Support for Racial Equity and Black Lives Matter
The Federal City Council stands against racial injustice and in solidarity with peaceful protestors and the fight for racial equity. We must work together to understand, learn, change and strengthen the fabric of our society.
In their own words and those of their organizations, here is a representative sample of where the Federal City Council and its members stand on racial equity and Black Lives Matter. To read each statement in full, please click HERE.
- Neil Albert, President & CEO, DowntownDC Business Improvement District
- Kristen Barden, Executive Director, Adams Morgan Partnership BID
- Rahsaan G. Bernard, President, Building Bridges Across the River
- Josh Bernstein, CEO, Bernstein Management Corporation
- Buwa Binitie, Principal, Dantes Partners
- Katherine Bradley, Founder and Chair, CityBridge Education
- Chris Bruch, President & CEO, The Donohoe Companies, Inc.
- Sean C. Cahill, President, SCahill LLC
- Ryan Croft, Co-founder, TransitScreen
- Lia Dean, Head of Bank Retail/Cafes & Marketing, Capital One
- John J. DeGioia, President, Georgetown University
- John P. Drew, President & CEO, Drew Company and TCMA
- Margaret Dunning, Managing Partner, Finn Partners
- Jay Epstein, Partner, DLA Piper
- Kim R. Ford, President & CEO, Martha’s Table
- Thomas M. Fulcher Jr., Vice Chairman, Co-Regional Manager, Savills
- Tim Gillis, Office Managing Partner for the Washington Metro Area, KPMG
- Nicky Goren, President and CEO, Meyer Foundation
- Jeff Keitelman, Co-Managing Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
- Matt Kelly, CEO, JBG SMITH
- Creighton R. Magid, Partner-in-Charge, Washington, Dorsey & Whitney
- Anne Segrest McCulloch, President & CEO, Housing Partnership Equity Trust
- Kelly Sweeney McShane, President and CEO, Community of Hope
- Patricia McGuire, President, Trinity University
- Catherine Meloy, President & CEO, Goodwill of Greater Washington
- Greg Meyer, DC Region EVP, Brookfield Properties
- Laura Meyers, President & CEO, Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC
- Steve Moore, President & CEO, Southwest Business Improvement District
- Dennis Perkins, President, CIVITAS Commercial Real Estate Services, LLC
- Whayne Quin, Attorney
- Marty Rodgers, Market Unit Lead— US South, and Metro Washington DC Office Managing Director, Accenture
- David Roodberg, CEO and President, Horning Brothers
- Deborah F. Rutter, President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- Judith Sandalow, Executive Director, Children’s Law Center
- Lewis F. Shrensky, Executive Vice President of Fort Myer Construction Corporation
- David Skorton, MD, President & CEO, American Association of Medical Colleges
- Susan Stevenson, Executive Director, D.C. Region, College Track
- Carol Thompson Cole, President and CEO, Venture Philanthropy Partners
- David Varner, Office Director, SmithGroup
- Edward Walter, Global CEO, Urban Land Institute
- Sandy Wilkes, Chairman, The Wilkes Company
