Compass Pro Bono
Greater Washington
This year, by the numbers
86
consulting projects
$6.2M
in pro bono services
465
volunteers
29K
volunteer hours
Pro Bono Consulting Projects
We help nonprofits scope their business strategy challenges into actionable consulting projects. Then we recruit, train, and support teams of volunteer business professionals to deliver custom-made recommendations - all free of charge to the nonprofits.
Classic Projects
Volunteer teams of 8-10. Projects last eight months and are valued at approximately $200,000.
^Denotes Project Leader^^Denotes Deputy Project Leader
Adoptions Together
Padma Vanka^
Abbey Gibson^^
Timothy Clancy
Gregory Krajci
Mia Rosini
Paul Schuh
Deborah Seidner
Alice Williams
Anacostia Watershed Society
Jeffrey Kass^
David White^^
Isabel Adler
Sbhat Ahmad
Marnie Boyer
Victoria Burns
Leslie Espenschied
Barbara Kafka
Timmy Liu
Jack Nolan
ArtStream
Hannah Edwards^
Hailey Blain^^
Leslie Green
Sydney Johnson
Sara Lerner
Alexia Marchetta
Prithvi Pendekanti
Debbie Sutter
Dave Wetzig
Breakthrough Montessori Public Charter School
Patrice Feinstein^
Anne Aaron^^
Jack Katz
Elizabeth Meers
Alecia Ortiz
Francesca Pisano
Jane Slatter
Emma White
Byte Back
Samantha Shedd^
Maya Edwards^^
River Higbee
Benjamin Neese
Nick RisCassi
Suma Vasudevan
Jose Villalba
Max Wei
City Kids Wilderness Project
Stephanie Tsacoumis^
Anand Pradeep^^
Charles Both
Jennifer Chemi
Catherine Good
Jennifer Lee
Michael Mancusi
Nicholas Skaperdas
Neil Sumilas
DC SCORES
David Bear^
Andrew Warburton^^
Steven Brown
Whitley Cargile
Deriam Chirinos
Robin Halsband
Haley Nicholson
Sonia Tabriz
Franco Tao
Friendship Place
Veronica Morales^
Aleksa Basara^^
Anne Entwisle
Jonathan Godon
Imren Johar
Douglas Kelly
Hiten Kumar
Mary Kwak
Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC
Ashley Hall^
Serena Sela^^
Susan Burket
Claire Cahoon
Hannibal Chakhtoura
Jonathan Deters
Mariya Kretova
Nathan Martin
Hope for Henry Foundation
Jami Axelrod^
Cheyenne Feldman^^
Gordon Avery
Kathleen Callery
Enrique Gomez Serrano
Drew Harker
Hindy Shaman
Conor Shannon
Kimberly Wong
Institute for Public Health Innovation
Caroline Morris^
Samyuktha Warrier^^
Sabrina Alam
Shyami de Silva
Polina Elagin
Kyle Herman
Grant Heskamp
Alyssa Lattner
Suhasni Singh
Joseph's House
Katrina Lamb^
Karla Renschler^^
Jiyoon Lee
John Lewis
Shreya Mahatwo
Sarah Mernin
David Munoz
Whitney Wilson
Levine Music
Susan Gigli^
Cooper Nelson^^
Margo Bost
Thomas Gallagher
Daniel Henderson
Malka Lasky
Faye Levin
Meredith Urschel
Max Wilson
Manna
Max Glikman^
Elijah Biggs^^
Kenneth Birnbaum
Daniel Davidson
Makena Emery
Shruti Juneja
Trese Meawad
Jae Woo Park
Connor Smith
Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project
Ryan Shrieves^
Zachary Maslia^^
Adam Basciano
Donna Berry
Ryan Bolton
Thomas Knapp
Hallie Liu
Jill Rennert
Connie Sinclair
The MusicianShip
Margret Blondal^
Jason Arkin^^
Kristina Azevedo
Allie Bartholomew
Ashley Kim
Ariane Mann
Morgan Rees
James Reid
John Turner
The Neighborhood Design Center
Nicole Silverman^
Edward McCarter^^
Arjun Bhaskar
Sean Fischer
Michael Gilland
Laura Katherine Klein
Christopher Mantz
Amanda Morrison
Bonnie Sullivan
Nicole Wright
Oasis Community Partners
Clifford Johnson^
Mikayla Marraccini^^
William Chung
Justin Hill
Meghan Mandi
John McInnes
Amanda Merrow
Chizurum Okereke
Eileen Schmidt
Pathways to Housing DC
Anand Sharma^
Remy Reya^^
Richard Barney
Ann Marie Elmayan
Normandie Essig
Lynn Fischer Fox
Ryan Kamauff
Lindsay Rapkin
Stacey Zlotnick
Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities
Andrea King^
Eva Mergner^^
Tanweer Abbasi
Emily Arnold
Elise Emmons
Tara Engel
Majo Gibboney
Ronda Keys
United Planning Organization
Reginald Thomas^
Ashley Tidd^^
Allison Davido
Mark Donnelly
Zachary Guffey
Devin Jones
Spencer Pao
Micro Projects
Volunteer teams of 4-6. Projects last four months and are valued at approximately $75,000.
^Denotes Project Leader
1st Stage
Scott Ableman^
Annie Jiang
Meaghan Kent
Sarah Marx
Elena Meschieri
Victoria Ramundo
The Actors' Center
Patrick Fetue^
Sarah Brabston
Ruoke Liu
Laura Neuwirth
Deirdre Vollmer
Mickey Witchuwong
Alliance for New Music-Theatre
Lucretia Risoleo^
Dorgham Abusalim
William Arzt
Lacy Ettehad
Claire Kim
Charles Yau
Alliance of Concerned Men
Robert P. Wright^
Sakshee Chawla
Stacey Davis
Leslie Graham
Jovanni Mahonez
Anne Frank House
Ann Epstein^
Nicholas Brackenridge
Meghan Desai
Adam Dorko
Katherine Klein
Dean Luo
ArtReach GW
Ayesha Flaherty^
Tamar Brill
Erin Martinez
Stephen Spina
Daniel Vogel
Tony Zaffirini
Atlas Performing Arts Center
Christopher Alleyne^
Frederick Block
Sara Ghaith
Thomas Krill
Tchuissi Mbu Nyamsi
Pallavi Srivastava
Avant Bard Theatre
Regina Krasner^
Rosina Barker
Chisom Ilogu
Rahul Pandhi
David Sirignano
Chad Unera
BEST Kids
Laila Sharafi^
Harris Block
Sally Bloomberg
Abolade Ogunlowore
Jennifer Simon
Alex Velinsky
D.C. Policy Center
Kirsten Schroeder^
Sara Darwish
Spencer Dunham
Shelby Gullion
Alex Joel
Brice Stewart
Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company
Jordan Loeb^
Nia Hill
Ebonee Johnson
Joshua Leland
Anthony Perozze
Empower DC
Paula Jacobs^
David Hindin
Rodolfo Padilla
Scott Persky
Norman Rosenberg
Family & Youth Initiative
Tess Frenzel^
Erika Herman^
Tracy Ganti
Jacob Harper
Kathryn Moran
Kirk Victor
The Family Place
Joseph Chadwick^
Yamini Jena
Renee Marceau
Tara Marcus
Ann Miller
John Recchia
Devet Valecha
FH Faunteroy Community Enrichment Center
Daniel Fuhrman^
Maya Ambady
Adriana Gonzalez
Willard Tom
Emerson Wenzel
Genesys Works
Eveline Shum^
Kelly Evans
Jeffrey Johnson
Erin Keating
David Sahr
Erica Watson
Georgetown Ministry Center
Jeffrey Kingman^
Anne Costello
Peter Jacobstein
Morgan Marquez
Hamilton Murrah
Nathan Truong
Girls Rock! DC
Maria Gabriela Arguello^
Lauren Apicella
Estephanie Aquino
Neel Malkani
Horizons Greater Washington
Carine Todmia^
Tahirah Baskerville
Jason Koehn
Viren Kumar
Charles Njoku
Lauren Sheram
Reach Incorporated
Adriel Pond^
Michael Albrecht
Charlotte Gardes-Landolfini
Ashna Gupta
Geordie Herald
Shreya Mohan
SchoolHouse Connection
Niels Nielsen^
Emily Besse
Brenda Carter
Julia Eklund
Kristalee Overdahl
Synetic Theater
Lynn O'Connell^
Eeshan Khandekar
Sara Lenet
Timothy Reynolds
Timothy Stowell
WINNERS Lacrosse
Shannon Dean^
Jonathan Elsasser
Andrew Ho
Alexandra Rivera
Denise Tan
Julie White
Woodley House
Les Baer^
William Colangelo
Nishant Patel
Asim Shahidi
Paul Speckhals
Heather Townsend
Words Beats & Life
Robin Metalitz^
Zaryab Choudhry
Neil Patil
Beverly Popoola
Michael Rogers
Azieb Zeray
On Demand Program
One-to-one volunteer to nonprofit match. Projects last up to eight weeks.
The Alice Ferguson Foundation - Sonya Williams
The AnBryce Foundation - Rhonda Jones
Anti-Defamation League DC Region - Kristin Blanchfield
Black Executive Director’s Network - Xinyu Ren
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington - Andrew Warburton
Byte Back - Joanne Aron
Chamber Dance Project - Glynda Brown
Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound School - Joseph Vandecar
Christ House - Carlye Christianson
College Tribe - Hassan Zaheer
Community Forklift - Nancy Leopold
Community Mediation DC - Rhonda Jones
Compass Pro Bono - Kara Gerhardt-Ross
Court Watch Montgomery, Inc. - Thomas Knapp
Creative Nomads - Mazahir Bootwala
The DC Charter School Alliance - Margaret Jobst
DC Music Summit - Ali Cumber
DC Strings Workshop - Racheal Chimbghandah
Deep Root Foundation - Mark Jordan
Dog Tag - Clifford Johnson
Evermore - Susie Zimmermann
The Foundation Schools - Chaz Chapman
Four Mile Run Conservatory Foundation - Whitney Faison
Friends of Zyion - Dharani Vempati
Horizons Greater Washington - Keven Wilder
Latin American Montessori Bilingual PCS - Divya Paramesh
Latinas Leading Tomorrow - Katherine Costello
Laurel Advocacy & Referral Services - Serena Sela
Peace For DC - Brian Lang
Pink Space Theory - Meschelle Noble
Play & Thrive DC - Chelsea Daniels
Shakespeare Theatre Company - Christine Zaccack
Silver Spring Village, Inc. - Christine Montgomery
So Kids SOAR - Margaret Jobst
Story Tapestries - Adam Basciano
Symphony Orchestra of Northern Virginia - Thomas Scott
Volo Kids Foundation - Faye Levin
Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers - Jessica Joyner
Wrestling to Beat the Streets DC - Kallie McGrath
Youth Guidance Washington DC - Jonathan Rice
Special Recognition
We are grateful for the additional time and effort the following volunteers put in to make our programs a success.
Project Advisors &
Service Line Trainers
Chris Alleyne
Char Beales
David Bear
Gus Bessalel
Jennifer Chemi
Lisa Gaffney
Alexi Greenberg
Eric Heisler
Holly Humphrey
Colin Jones
Jeff Kass
Ken Kido
Tonya Miles
Garth Moore
Lynn O’Connell
Susan Park
Justin Pham
Dusty Riddle
Chris Tawa
Ari Zentner
Client Selection Committee
Anne Aaron
Chris Alleyne
Jami Axelrod
Blake Bath
Char Beales
David Bear
Cathy Bernasek
Gus Bessalel
Rajib Chanda
Julie Chapman
Ann Epstein
Patrice Feinstein
Lisa Gaffney
Mary Gross
Bruce Haase
Paula Jacobs
Jeff Kass
Ken Kido
Katrina Lamb
Burgess Levin
Laurie MacNamara
Victoria Pierce
Adriel Pond
Lucretia Risoleo
Natalie Robinson
Gwenn Rosener
Pete Slone
Franco Tao
Stephanie Tsacoumis
Ari Zentner
Our Sponsors
Corporate Sponsors
Foundation Sponsors
Share Fund Foundation
Jack R. Anderson Foundation
Fight for Children
The Ceres Foundation
William S. Abell Foundation
England Family Foundation
ExxonMobil Foundation
Greater Washington Board 2022-2023
Laurie MacNamara, Chair
Jami Axelrod
Blake Bath
Selvi Clark
Bruce Haase
Jeff Kass
Darrell McGraw
Thomas Milch
Rhea Norwood
George Ofori-Boadu
Kristalee Overdahl
Victoria Pierce
Natalie Robinson
Lisa Swearingen
Linda Youngentob
Farewell and thank you to Laurie MacNamara, Blake Bath, Bruce Haase, Darrell McGraw, Thomas Milch, Kristalee Overdahl, Victoria Pierce, and Linda Youngentob for your incredible support to Compass over the years.