The Federal City Council is working on building a coalition of support from regional leadership with the goal of conditioning Metro stakeholders with thoughtful rationale and ideas for how to address the complex challenges beleaguering WMATA.
Below is the list of regional stakeholders who have endorsed our efforts by signing the letter of support:
- Jim Abdo, President/CEO, Abdo Development
- Richard M. Adams Jr., President, United BankShares, Inc.
- William “Bill” Alsup III, Senior Managing Director, Hines
- Kimberly Archer, Managing Director/Area Manager, Russell Reynolds Associates
- Mike Balaban, Principal, msb URBAN
- John H.C. Barron, Jr., Partner, Duane Morris
- Josh Bernstein, CEO, Bernstein Management Corp.
- Jenny Bilfield, President & CEO, Washington Performing Arts
- David C. Birtwistle, CEO, Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance
- Andrew C. Blair, President & CEO, Colonial Parking, Inc.
- Jon Bouker, Partner, Arent Fox
- Katherine Brittain Bradley, President, City Bridge Foundation
- Leslie Braunstein, Principal, LHB Communications, Inc.
- Bob Buchanan, President, 2030 Group
- Angel Cabrera, President, George Mason University
- Gerald J. Carlson, Managing Partner, KPMG LLP Washington Metro Region
- Brian Casey, Senior Vice President | Proprietary Capital, Walker & Dunlop
- Dr. John C. Cavanaugh, President and CEO, Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area
- Giuseppe Cecchi, CEO and President, IDI Group Companies
- Tamara Christian, President, International Spy Museum
- Paul J. Cohn, Founder & CEO, Cohn’s Kitchen and One City Eats
- Yolanda Cole, Vice-Chair, ULI Washington and Senior Principal, Hickok Cole Architects
- Jeanne Connelly, Emeritus Trustee, Federal City Council
- Matthew Cutts, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs
- Richard “Chip” Davis, President, Sibley Hospital
- John J. DeGioia, Ph.D., President, Georgetown University
- Cherrie Doggett, President, Doggett Enterprises, Inc.
- John P. Drew, President & CEO, Trade Center Management Associates
- Margaret Dunning, Managing Partner, Finn Partners
- Terry Eakin, Chairman Emeritus/Co-Founder, EYA
- Harvey Ernest, President, Rivergroup Incorporated
- Allison Fansler, President & COO, KIPP DC
- Peter Farrell, Partner, City Interests
- David Flanagan, President, Elm Street Development, Inc.
- Robert J. Flanagan, President, Clark Enterprises
- Terry Forde, President & CEO, Adventist HealthCare
- John Garvey, President, The Catholic University of America
- Andrew F. Gelfuso, Vice President, Drew Company
- John Germano, Executive Managing Director, CBRE- Washington/ Baltimore Region
- Steven B. Gewirz, Principal, Potomac Investment, Inc.
- Norman “Chip” M. Glasgow, Jr., Partner, Holland & Knight
- Terence C. Golden, CEO & President, Bailey Capital Corporation
- Nicky Goren, President & CEO, Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation
- Michele Hagans, President, Fort Lincoln New Town Corporation
- Stephen D. Harlan, Partner, Harlan Enterprises LLC
- Cary Hatch, CEO & Brand Advocate, MDC Communications
- John D. Hagner, Real Estate Development Practice Group Leader, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
- R. William Hard, Executive Vice President, LCOR Incorporated
- Michael Harreld, Regional President, PNC Bank
- Robert Hisaoka, President, RRR LLC
- Monty Hoffman, CEO & Founder, PN Hoffman
- Vernon Holleman III, Principal, BCG Holleman
- Tom Hunt, Chief Operating Officer, DC United
- James Iker, Managing Partner, The JBG Companies
- Charlene Drew Jarvis, Senior Advisor, The Jarvis Company LLC
- Matt Kelly, CEO, The JBG Companies
- Neil Kerwin, President, American University
- Matt Klein, President, Akridge
- Steve Knapp, President, The George Washington University
- David Lawson, Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Private Bank
- Ginger Laytham, Sr. Executive Officer to the President, CEO, and Chairman, Clyde’s Restaurant Group
- Charlotte A. Troup Leighton, Vice President, Director of Business Development
- Ted Leonsis, Founder, Chairman, Majority Owner and CEO, Monumental Sports and Entertainment
- Richard Levy, Managing Partner, The Levy Group Limited
- Anthony A. Lewis, Region Vice President, Verizon Inc.
- Rusty Lindner, Chairman and CEO, Forge Company
- Wallace Loh, President, University of Maryland (The)
- Cidalia Luis, Akbar, CEO & Chairman, M. Luis Construction Co. Inc.
- Creighton “Chip” R. Magid, Partner-in-Charge, Washington, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
- Gregory McCarthy, Vice President-Community Engagement, Washington Nationals
- Jodie W. McLean, Chief Executive Officer, EDENS
- Michael McNamara, US Managing Partner, Dentons US LLP
- William McSweeny, Emeritus Member, Federal City Council
- Catherine Meloy, President & CEO, The Goodwill of Greater Washington
- Greg Meyer, Executive Vice President- DC Region, Brookfield Properties
- M. Laurence Millspaugh, President, Buvermo Investments, Inc.
- B. Doyle Mitchell Jr., President & CEO, Industrial Bank, NA
- Barbara Mullenex, Principal, Perkins Eastman
- Christopher J. Nassetta, President & Chief Executive Officer, Hilton
- Christopher Naughten, Senior Vice President- NCS Operations Manager, National Commercial Services
- Dr. Kurt Newman, President and CEO, Children’s National Health System
- O.M. “Tony” Nicely, Chairman & CEO, GEICO Companies
- Christopher M. Niemczewski, Managing Principal, Marshfield Associates
- Charles K. Nulsen, III, President, Washington Property Company
- Ed Offterdinger, Executive Managing Partner, Baker Tilly
- Dan O’Neill, President, SunTrust Greater Washington Metro Area
- Tim O’Shaughnessy, President, Graham Holdings
- Richard G. Parker, Partner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP
- James Pastoriza, Managing Partner, TDF Ventures
- William “Billy” Peel, Executive Vice President, Datawatch Systems, Inc.
- Carlos Perdomo, CEO and President, The Keystone Plus Construction
- Robert M. Pinkard, Principal, The Pinkard Group
- Linda Rabbitt, Chairman & CEO, Rand Construction Corporation
- Kathy Raffa, Vice President and Partner, Raffa, P.C.
- W. Russell “Russ” Ramsey, Chairman & CEO, Ramsey Asset Management
- Raymond Ritchey, Senior Executive Vice President, Boston Properties
- Alice Rivlin, Director, Center for Health Policy and Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution
- David Roodberg, President, Horning Brothers
- Rynthia Rost, Vice President, Geico
- Lisa Rother, Executive Director, ULI
- Craig Ruppert, CEO, Ruppert Landscape
- Deborah Ratner Salzberg, President, Forest City Washington, Inc.
- Kenneth A. Samet, President & CEO, MedStar Health
- B. Francis Saul, II, President, B.F. Saul Company
- Mitchell N. Schear, President,Vornado/Charles E. Smith
- Donna P. Shafer, Managing Director, Cityline Partners, LLC
- Sven Shockey, Principal, SmithGroup
- Lewis Shrensky, Executive Vice President, Fort Myer Construction
- J. Knox Singleton, CEO, Inova Health Systems
- Sandy Silverman, FAIA, Principal, Perkins Eastman
- Mark Silverwood, CEO, Silverwood Companies
- Chris Smith, Chairman & CEO, WC Smith
- Richard Snowden, Partner, Trainum, Snowdon, & Deane
- Stanley W. Sloter, President and CEO, Paradigm Development Company
- Joseph Stettinius Jr., Chief Executive, Brokerage & Capital Markets- Americas, Cushman & Wakefield
- Cary Summers, President, Museum of the Bible
- Robert K. Tanenbaum, Principal Owner, Washington Nationals
- David Varner, Office Director- Washington D.C., SmithGroupJJR
- Willy Walker, Chairman & CEO, Walker & Dunlop
- W. Edward Walter, President, CEO and Director, Host Hotels & Resorts
- Robert W. Ward, Chief Operating Officer, Skanska USA Commercial Development
- Brien White, Partner, Brown Advisory
- Rob Wilder, Founder/Partner, Think Food Group
- Charles “Sandy” Wilkes, Chairman, The Wilkes Company
- Paul Martin Wolff, Senior Counsel. Williams & Connolly
- S. Tien Wong, Chairman, Lore Systems Inc. & Tech 2000 Inc.
- Dennis R. Wraase, Retired Chairman and CEO, Pepco Holdings
- Bob Youngentob, Chair, ULI Washington and President, EYA
