DESA | ELLINGTON FUND
ABOUT ELLINGTON FUND
The Charitable Arm of DESA
Since 1979, The Ellington Fund, the charitable arm of Duke Ellington School of the Arts, has helped fill the gap between DC Public School (DCPS) funding and the cost of a world-class arts education. The Ellington Fund is a proud partner of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts Project.
Jackie Love-Baker, Director of Development
Learn more by downloading the Duke Ellington School of the Arts Annual Report FY21-22.
MISSION
The mission of the Ellington Fund is:
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To sponsor, maintain, and financially support the various programs and activities including curriculum programs, student support functions, art and academic disciplines and courses, productions, exhibits, concerts, workshops and educational seminars, and
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To provide scholarship assistance to graduates of the Duke Ellington School in pursuit of college or professional careers.
Please donate today so that all District youth, regardless of background or ability to pay, can have access to a life-changing arts education.
Contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
Our tax ID is 52-1152273.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OFFICERS
Ari Q. Fitzgerald, Esq.
President
Hogan Lovells, LLP
Brenda Morris, Esq.
Vice President
Amy Kauffman
Vice President
Mindchat Research
Priscilla Clarke
Secretary
Clarke and Associates, LLC
Kathleen Buhle
Development and Nominating & Gov. Comm. Chair
Annie Whatley
Nominating & Gov. Comm. Chair
University of District of Columbia
Matthew Gray, MBA
Finance Committee Chair
Brown Advisory
Amber Golden, PhD
President of DESAP and Co-Chair of SHADE
AT-LARGE MEMBERS
Stacie Lee Banks
Lee’s Flower and Card Shop
Eliot Battle, MD
Cultura Dermatology & Plastic Surgery Center
Sherri N. Blount, Esq.
Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery
Zachary Cafritz
Edward L. Cohen
Lerner Enterprises
Francesca V. Craig
Consultant
Zach Gillis
Boston Consulting Group
Marcus R. Johnson
FLO
Julia Massimino, Esq.
Robin Nunn, Esq.
Morgan Lewis, LLP
Michelle A. Persaud, Esq.
T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Stephanie Phillipps, Esq.
Arnold & Porter (retired partner)
Steve Rabinowitz
Blue Light Strategies
Sylvia Davis White
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
Sandi M. Logan
Principal & Head of School
Katitia Batiste
SHADE Parent Group Co-President
