So What Else Team
Board Members
Brett Bernstein – President of the Board, So What Else
Principal and COO, X M L Financial Group; Certified Financial Planner; Board of Standards, Inc. Board of Examiners Volunteer; Vice Chair George Washington University Medical Center’s Cancer Institute Advisory Board; Board VP Lakewood Country Club, Rockville, MD; U. Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business, BS, Finance.
Jimmy Fragoyannis
Owner of Mamma Lucia.
Abner Frimpong
Professional Fundraiser for Shady Grove Hospital.
Scott Mendelson
Principal, EDGE Commercial Real Estate, Maryland; Sheer Partners, Va.; USI Real Estate Advisors; Insignia/ESG now CBRE; Board of Directors for MVLE (non profit in Alexandria, VA); Advisory Board for Founding Farmers Restaurant Group; Board/Committee Member, MDA; University of Maryland, BS.
Josh Ross
President at Montross Management, LLC; Partner at Montross Companies, LLC ; Real Estate Consultant at RE/MAX PROS; Previously, Territory Marketing Coach at My Green Parachute; Montgomery College, Business Management & Marketing.
Samantha Ross
JD-Prince Georges County Special Education Teacher, Attorney and serves as our Education Department Chair.
Robert Schless – CPA, Treasurer and Co-Founder of So What Else
Partner and Co-Founder, Robert Joseph Group; Member of the George Washington Hospital Cancer Institute Advisory Board; Hofstra University BA Accounting; Long Island University, MA Accounting.
Robert Stien, JD
Vice President and General Counsel, Artemis, Washington, DC; Advisory Board, George Washington University Medical Center’s Cancer Institute; Volunteer at the Fisher House Foundation and the Wounded Warrior Project; University of Florida, BA Business Administration; JD from Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law.
Executive Director
David Silbert – See SWE Founder’s
Executive Council
Robert Schless – Treasurer and Co-Founder, So What Else; See SWE Founder’s
David Silbert – Executive Director and Co-Founder So What Else; See SWE Founder’s
Dale Rimmey –Sr. Staff Campus Relations Manager, Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, MD;Senior Staffing Representative, Lockheed Martin; Telecommunications Specialist, United States Air Force
Advisory Council
Arthur Butcher – Management and Organization Consultant; Web Designer; IBM Engagement Manager for Information Technology and Services; Senior Vice President of Research and Development at International Business Academies of Learning.
Brent Cash – Brent is an engineer, Ron Brown Scholar and Founder of Project Child at Dukem University. Brent serves on our Education committee and chairs our mentoring and STEM program.
Daphne Clark – an avid bodybuilder and health professional, with a considerable background and experience in working with at-risk youth.
Robert Coppock, Ph.D. -– Author “Arithmetic for Rocket Scientists”; Mathematics Teacher, Fairfax County, VA Schools; Scientist National Research Center.
Kathleen “Kathy” Corey – IBM Human Resources Management; IBM Marketing Representative; Georgetown Univ. Hosp. Director Employment; Corey Consulting Group Principle; NAMI, MC Pro Bono Management & Organization Consultant.
Benjamin Dalley – Ben is one of the founders of www.biketothebeach.org, a yearly race that raises money for autism, and an experienced professional in the not-for-profit arena.
Michael Fellerman, J.D - JD-Partner in the Business Transactions & Tax Group at Linowes and Blocher LLP; has a LLM in Taxation from NYU; has formed and worked with numerous tax-exempt entities on numerous matters and exposures to unrelated business taxable income (UBTI) and various special taxes and penalties.
Thomas Eley – Consultant; IBM Marketing Executive.
Philip Flynn – HR Consultant; IBM Human Resources Manager; Recruiter for PGA.
Leah Garabedian, JD – Contract Attorney; Criminal Defense Attorney; Personal Injury Attorney; Missouri State Public Defender Office Trial Division Attorney..
Clynthia Graham – Director, DC Department of Parks and Recreation Ward 6; Owner and Operator at CBG Consulting; Director at Big Brothers Big Sisters Southern Maryland; Teen Women in Action Director at The Young Women’s Project.
George Graves, Jr. – Volunteer and Supporter since our inception and active in our Operations Team.
Ursula Hermann, Ph.D. – Coordinator, Department of Instructional Leadership Support, Office of Superintendant of Schools, Montgomery County, MD; Principal, Westland Middle School, Bethesda, MD.
Diane Kupelian, Ph.D. – Clinical Psychologist; President of Board, NAMI, MC.
Hrant Jamgoshian – Hrant currently serves as the Executive Director for Dialysis Patient Citizens and the DPC Education Center, where he works to improve the quality of life for some of America’s most vulnerable patients. He brings nearly 20 years of experience in the not-for-profit sector, as well as a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Catholic University Columbus School of Law and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Global Health Law from the Georgetown University Law Center.
Tracy Lewis – Owner of Robert Lewis Salon; Actress and serves in our Arts & Culture department as Acting Director.
Michael Mallory – Executive Director, Ron Brown Scholar Program and President, Ron Brown Scholar Fund; University of Virginia’s Director of Minority Recruitment and Assistant Dean of Admissions; co-founder of the Walter N. Ridley Scholarship Program; Board of Directors the National Scholarship Providers Association; Trustee of the College of Arts and Sciences Foundation of the University of Virginia.
Donnie McKethan – Radio Host for “The American Songbook”; Board of Directors, Member at Large for Center for Child Protection and Family Support, Inc.; VP for HR at Greater Washington Boys & Girls Club; IBM Human Resources Manager.
Terri Mitchell – Human Resource Management, Public Relations, Marketing, Fundraiser, Not-For-Profit experience.
Douglas Remer – Teacher at Springbrook High School, Coach and Owner of Backyard Sports; Doug serves in our Athletic Department.
Clare (YeYe) Sheng – Program Officer, International Research & Exchange Board (IREX); Primary Consultant, Apparel Lesotho Alliance to Fight AIDS; Communication and Development Officer, Population Services International (PSI), Yunnan, China Princeton-in-Asia Fellowship.
Professor David Sloan Wilson, Ph.D. – Evolutionary Biologist; Distinguished Professor of Biology with joint appointment in Anthropology at Binghamton University; President & Co-Founder The Evolution Institute, SUNY ; author, ‘The Neighborhood Project”; Designer of the Regent’s Academy, Binghamton NY; author, “The Evolutionary Basis of Risky Adolescent Behavior: Implications for Science, Policy, and Practice”.
Michelle Wong – Personal Training Assistant Department Head, Registered Dietitian; MPH, BS, RD (ACSM-HFS, NASM PES, NASM CES).