BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Patricia E. Ortman, Ph.D. 
Chair of the Board
Executive Director of the Foundation
Artist, Retired Women’s Studies Professor

pat@girlsgottarun.org

Sheena Dahlke
Foundation Secretary
Director of Outreach,
Commercial Running Interests
Co-Coordinator, MCM Team
Assistant Manager
Pacers Running Stores

Ashley Griffith
Director of Outreach,
Girls on the Run
Co-Coordinator, MCM Team
Director of Development
Mary's Center

Erica Nemmers, M.A.
Director of Outreach
Running Groups Community
Analyst
U.S. Government

James Scott, M.B.A.
Foundation Treasurer
CFO/CAO
Population Reference Bureau

Greta Stults, M.A.
GGRF Grants Officer
Program Officer
Center for Gender Equity
Academy for Educational Development


ADVISORY AND VOLUNTEER BOARD

Matt Andrea
Investment Banker
Doughterty & Co., LLC

Donna Cargas
Client Relations
Strategic Marketing
The History Factory

Gaby Grebski, M.S.W.
Guidance Counselor
Coach, Girls' Cross Country and Track Teams
Sidwell Friends School 

Kay Keys, Ph.D.
GGRF Webmistress
Photographer, Systems Analyst

Christina W. Patterson
Grant Specialist
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
U.S. State Department
 
Courtenay Morgan Redis
Photojournalist 
http://www.courtenaymorganredis.com/
http://www.eyewitnesslife.com/
http://www.courtenaymorganredis.com/IMAGES/CHASING_DREAMS/index.html

Kebebush Tesfaye
E-Resource Technical Support
University Libraries
University of Maryland -
College Park

Natalie Thompson
Policy Director
National Human Services Assembly

Ginger M. Sullivan, P.C.
Psychotherapist
Private Practice

Emily Wax
Foreign Correspondent
India, Pakistan, Afghanistan
The Washington Post


GGRF PARTNERS/ADVISERS

Garrett Ash
Malcolm Anderson
Co-Directors
Running Across Borders

Fantu Gola
Crown Agents Ethiopia
Managing Partner
Simien Lodge

Dana Roskey
Founder and Executive Director
Tesfa Foundation

Abay Workiye
President and CEO
Naftech General Trading


HONORARY BOARD, GOOD WILL AMBASSADORS

Yonas Ayanaw, Coach 
Zereu Kelele, Elite Ethiopian Runner, Coach 
Hirut Mandefro, Elite Ethiopian Runner
Misiker Mikonnen, Elite Ethiopian Runner 


CHARTER and FORMER GGRF BOARD Members/Advisers

Beth Cartland, M.F.A.
Amanda Chawansky, M.A. 
Marie Hagen, J.D.
Erin Sines, M.P.H

Charles Teller, Ph.D.