Fulbright Program and has been a member of the National Cancer Institute's Progress Review Group.

A 1973 graduate of Vassar College, Ms. Kravit attended Stanford University's Program for Chinese Language Studies in Taiwan, and earned her master's degree at Harvard University. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

Timothy P. Lynch
Timothy P. Lynch is Senior Vice President, Federation Relations and Strategic Planning, of the American Trucking Association (ATA). Mr. Lynch is charged with developing and executing strategic plans to ensure that ATA and its member motor carriers achieve the necessary public policy goal to keep the U.S. trucking industry safe, efficient, and profitable.

Mr. Lynch rejoined ATA in October, 2005, after eight years as President of the Motor Freight Carriers Association (MFCA). Before joining MFCA, Mr. Lynch was Vice President, Government Affairs, at Roadway Services, Inc., of Akron, Ohio. Mr. Lynch spent five years as a professional staff member for the U.S. Senate, working for the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. His legislative responsibilities included the motor carrier, railroad, and barge industries, Amtrak, and amateur sports.

Mr. Lynch is a long-term resident of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, and earned his B.A. and M.B.A. degrees at the University of Maryland. He has ten years of volunteer experience with Montgomery Soccer, Inc., and Bethesda Chevy Chase Baseball, Inc.

Vicky Marchand
Vicky Marchand is a Senior Associate at Pathways Mapping Initiative (PMI), where she compiles knowledge related to health, family support, child development, and neighborhood capacity. PMI offers a web-based knowledge framework about what works to impact complex social outcomes, such as increasing rates of children ready to succeed in school.

Ms. Marchand manages the maintenance and continued development of the Pathways to School Readiness and assists with business planning and development. She was recently selected as a Leadership Development Initiative Fellow of Zero To Three, a national organization dedicated to advancing the health development of babies and young children.

Ms. Marchand graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Human Biology. She coordinated the 1991 Children’s Defense Fund Annual Conference and initiated a special project to engage college students in advocacy on issues impacting children.

She earned her master’s degrees in Social Work and Public Health from Boston University. Selected as a Presidential Management Intern, she worked for the Administration for Children and Families in the Boston and Chicago Regional Offices and at the Head Start Bureau in Washington, D.C., before moving to PMI.

Ms. Marchand is a Board Member of Woodley House, Inc., and has volunteered with many organizations, including Chicago Cares and the Family and Children Together Hotline in Washington, D.C. Born, raised, and now a resident of Washington, D.C., she has long enjoyed exploring the National Zoo, now with her husband, Greg, and two young sons.

Alison McNally
Alison McNally is the Under Secretary for Finance and Administration at the Smithsonian Institution, overseeing several departments including the Office of Facilities Engineering and Operations, the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, the Office of the Chief Information Officer, the Smithsonian Archives, and the Office of Human Resources.

Alison joined the Smithsonian in 2005, serving as the senior executive officer in the Smithsonian’s Office of the Under Secretary for Science. She was the principal advisor on financial, administrative, and management policies and issues relating to the management of the Institution’s science organizations.

From 1981 to November 2005, Alison held increasingly senior positions at NASA. Most recently, she served as Deputy Associate Administrator for Management of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters. While there, she was responsible for all of the resource, functional, and administrative activities. She also served as the chair of the Directorate’s General Management Council and as a member of the Agency’s Chief Operating Officers Council. Earlier, Alison served as the Associate Director of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, serving as the Center’s Chief of Staff and overseeing all administration and management functions.

Peter Michaels
Peter Michaels is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Toh Michaels Private Wealth Management, LLC. Working with ultra-high-net-worth families, Mr. Michaels has extensive experience developing, implementing, and leading proven strategies and tactics that both judiciously preserve and grow his clients’ assets. Previously a Director at the Citigroup Private Bank, he has more than 20 years of experience in assisting individuals and families in wealth management, estate planning, and business succession.

Mr. Michaels was formerly a Managing Director in the Washington, D.C., office of MSM&C, an investment banking firm. He was responsible for the delivery of mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and investment management services to high-net-worth families and pension funds. He has been a trusted advisor to numerous public and private companies across multiple industries including professional services, consumer products, health care, commercial real estate, media and publishing, technology, restaurant, and retail.

Before joining MSM&C, Mr. Michaels' expertise included both mergers and acquisitions representation, debt and equity financing, business valuations, due-diligence analysis, and business tax planning. Additionally, he has testified as an expert witness on financial matters pertaining to fraud and asset valuations. Previously, Mr. Michaels served as an auditor and tax practitioner for Price Waterhouse in Washington, D.C., where he performed and managed financial audits for real estate, technological, manufacturing, and service clients.

Mr. Michaels received his M.B.A. from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and his bachelor's degree in accounting cum laude from the University of Maryland. He completed the Executive International Finance Certificate Program at Georgetown University's Center for International Business Education and Research, and he is a Certified Public Accountant and a Registered Representative. Mr. Michaels currently serves on and assists numerous notable boards that support the arts and humanities.

Mioshi Moses
Mioshi Moses is the Director of Operations and Strategy for Symphonic Strategies, Inc., a consulting firm that provides organizational and leadership development for nonprofits, public and private sector organizations. Symphonic Strategies uses quantitative and qualitative research to assist organizations in becoming more efficient, innovative, and effective in meeting their goals.

Ms. Moses, a lawyer, served as Executive Director of Jack and Jill of America, Inc., a national nonprofit focusing on youth leadership and development. She developed an expertise in exempt organization tax law while at Ernst and Young's National Tax Department. She also worked as a management consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton and PriceWaterhouseCoopers specializing in change management, strategy development, and business process improvement.

Ms. Moses earned her J.D. from the George Washington University, and her bachelor's degree in economics from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. She is an active volunteer, serving on the District of Columbia’s Commission for Women, in her church, in local service-based organizations, and formerly on the board of the Empower Program. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and two sons.

Anne Nicoll O’Rourke
Anne Nicoll O’Rourke is a leader and advocate of issues related to improving individuals’ quality of life and health care. She has been Senior Vice President for Federal Relations with the California Healthcare Association since 1998. In this position, Ms. O’Rourke is the principle representative, lead advocate, and spokesperson in D.C. for this not-for-profit trade association representing more than 400 hospitals and health systems in California.

From 1988 to 1998, she was Senior Associate Director of the American Hospital Association. Earlier positions included legislative assistant, political campaign manager, and fundraiser, following her graduation from Drew University. Ms. O’Rourke is an active member and volunteer at St. Peter’s Parish, including its "So Others Might Eat" project, and has volunteered with Washington Workshops and Food & Friends. She serves on several other community and neighborhood boards.

She has traveled to see animals and their habitats in Africa, Central America, and Asia and currently lives on Capitol Hill with her husband and two young children.

Sue Ruff
Sue Ruff is co-editor of The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals, is contributing to a Smithsonian website based on the book, and will co-edit a multi-volume Handbook of Mammals of the World, which is in the planning stages. Over the years, she has worked for several nonprofit organizations, including the National Geographic Society. As a FONZ volunteer, Sue has participated in behavior-watch, hand-rearing, and keeper-aide programs, and has occasionally used her writing and editing skills to help with Zoo projects.

Sue is also involved in Cleveland Park neighborhood activities and in Swarthmore College alumni affairs. She is a past President of the Swarthmore Alumni Association, served on its Board of Managers, and founded and coordinates an area-wide alumni book club with some 80 members. She and her late husband, Charles Ruff, spent many happy hours at the Zoo with their daughters, and now she spends as much time as she can at the Zoo with her three grandchildren.

Anne W. Salladin
Anne W. Salladin is Senior Counsel (International Affairs) in the Office of the General Counsel at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where she advises senior policymakers on international monetary and economic affairs, including sovereign debt restructuring, financial crises (Mexico and Asia) involving intergovernmental negotiations, reform of the international financial architecture, and national security reviews of acquisitions of U.S. companies before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. Before joining the U.S. Department of the Treasury in 1994, Ms. Salladin was with the law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York City, where she advised clients in the United States and Asia on financial matters.

Ms. Salladin earned her B.A. from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1979, where she majored in American civilization and art history with a minor in Asian studies. After living in Japan after college, Ms. Salladin returned to the United States and joined the Japanese Consulate in New York City, where she was a public relations analyst. Soon after, she joined Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York as a corporate officer responsible for relationships with major Japanese financial institutions. In the mid-'80s, Ms. Salladin returned to graduate school and earned her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1988, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Virginia Journal of International Law. She has been a guest lecturer in international law at the Georgetown University Law Center, and currently serves on the boards of the Washington Foreign Law Society and the Friends of the Law Library of Congress.

Raised in northern California, Ms. Salladin resides with her daughter in Chevy Chase, Maryland, where, together, they spend as much time as possible in Rock Creek Park. She also enjoys museums, photography, skiing, hiking, and, occasionally, international travel.

Grace Y. Toh
Grace Y. Toh is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Toh Michaels Private Wealth Management, LLC. Ms. Toh was elected to the FONZ board in 2000. She has served as Treasurer and as Chair of the Board Oversight and Nominating Committee. She is a Certified Financial Planner and was previously with HSBC Private Bank as Senior Vice President where she helped expand its practice in the Washington, D.C., and the greater mid-Atlantic regions. She is a member of the Smithsonian Women's Committee and served on its Executive Committee. Additionally, she was elected to the Wellesley College Alumnae Association as a Board Member; and has served or is serving on the boards of the Financial Planning Association of the National Capital Region, International Bridge to Justice, among others. Ms. Toh earned a B.A. from Wellesley College in economics and Chinese studies and received an M.B.A. in finance from Rice University.

Eric Douglas Weiss
Eric Douglas Weiss is Vice President of Labor Relations for Giant Food, Inc., a member of the Ahold U.S.A. family of supermarket companies whose annual combined sales places it among the four largest retail food chains in the United States. Mr. Weiss' responsibilities include the negotiation and administration of the company's labor contracts, as well as developing labor-management policies for all facets of the company's operations.

In addition to his duties as Vice President, Mr. Weiss serves as a Trustee on 13 Taft-Hartley Employee Benefit Trust Funds totaling more than $1.75 billion in assets. He has previously served on the boards of directors of the Visiting Nurses Association of Greater Washington and Corporations Against Drug Abuse.

Mr. Weiss received his undergraduate degree from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1976, and his M.B.A. from the University of Iowa in 1982. He joined Giant Food in 1977. Mr. Weiss is married with two children and resides in Potomac, Maryland.

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