Board Members

Max Skolnik is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Kid Power, Inc., a civics-based organization that provides academic, artistic, nutritional, and service-learning opportunities for youth in the District of Columbia. Since 2002, Kid Power has empowered youth to become informed and engaged advocates for change in their own lives and in their communities. Currently, it serves 325 students at 10 program sites.

Gerry S. Kittner is the Deputy Director of Beacon House. Beacon House is an after-school program based in the Edgewood Terrace neighborhood of Ward 5. Approximately 125 low-income children and youth, ages 5-18, come to the center daily and participate in tutoring, mentoring, athletic, recreational and cultural programs. Over 400 children and youth participate in Beacon House’s football, basketball, baseball and cheerleading teams. During the summer, Beacon House operates a low-cost summer camp for 150 children, ages 5-13.

Sheryl Brissett Chapman, Ed.D, ACSW, has managed and provided organizational and individual consultation to numerous agencies and professionals serving diverse populations in a variety of settings. She has published and presented internationally on topics relating to substance abusing mothers, substance exposed infants, children in poverty, homeless women and depression, juvenile delinquency, child victimization, cross-cultural responsiveness, organizational development and systems reform in child and family welfare and juvenile justice.

Maureen Dwyer is the Executive Director of Sitar Arts Center, an arts education program in Washington, DC that brings its diverse community together to give underserved children and adolescents the opportunity to study the visual and performing arts in an afterschool safe haven. Previously the Deputy Director, Maureen has worked at the Center for twelve years and was originally the Grants Manager responsible for developing its institutional giving program.

Lindsey Buss is the president and CEO of Martha's Table, which fights poverty in short and long term with food, clothing, education, and family programs. Annually, Martha's Table serves more than 500,000 meals and has 18,000 visits to its clothing room. Two-hundred-ninety children and youth, and their parents, participate in its day-care, after school, and summer programs. These programs work with children and youth over a continuum from ages three months through 18 years and beyond, facilitating their achievement of long term success.

Amy Nakamoto is the Executive Director of DC Scores, a recreationally-linked education program for public school students, ages 8 to 14, that works in partnership with students, teachers, neighborhoods, and creative writing communities. As Executive Director, Amy guides the day-to-day operations of after school programs in 23 DC public elementary and middle schools. Amy also serves as Board Member and Secretary of the DC Alliance of Youth Advocates.