Executive Committee

• Sarah Blake Semendinger, CPA

  President The Great Courses, Chantilly, VA

• Catherine Pennington, CPA

  Vice-President & President ElectCatherine M. Pennington, CPA,, LLC, Falls Church, VA

• Amisha Patel, CPA

  TreasurerJohnson Lambert, LLP, Vienna,, VA

• Carolyn Mollen, CPA

  SecretaryResources for the Future, Washington, DC

• Michael Wetmore, CPA

  Immediate Past-PresidentRyan & Wetmore, P.C., Vienna, VA

GWSCPA Board of Governors

• Marie Caputo, CPA

  CliftonLarsenAllen, Greenbelt, MD

• Joy Whitlow, CPA

  Drug Information Association, Washington, DC

• Susan Colladay, CPA

  RSM US LLP, Washington, DC

• A. Michael Gellman, CPA, CGMA

  Emeritus, Bethesda, MD

• Heather Koppe Flanagan, CPA

  KPMG, Washington, DC

• Daniel Lynch

  Emeritus, Washington, DC

• Maria Georges

  PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Washington, DC

• Chris Mannina, CPA

  Citrin Cooperman, Bethesda, MD

• Sajeev Malaveetil, CPA

  EY, McLean, VA

• Deborah Oberst, CPA

  Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC

• Kathleen Malloy

  Capital One Bank, McLean, VA

• Joseph "Bo" Fitzpatrick, CPA

  Citrin Cooperman,, Bethesda, MD

• Tea Gennaro, CPA

  Associated Builders and Contractors, Washington, DC

• Angela Juvelis, CPA

  Buchbinder, Tunick and Company, Bethesda, MD

• Julia Lafferty, CPA

  Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell, PC, Bethesda, MD

• Johnathon Miller, CPA

  Justice Federal Credit Union, Chantilly, VA

• Shelia Bedford, CPA

  American University, Washington, DC 

• Deborah Oberst

  Basilica of the Shrine of  the Immaculate Conception 

• Samantha Gilson, CPA

  Consumer Healthcare Products Association, Washington, DC

• Trevor Williams, CPA

  GRF CPAs & Advisors, Bethesda, MD 
  

AICPA Council Members

• Sarah Blake Semendinger, CPA

  Designated RepresentativeTerm through May 2021

• Jenny Herrera, CPA

  Elected RepresentativeTerm through May 2021

Committee and Interest Section Chairs

Council of Past Presidents 
Michael Wetmore, CPA
ryan and wetmore P.C, VIENNA, VA

EMPLOYEE BENEFOR PLANS CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE
CAILA AUGUN, CPA 
Johnson Lambert, LLP, Vienna, VA

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

Ethics CommitteE
open

FASB Task Force
OPEN

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

Financial Literacy and Educational Outreach Committee
Robin Valentine, CPA  
KPMG ,Washington, DC

Government Auditing and Accounting Section
William Kubistal, CPA
Kearney & Company, Alexandria, va

Government Contracting Section
Sajeev MalaVeeTil, CPA
Ernst & Young, MCLEAN, va

Chris Mannina, CPA
Citrin Cooperman, Bethesda, mD

Government Relations Committee
paul thrasher, CPA

International Overhead Task Force
Lee Klumpp, CPA, CGMA
BDO USA LLP, McLean, VA

Membership Task Force
OPEN

Nominations Committee
Michael Wetmore, CPA
RYAN AND WETMORE P.C, VIENNA, VA

Nonprofit Financial Accountability Task Force
carolyn mollen, CPA
Resources For the future, Washington, DC

Not-for-Profit Organizations Section
Michael Harris  
Maryland Environmental service, Millerville, MD

NOnprofit symposium planning committee
lisa heller, CPA  
RSM US LLP, washington, dc

Real Estate and Construction Section
open  

Scholarship Review Committee
Sarah blake semendinger, CPA
the great courses, chantilly, VA

Women’s Leadership Conference Planning Committee
Maria Georges
pnc bank, washington, dc

Samantha Gilson, CPA
Consumer Healthcare Products Association, Washington, DC

YEA (Young & Emerging Accountants) Section

Hediyeh Sadeghein, CPA
Johnson Lambert, Vienna, VA

Staff

• Kari Bedell

  Executive Director

• Ashley Fearn

  Operations Director

• Meghan Jenkins

  Membership Director

• Welansa Mekonne

  Professional Development Director