Individual Finalists
Baylen Brooks
Operations Specialist, Cluster 8
DC Public Schools (DCPS)
Tenika C. Brown
Human Capital Administrator
Department of Public Works (DPW)
Ketan Gada
Director/Supervisory Project Manager, Hill East District Redevelopment
Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED)
Patricia Gracyalny
Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO)
Marvin Ben Haiman
Chief of Staff / Reserve Police Officer
Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)
Emily Kahan
Clinical Social Worker, School Based Behavioral Health Program
Department of Behavioral Health (DBH)
Anwar Mahmood
Architect ADA
Office of Disability Rights (ODR)
Tyreese R. McAllister, LPC, CSOTP, CCTP
Training Program Officer for First Responders
Department of Behavioral Health (DBH)
Cassandra B. White
Resource Allocation Officer
Fire and Emergency Medical Services (FEMS)
Team Finalists
Advanced Technical Center Team
Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)
Team Members:
Kilin Boardman-Schroyer
Clifton Martin
Andrea Zimmermann
Xavier Amos
Sita Ramamurti, Ph.D. (Trinity Washington University)
Marilyn Hamilton, Ph.D. (University of the District of Columbia)
Monica Dodge (DME)
Crystal Smith (DCPS)
Mohamed Jalloh (DGS)
Gerald Kasunic (DFHV)
Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) Team
DC Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE)
Team Members:
Antonio Yaquian-Luna
Ashlei Williams
Aykut Yilmaz
JoAnna Saunders
Cristine Gibney
Ryan Gavin
Katie Bergfeld
Robert Campbell
Barbara Martinez
Michael Feldman-Wiencek
DC Reading Clinic
DC Public Schools (DCPS)
Team Members:
Dr. Helen Behr
Abigail Klein
Dr. Jasmine Rogers
Erin Dunn
MeQuel Bolden
Claire Sontag
DC’s Deputy Mayor for Education’s Office of Out of School Time Grants and Youth Outcomes (The OST Office)
Office of the Deputy Mayor of Education
Team Members:
Dr. Shontia Lowe
Shanna Samson
Dr. Howard Hope
Mark Weinberger
Karida Green
Marcus Shaw
Kevin Cataldo
Biodun Oluwole
Olayide Ibironke
Department of Behavioral Health and Metropolitan Police Department Collaboration
Team Members:
Tyreese R. McAllister (DBH)
Bonnie McDonald (DBH)
Officer Melvin Evans (MPD)
Officer Karen Carr (MPD)
High-Impact Tutoring Team
Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)
Team Members:
Sarah Martin
Charlotte Nugent
Jessica Sobin
Crystal Thomas
Alethia Hinds
Sam Angileri
Ridgecrest Village Phase II | Affordable Housing Substantial Rehabilitation and Full Electrification Project
Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)
Team Members:
Lance Loncke (DOEE)
William Liggins (DMPED)
Grace Campion (DHCD)
Pamela Lee (The NHP Foundation)
School Data and Performance Team
Office of Data and Technology, District of Columbia Public Schools
Team Members:
Kirsten Karttunen
A’isha Crawford
Cassie Walther
Elspeth Grasso
Zakyia Goins-McCants
The Office of Contracting and Procurement's (OCP) Team
in partnership with Department of Human Services (DHS)
Team Members:
Marketa Nicholson
Willandria Blount
Dawn Mayo
Maroufath Ogoussan
Jesse Scott
Rachelle Samuel
Rhonda Meriwether
Javon Wright
Camille Christian
Constance Weaver-Thomas
