Board of Directors

I-House DC is led and supported by a generous group of volunteer leaders who devote their time, treasure, and talent to fostering intercultural exchange, lifelong connections, and global citizenship. These individuals contribute to the mission of the House through their service in one of the following capacities:

The Board of Directors provides strategic leadership, governance, and oversight to ensure the House fulfills its mission. The Board’s key responsibilities include guiding the organization’s strategic direction, ensuring financial stability, supporting fundraising efforts, and overseeing the Executive Director.
Emeritus Members are distinguished Board Members recognized for their merit in serving on the Board of Directors.
Associate Committee Members are former Directors appointed by the Board of Directors who wish to remain active in their service of I-House DC in a non-voting capacity. They are welcome and encouraged to participate in select Committees (by invitation), House programs, and annual events.

Officers of the Board of Directors

Tiia Karlén
President
Semi-professional Violinist and Former Social Worker

Ignacio Jauregui First Vice President Partner, Jauregui Partners	Brian Davis Treasurer Chief Financial Officer, USA for UNHCR
Christopher Norton Second Vice President Former President, Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars	Janet Pitt Secretary Founder and CEO, Diplomacy Matters

Directors of the Board

Abraham Ding Akoi Advisor to the Executive Director, Africa Group 1 Constituency, World Bank Group	Marko Grujicic International Development, World Bank Group
Kara M. Ariail Partner, Holland and Knight, LLP	Tonija Hope Director, Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center, Howard University
Lisa Barry Retired Vice President and General Manager, Government Affairs, Chevron	Eric Melby Partner and Co-Founder of Scowcroft Group
William J. Bonstra, FAIA, LEED AP Founder and Managing Partner, Bonstra \| Haresign ARCHITECTS	Larry Jennings Co-Founding Partner, ValStone Partners
Lorraine Riffle Caron Vice President, Global Government Relations, Kimberly-Clark Company	Kenneth Propp Professor of European Union Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Isabel “Didi” Cutler Professional Photographer	Lara Tennyson Head of U.S. Federal Affairs, Booking Holdings
Everett Eissenstat Partner, Squire Patton Boggs	Puru Trivedi Vice President of External and Corporate Affairs, Meridian
Janet Eissenstat Former Director of the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships	Melike Yetken Krilla Head of International Organizations, Google
Stephen Federico Medical Student and Scientist at the University of Pittsburgh	Katherine Wilkens Senior Advisor, National Democratic Institute
Stephenie Foster Founder/Partner, Smash Strategies

(In alphabetical order)

Emeritus

William H. Crocker, PhD Anthropologist, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History	Herbert K. Schmitz⁺ Retired Corporate Executive*
Riaz Haider, MD⁺ Cardiologist, Clinical Professor of Medicine, George Washington University, School of Medicine	Sherry Migdail, PhD Former Educator, Beauvoir, The National Cathedral Elementary School
China Jessup⁺

(In alphabetical order)

Associate Committee Members

Annette Aburdene*	Christopher H. Collins	Shaista Mahmood	Mike Skahill
Andrew Ammerman	Isabel “Didi” Cutler	Selby McPhee	Barbara Slavin
Adam A. Aulestia	Larry Dunham	Sherry Mueller, PhD	George S. Springsteen, Jr.
Janet Blanchard	Putnam M. Ebinger*	Grace Muller Tompkins*	Jessica Springsteen
Malcolm Benge*	Lilibet Ziller Hagel	Charles E. Nelson	Betty Ann Tanner
Rear Admiral Susan Blumenthal Markey, MD, MPA	Richard Hall	Robert Patterson	McGrath Jean Thomas
Anne Boardman	Linda Harper	Richard Rodgers	Kate Thompson
The Honorable Michele Thoren Bond*	Deborah Hefferon	Rachel Rubin	Jill Welch
Cynthia Bunton	Kathryn Horlick	Dan Schoonmaker	The Honorable Philip C. Wilcox Jr.
Lawrence Camp*	Anne B. Keiser	Charles R. Sherman	Rachel Young
Greg Coble	Tangley Lloyd	Sambia Shivers-Barclay, M.Ed

(In alphabetical order)

*Past President
⁺Deceased