Kaya Henderson
Interim Chancellor, DC  Public Schools

Duke Ellington School of the Arts Project (DESAP)
Board of Directors

Officers

Charles Barber, President
Darrell M. Ayers, Treasurer

Michael Brewer
Brenda Brownlee

Peggy Cooper Cafritz

Michael Freedman

Grace Hong, Chief Development Officer, Ellington Fund

Robert D. Horvath, Jr., President, Ellington Fund Board

Cara Grayer Johnson

Rory Pullens, Head of School

Gregory Squires

Mark Williams, Faculty Representative

Sheryl Woods, President, SHADE

Ellington Fund Board of Directors

Officers

Robert D. Horvath, Jr., President

Ari Q. Fitzgerald, Vice President

Daryl A. Libow, Vice President
William J. Atkins, Treasurer

Alison Hooker, Secretary

Annie Whatley, Chair, Nominating Committee

Charles Barber, President, DESAP

Rory L. Pullens, Head of School & CEO

At-Large Members

Theresa Balaran

Charles Barley, Jr.

Eliot Battle, MD

Sherri Blount

Peggy Cooper Cafritz

Priscilla Clarke

Edward Cohen

Dennis Cotter

Christopher Cowan

Kenneth Feld

Linda Lipsett

Elfred Massie
Michael Nannes

Alex Romain
Grace Speights

Thomas J. Sugrue

Kevin Williams, MD

Lisa Williams-Fauntroy

Ex-Officio Members

Tia Powell Harris, Dean of Arts

Grace Hong, Chief Development Officer

Brian Nielsen, CPA, Comptroller

Michelle Reaux, President, SHADE parent group

Cullen Swinson, Dean of Academics

Ronald Lee Newman , President, Alumni Association

Meet our Advisory Council