Meet the staff and advisory board that are inspiring the DC Region's young people to find their paths to success!

NFTE DC Region Staff

Patricia Granata Eisner, Executive Director
Patricia most recently served as the NFTE Baltimore Executive Director. Previously, she spent eight years as the Program Director for the Erickson Family Foundation, a non-profit foundation whose focus is education and the care of senior citizens. Patricia was a first grade teacher for four years in Baltimore City and graduated from Loyola College with a degree in English and Writing. She has a Masters in Education from Loyola College in Curriculum and Instruction and completed a second Masters at the University of Baltimore in Publications and Design. Her concentration was Creative Writing. In addition to her work at NFTE she has been a freelance writer with articles that have appeared locally and nationally.

Amina Brown, Senior Program Director

Verice White, Program Director

Kara Johnson, Director of Development

NFTE DC Region Advisory Board

John Hasenberg, Advisory Board Chair
Senior Vice President, Wealth Management
The Hasenberg Hartsock Group
Merrill Lynch

Monish Kundra, Advisory Board Vice Chair
Venture Partner
Columbia Capital

Wanda A. Alexander
President and CEO
Horizon Consulting Incorporated

Patty Alper
President
The Alper Portfolio Group, Ltd.

Sunny Scully Alsup, FASLA
Principal Emeritus
Lewis Scully Gionet

Sid Banerjee
Chief Executive Officer
Clarabridge

Brien Biondi
The Biondi Group

Terri Copeland
Community Development Market Manager
PNC Bank

Minal Damani Kundra
Managing Director
NextGen Capital Ventures, LLC

Greg Diamond

Cherly Dickison
Vice President of Sales, East Region
R2integrated

Chante Goodwin
Owner/CEO
Your Way IT Solutions, LLC

Davon Kelly
President & CEO
Novad Consulting

Michael H. Lustbader
Partner
Arlington Capital Partners

Stefan Nicholas
Senior Vice President, Mid-Atlantic Region
Wells Fargo

Celie Niehaus

Bryan Pynchon
Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking
Capital One Bank

E. Rene Salas
Strategic Growth Markets Leader
Ernst & Young LLP

Laine Shakerdge
Pantheon Capital Partners

Julia Spicer
Executive Director
Mid-Atlantic Venture Association

Ben Teicher
Chief Financial Officer
Healthy Directions

David Wellisch
Co-founder and Managing Partner
Latinum Network