Meet Success in the City’s Board of Director

  Lesley Boucher
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Managing Director at Pensare Group

Lesley is the Managing Director of the Pensare Group, a management consulting firm that works with motivated business leaders to improve performance, attract and retain loyal customers, and drive results.  Ms. Boucher has been an “executive on loan” to the World Bank, senior policy advisor to the Prime Minister’s office in Canada, and Vice President (Operations) of a local software development firm.

Ms. Boucher is an advisor for PathForward’s ACTiVATE program for women entrepreneurs, and recently completed her term on the Board of the National Association of Women Business Owners (DC).

 
Katherine Prangley Liola

Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors & Chair of the Membership Committee
Financial Advisor, CRPC®

Katherine specialized in personal financial planning for retirement, protection planning/family security, investments, estate planning strategies and executive compensation and benefit strategies.

Katherine is licensed and registered to conduct business in VA.Based on licenses and registrations permit her to conduct business in DC, MI, TX, SC, OH, MD, PA, IL, FL, WA, CO, NC, IA, CT.

 
Rebecca (Becky) McDonald

Chair of Finance & Accounting for Success in the City
Watkins Meegan Director, Government Contracting Services

Ms. McDonald is a Director in the firm’s Government Contracting Services Group.  She rejoined Watkins Meegan in 2003 after serving in management roles for a publicly traded life sciences software company.  Her focus is providing business advisory services, such as assistance with SEC reporting, due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, and initial public offering support.  Ms. McDonald also manages attest engagements for government contracting clients along with 401(k) and employee stock ownership plans.
  Jen Sterling
Past Chairman of the Board of Directors & Branding Director for Success in the City (Jen designed our logo)
CEO and Founder of Red Thinking LLC
Jen is the president and founder of Red Thinking, and works with CEOs and entrepreneurs in professional service firms, nonprofits, and other industries who are seeking a new shade of marketing.
 
Claire M. S. Meade Claire

Chair of both Success in the City’s Sponsorship Committee and our Working Mom’s Luncheon
Second Vice President & Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Claire specializes in financial planning based investment management. Claire works with clients to develop personalized written financial plans by helping them to set specific goals and objectives to plan for retirement, save for college, and manage their insurance needs.

Claire M. S. Meade is licensed in the following state(s): AK, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, KS, MD, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV

   

Jenny Shtipelman
Vice Chair of Success in the City’s Sponsorship Committee
VP Business Development at EagleBank

 

Jenny Shtipelman has been leading individuals and businesses in the Washington DC area to financial success for over 10 years. A valuable consultant and resource, her expertise in banking and the ability to effectively streamline processes made her a sought-after persona in the region.

 

   

Cynthia Hund
Chair of Success in the City’s Event Committee
A & D Representative, specializing in architecture, design and planning

Interior Design, FF&E Selection/Specification,commercial Furniture Sales,Design Conceptualization,Space Planning,Marketing, Brand Development & Strategy,Event Planning,Event Coordination and Design,Creative Floral Design,Purchasing,Sales, New Business Development. Professional service and representation of companies.
 
Elizabeth
Dunseith
Vice Chair of Success in the City’s Event Committee
CPA, Senior Staff at Watkins Meegan LLC

Watkins Meegan is a full-service firm with in-depth knowledge of all areas of accounting, tax and business services.
  Maurisa Potts
Chair of Success in the City’s PR & Marketing Committee
Founder & CEO of Spotted MP Marketing & Public Relations Strategist
As a highly respected marketing, public relations, event strategist in the Washington, D.C. area, Maurisa’s main goal is to increase her client’s brand capital in the marketplace by guaranteeing creative, distinctive, and forward-thinking campaign
 
Kimberly
(Diaz) Gladis
Vice Chair of Success in the City’s PR & Marketing Committee
President & CEO at CorePerformX Advisory Group, LLC

Kimberly possesses 15+ years of diverse business experience, to include sales, sales management, and operational development and redesign for large, medium and start-up organizations. Core areas of expertise include commercial infrastructure design and implementation, process development and redesign (Six Sigma), CRM strategy & system development, and sales & marketing strategy and execution.

 

   

Nancy Robinson
Success in the City’s Executive Director
Advisor for PathForward’s ACTiVATE program for women entrepreneur

Nancy shared your professional skills with both Success in the City and Path Forward’s ACTiVATE program. Thank you Nancy!

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