Honorees & Gala Leadership

Honorees and Gala Leadership of the 13^th Annual NFTE Dare to Dream Gala!

2010 Honorees:

Patty Alper
The Alper Portfolio Group/ Alper Family Foundation

Mike Chasen
CEO, Blackboard

The Honorable Arne Duncan
Secretary of Education

Student Honorees:

2010 Global Young Entrepreneur of the Year:

Jada Nicome, K-9 Couture, Northwestern High School

2010 NFTE-Greater Washington Young Entrepreneurs of the Year:

Kyle Calavetinos, C-6, Parkdale High School
Nina Maniphak, Plum Porcupine Photography, Gar-Field High School
Justin Mitchell, Akketie, Bladensburg High School
Kenneth Peters Jr., KenE’s Production, Duke Ellington School of the Arts High School
Andre Robinson, Klassic Kernels, Gar-Field High School
Jasmine Pearl Taylor, Pearl’s Bakery, Woodrow Wilson Senior High School

Teacher Honorees:

2010 National NFTE Teacher of the Year
Mary Ellen McCormick, TC Williams High School
2010 NFTE-Greater Washington Regional Teacher of the Year
Beverly Jackson, Northwestern High School
2010 NFTE-Greater Washington Rookie Teacher of the Year
Emily Hueber, Columbia Heights Education Center, Bell Multicultural Senior High School

Gala Leadership Committee

Gala Chair:

Cynthia de Lorenzi - Success in the City

Gala Vice Chairs:

Mark Ein - Venturehouse Group - Honorary
Sunny Scully Alsup - Principal Emeritus; LSG Inc.
Bill Dean - M.C. Dean, Inc.
Tien Wong - Opus8, Inc.

Gala Champions:

Caroline Alexander - Healthy Muse
Grant Allen - Core Capital Partners
Vernice Armour - VAI Consulting and Training, LLC
Brien Biondi - League Assets Corp.
Mike Caggiano - Raffa
George Debakey - ePals, Inc.
Stephen Douglass - Young Impact
Herb Engert - Ernst & Young LLP
William Finnerty
Edie Fraser - Diversified Search Odgers Berndtson
Laurie Freeman - Opus8, Inc.
Elliott Gaskins - The Aspen Institute
Casey Golden - Small Act Network
Chris Gorges - Booz Allen Hamilton
Joaquina Greene
John Hasenberg - Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Hank Kopcial
Alyssa Lovegrove
Jimmy Lynn - JLynn Associates
Terrence McGowan - Goldman, Sachs & Company
Courtney Olujobi - CDW
Jacque Patterson - Federal City Council
Pramod Raheja - Intelligent Office
Sandy Scearce - Grant Thorton
Claude Seide - Federal Home Loan Bank
Jennifer Trax - Argy, Wiltse and Robinson P.C.
Rick Weedon - Biz Connect

NFTE Greater Washington Board of Advisors:

Terrance McGowan - Advisory Board Chair - Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Patty Alper - The Alper Portfolio Group, Ltd.
Sunny Scully Alsup - Principal Emeritus; LSG Inc.
Sid Banerjee - Clarabridge
Brien Biondi - League Asses Corp.
Minal Damani - NextGen Capital Ventures, LLC
Herb Engert - Ernst & Young, LLP
Antwanye Ford - Enlightened, Inc.
John M. Fruehwirth - Rotunda Capital Partners
Teri Galvez - Paradigm Event Management
Elliott Gaskins - The Aspen Institute
John Hasenberg - Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Paul Kihn - McKinsey & Company
Cynthia Krus - Sutherland
Monish Kundra - Columbia Capital
Jimmy Lynn - JLynn Associates
COL Jim Paige RET - PTG Consulting Group
Laine Shakerdge - J Street Companies
Julia Spicer - Mid-Atlantic Venture Association
Robert G. Templin, Jr. - Northern Virginia Community College
Rick Toren - CodeRyte
Kim Watson - PEPCO
Anita Cooke Wells - RLJ Development, LLC

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Erika Langhart 970-749-3963 elanghart@smithfairfield.com