WTEF 2023 ANNUAL
SHARE THE LOVE GALA
SATURDAY | MAY 6, 2023
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Thank you Frances Tiafoe! Life Champion!

Join WTEF as we celebrate the continued achievements of our scholar athletes and come together to Fund-the-Future helping us to continue our work in building future life Champions!
YOUR SUPPORT IS IMPORTANT NOW MORE THAN EVER
GALA HOSTs
2023 WTEF ANNUAL SHARE THE LOVE GALA CO-HOSTS
NEWS4 ANCHORS JIM HANDLY AND JUMMY OLABANJI
AWARDS CEREMONY
Congratulations to all of our 2022 Award Recipients!
2022 SHARE THE LOVE AWARD RECIPIENT
CONGRESSWOMAN JOYCE BEATTY
2022 WTEF DWIGHT MOSLEY LEGACY AWARD RECIPIENT
SHARE THE LOVE GALA FOUNDER, MRS. DD EISENBERG

2022 SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
WTEF ARTHUR ASHE CHILDREN’S PROGRAM AWARD
CONGRATULATIONS TO OLIVIA JACKSON!
WTEF SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
CONGRATULATIONS TO MORGAN TUCKER!
WTEF COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AWARD
CONGRATULATIONS TO ADENIJI ABBOTT!
WTEF GROWTH AWARD
CONGRATULATIONS TO MARCUS PHILLIP!
WTEF FAMILY AWARD
CONGRATULATIONS TO TONIA ZIEGLER & VICTOR LONG!
2023 AWARDS CEREMONY
Honorees to be Announced
WTEF SHARE THE LOVE AWARD
2023 Selected Honoree
WTEF DISTINGUISHED LEGACY AWARD
2023 Selected Honoree
WTEF ARTHUR ASHE CHILDREN’S PROGRAM AWARD
WTEF Student Honoree
WTEF GROWTH AWARD
WTEF Student Honoree
WTEF SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
WTEF Student Honoree
WTEF COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AWARD
WTEF Student Honoree
WTEF FAMILY AWARD
WTEF Student Honoree
CAN’T ATTEND BOTH THE GALA AND CITI-OPEN? NO PROBLEM!
INDIVIDUAL GALA ONLY TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
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CAN’T ATTEND? NO PROBLEM!
GENERAL DONATIONS ARE APPRECIATED!
For more information and in-kind sponsorship opportunities, please email sharethelovegala@wtef.org ,
or call our WTEF Share the Love Gala Hotline at 202-660-0631.
2022 GALA SPONSORS
SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OF OUR 2022 SPONSORS!
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2022 SHARE THE LOVE GALA COMMITTEE
Maximizing the Power of Change Makers
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHAIR
Jackie Bradford
President and General Manager, NBC4 Washington
VICE CHAIRS
Sarah Jackson
General Manager, Microsoft
Hon. John Breaux
Director and Senior Partner, Crossroads Strategies
James Ritzenberg
President, SR Management Company
David W. Wilmot
Partner, Harmon and Wilmot, LLP
SECRETARY
Jennifer Messer
Attorney, Jennifer C. Messer Law
TREASURER
Tom Kuhn
President, Edison Electric Institute
DIRECTORS
Yvette Alexander
President & CEO, Y. Alexander & Associates LLC
Richard L. Amador
Senior Vice President, Capital One Bank
Shaza L. Anderson
Founder and CEO Trustar Bank
Anthony (Tony) Applewhaite
Partner, Brunswick Group LLC
Connie N. Bertram
Shareholder, Polsinelli
Andy Blocker
Head of US Government Affairs, Invesco
Ralph J. Caccia
Partner, Wiley LLP
Drew Cantor
Partner, Peck Madigan Jones
Marcia Carlucci
Bryan Corbett
President and CEO, Managed Funds Association
Peter Davidson
Deputy Dean for Strategic Initiatives, Scalia Law School, George Mason University
Habib Debs
President and CEO, Advanced Technology Systems Company (ATSC)
Jon Decker
White House Correspondent, Gray Television
Kenneth Edmonds
Legislative Director at the National Football League
DD Eisenberg
Non-Profit Board Member | Founder, Share the Love Gala
Wendy Gasch
MD, Ophthalmologist
David Gollob
CEO at Barnes International, Inc.
Marcella A. Jones
CEO, Giving Back Jones Family Foundation
Diane Lewis
Associate Broker, Washington Fine Properties
– The Lewis Team –
Stephanie Lilley
Non-Profit Board Member
Doug Lowenstein
Founding Partner, Convergency LLC
Bernard Moens
Partner, PwC
Diane O’Toole
Consultant, Diane O’Toole, LLC
Andrea Rice
President & Co-Founder, CareerCore
Thomas L. Riesenberg
former Deputy Counsel, Ernst & Young LLP
Terry Rusch
former Director, Office of Admissions in the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration
U.S. Department of State
Harry Sporidis
Senior Policy Advisor, Polsinelli
H’Cone Thompson
Tennis Professional, St. Alban’s Tennis Club
Andy Vermilye
Vice President, Fidelity Investments
Dan Waldman
Partner, Arnold & Porter
Joe Weissfeld
Director of Medicaid Initiatives, Families USA
EMERITUS DIRECTORS
John A. Harris
President, Potomac Ventures, Inc.
Hon. Paul Ignatius
Former Secretary of the Navy
ADVISORS
Harvey M. Applebaum
Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
Peter B. Work
Former Partner, Crowell & Moring
Richard L. Aguglia
Former Counsel, Hunton & Williams LLP
Jerry J. Jasinowski
Former President, National Association of Manufacturers
FOUNDER
Stanley M. Rumbough, Jr.
WTEF STAFF
John Borden
President & CEO
Leah Friedman
Vice President
Janelle Nichols
Director of Programs
Kitty Wojcik
Grant Manager
Ronnie Goodall
AACP Director & West Campus Programs Manager
Bernadette Walker
Senior Operations Manager
Teresa Smith
CPA
WTEF TENNIS PROFESSIONALS
Coach Mark Williams
Coach Antonio Ausbon
Coach Mark Hicks
Coach Tim Parker
Coach Alvin Fludd
WTEF TEACHERS
Phyllis Walker
Ellen Collins
Brian Coleman
CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE
Nicole Johnson | Jr. Business Manager
Renee Newton | Office Manager
Questions? Contact us by email: sharethelovegala@wtef.org
or please call our Gala Hotline at 202-660-0137.
WTEF 2023 ANNUAL SHARE THE LOVE GALA
WALDORF-ASTORIA SPECIAL ROOM RATES
The Waldorf-Astoria Washington DC has extended preferred room rates exclusively for our WTEF Gala guests from May 5, 2023 – May 7, 2023. Our guests may enjoy a beautiful standard guest room for $399 USD per night.
For those making reservations through Hilton.com, the Group Code is 1WTEF.
We encourage you to book soon as our rooms sell out quickly!If you have questions, suite inquiries, need help with the link or want to book outside of the above dates, please call 202-695-1100. |
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