Executive Committee

• Sarah Blake Semendinger, CPA

  Immediate Past-President The Great Courses, Chantilly, VA

• Catherine Pennington, CPA

  PresidentCatherine M. Pennington, CPA,, LLC, Falls Church, VA

• Amisha Patel, CPA

  Vice-President and President-Elect

• Carolyn Mollen, CPA

  TreasurerResources for the Future, Washington, DC

• Chris Mannina, CPA

  Secretary

GWSCPA Board of Governors

• Amy Horner, CPA

  Vault Consulting  McLean VA

• Laurie DeArmond, CPA

  BDO USA LLP, McLean, VA

• Michael Harris

  Natl Board for Professional Teaching Standards, VA

• Derek Thomas, CPA

  KPMG Washington, DC

• Carl Hairston

  First Citizen's Bank Vienna, VA

• John Langan, CPA

  CLA, Arlington, VA

• Jessica McClain, CPA

  Girl Scouts Nation's Capital, Washington, DC

• Kathy O'Connor, CPA

  O'Connor Consulting Services, LLC, Bethesda, MD

• Deborah Oberst, CPA

  The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Washington, DC

• Paul Preziotti, CPA

  Johnson Lambert, Vienna, VA

• R. Michael Sorrells, CPA

  Retired, Rockville, MD

• Tea Gennaro, CPA

  National Assoc. of Broadcasters,, Washington, DC

• Angela Juvelis, CPA

  Buchbinder, Tunick and Company, Bethesda, MD

• Julia Lafferty, CPA

  CBM, Bethesda, MD

• Jonathan Miller, CPA

  Justice Federal Credit Union, Chantilly, VA

• Shelia Bedford, CPA           

  American University, Washington, DC 



• Samantha Luxenburg, CPA           

  Consumer Healthcare Products Association, Washington, DC

• Trevor Williams, CPA

  GRF CPAs & Advisors, Bethesda, MD 
  

AICPA Council Members

• Catherine Pennington CPA

  Designated RepresentativeTerm through May 2022

• Jenny Herrera, CPA

  Elected RepresentativeTerm through May 2023

Committee and Interest Section Chairs

Council of Past Presidents 
Sarah BLake SemeNdinger, CPA
The teaching company Chantilly, VA

EMPLOYEE BENEFOR PLANS CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE
JULIA LAFFERTY, CPA 
CBM, BETHESDA, mD

ANGELA JUVELIS, CPA 
BUCHBINDER TUNICK & company LLP, BETHESDA, mD

Ethics CommitteE
Sarah Blake Semendinger, CPA

FASB Task Force
OPEN

Federal issues and standards committee (Fisc)
sheriff ettefa, CPA 
KPMG ,WASHINGTON, DC

diversity, equity and inclusion Task FOrce 
Michael Harris

Jalal Vardag