OUR COMMUNITY

Knox Singleton is CEO of Inova Health System, one of the nation’s most integrated and most wired healthcare delivery systems and one of the largest in the metropolitan Washington region. He was named Citizen of the Year by The Washington Post in 1990 and was inducted into the Washington Business Hall of Fame in November 2009. Mr. Singleton serves as President of the Community Coalition for Haiti and is a Ruling Elder at Vienna Presbyterian Church. Mr. Singleton has four children and lives in McLean, Virginia.

Ted is a distinguished sports team owner, venture capitalist, filmmaker, author, and philanthropist. Presently, he is the founder, Chairman, CEO and majority owner of Monumental Sports & Entertainment. The company owns and operates the Washington Capitals (NHL), Washington Wizards (NBA), Washington Mystics (WNBA), and Verizon Center located in downtown Washington, DC. Ted enjoyed a 14-year career at America Online (AOL) where he served as President of AOL’s Service Company, AOL Studios, and AOL Web Properties.

Tama is the Director of Health and Wellness at Gensler, the leading global design and architecture firm. With more than 30 years of experience, Tama is a strategic leader who believes that research-driven design can transform environments into spaces that improve productivity, efficiency, innovation, and re-shape cultures. Tama was appointed to Interior Design’s Health Care and Wellness Advisory Council, a group of leading industry experts who advise their peers on innovation, standards, challenges, and trends in the healthcare industry.

Fred is an Internet pioneer and entrepreneur whose career and philanthropic activities have spanned a broad range of interests from education, media, arts, science and veteran affairs. Fred is the CEO of Echo360, an innovative education and technology firm. Before Echo360, Fred was a Senior Advisor to Masayoshi Son, President and CEO of SoftBank, and Chairman of Sprint’s Board of Directors. He was also active as a venture partner at SoftBank Capital in the US.

With an MBA and PhD, Donna has a 20-year history in corporate environments, serving as a business unit head or advisor on strategic planning. In her career, Donna has held executive positions at both The Dannon Company and Yoplait. She has extensive familiarity in designing and implementing expansion plans as well as change management strategies for business units of international corporate leaders.

Hope Schefler Taitz is the Managing Partner of ELY Advisors where she analyzes and invests in early and late stage companies in the consumer and retail sectors. Previously, Hope was the founder and Managing Partner of Catalyst Partners, a money management firm focused on special situations in both debt and equity in the retail, consumer and specialty finance sectors. She also sits on the board of many corporations.

Cynthia Egan is a former Executive Vice President of T.Rowe Price Investments. She has extensive experience in building and leading financial businesses through beginning stages, dramatic growth, and strategic repositioning. Ms. Egan has held senior operating positions with both Fidelity Investments and T. Rowe Price. Throughout her career, she has also been an NPO chief executive, industry leader, and spokesperson. Ms. Egan is a director of Envestnet and serves on several volunteer boards.

Tracy Fitzsimmons is the 16th President of Shenandoah University. She is the institution’s first female president since its founding in 1875 and one of the youngest university presidents in the Commonwealth of Virginia. With regional expertise in Latin America, Tracy has taught courses on development and disaster relief, world politics, global democratization, women, and Latin American politics. Her published research on democratization, civil society, and gender in new civilian police forces has taken her across the world.