Director (Pro Bono), Bring Your Bling™ Program

Laine Shakerdge has served for many years on the Board of Directors for: Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), a global nonprofit that teaches low income high school students how to create their own jobs. She has also served on the boards of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the National Capital region, the acclaimed Woolly Mammoth Theater Company in Washington DC, and DC Casineros, an internationally renowned Cuban salsa dance company.

She earned two masters degrees at Washington University in St. Louis and is the principal at Whitestone Property Group.

Key Staff

CFO
Nicole Barnes

Director of Operations
Chris Kelly
 

Director of Communications
Lauren Taylor

Program Manager, Bring Your Bling
Susan Childs

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Program Intern
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Advisory Board

John Beard
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Michael Caggiano
Founder, Jewelry for Good

Angela Hartley National Industries for the Blind

Tim Hill
Blackboard Inc. (ret.)

Jan Ridgely
United Charitable Programs

Liz Scott
Brighter Strategies