SPARC BOARD

ELLEN DYKE
Chair
Term Date: 2025
Attorney, author, and educator

Will Schmerhorn
Vice Chair
Communications Committee
Term Date: 2023
Owner, Blueberry Shoes Productions

gary ryan
Treasurer
Chair, Finance Committee
Events Committee
Term Date: 2025
Business Development Director, Chess Consulting

Katherine Montgomery
Secretary
Events Committee
Term Date: 2023
Self Advocate, Board for People with Disabilities

Mary Burger
Member-at-large
Events Committee
Volunteer Administrator
Term Date: 2023
Sr. Office Administrator, Juniper Networks

Nick Clemente
Member-at-large
Chair, Development Committee
Term Date: 2025
VP, Government Relations, Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce

shawn flaherty
Member-at-large
Chair, Communications Chair
Term Date: 2025
President, Creative Strategies Public Relations

hannah irsfeld
Member-at-large
Chair, Governance Committee
Term Date: 2025
General Counsel to NVCC Educational Foundation

kristen west
Member-at-large
Finance and Governance Committees
Term Date: 2023
Risk Strategies Company

debi Alexander
Executive Director