2023 selection committee

2 members of the selection committee

The selection committee, which reviews applications, is comprised of community members, university leaders, and Incentive Awards staff. All candidates will be interviewed by the committee and notified of the finalists.

Jonathan Barrett '87
Verizon

J. Kenneth Battle
Prince George's County

Christie Bianco '97
Suitcase Swagger

Kareem Branch '06*
NASA

Janiceia Byron'07*'
East Harlem Scholars Academies

Michael Canning '61
Manis Canning & Associates

Jonathan Claiborne '77
Community volunteer

Olivia Coates '08*
Southpoint Counseling, Inc.

Esther Ekanem '17*
Northrup Grummann

Shelvia English, Ph.D. '19
American Dental Education Association

Barbara Goliday
Trinity Washington University

Sarah Grebow
Consultant

Lauri Hidalgo
Community Volunteer

Carlos Howard '16*
University of Maryland

Sarah Grebow
Consultant

Danista E. Hunte
Child First Authority

Sheila Jones Esq.‘74
Law Office of Sheila Jones

Bahareh Kamali '97
Viacom

Gary Kaplan '94
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Beatrice Key, CPA '88
Key & Associates

Joyce Lowenstein
Community Volunteer

Marilyn Meyers
Bethesda Psychotherapy Associates

Nonyem Oguejiofor '04
Community Volunteer

Yavona Pirali '05*
Baltimore City Public Schools

Christopher Pirtle '89
Peake Financial Wealth Management

David Raderman '77
Gallegher Evelius & Jones

Pranav Saha '02
Booz Allen

Jonathan Schaechter '87
Morgan Stanley

Don Scheeler '85
LEARN Behavioral

Thalia Washington '00
Higher Achievement

Kathy Keys Waymmann '81
The Ivy Community Charities of Prince George’s County

Inga Williams '06*
Upward Bound, Morgan State University

Afia Yeboah '15*
Entrepreneur


*IAP Alumni