Members of the Celebration advisory board
Rosie Allen-Herring
Yumi Hogan
Linda Mathes
Jonathan Stevens
In addition to the jurors, profiled here, a panel of advisors from a spectrum of organizations and companies helped shape and support the Celebration of the Arts. Members are:
• Rosie Allen-Herring, president and CEO of the United Way of the National Capital Area. Formerly, she was the Managing Director of the Community Investment and Engagement Division at Fannie Mae. Allen-Herring holds key leadership roles with several business and civic organizations, including serving on the board of directors for the Greater Washington Board of Trade, MedStar Health, Inc., District of Columbia Chamber of Commerce, Washington Area Women’s Foundation, and the Girl Scouts Council of the Nation’s Capital.
• Yumi Hogan, who also judged the painting and drawing category of the competition. Hogan served as honorary chair of the board. Her bio can be found here
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• Linda Mathes, chief executive officer of American Red Cross of the National Capital Area. Mathes was recently named one of Washingtonian
magazine’s “100 Most Powerful Women.” She is also a member of the Emergency Preparedness Council of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and a board member of the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce.
• Jonathan Stevens, senior vice president for thought leadership at AARP. He works on identifying, aggregating and elevating global leaders who are focusing on issues that concern the 50+ community. Working with both internal and external stakeholders, his team includes specialists in financial resilience, health and wellness, economics and international affairs. Previously, Stevens was the chief innovations officer for Family Matters of Greater Washington.
• Joann Vaughan, executive director of Maryland Federation of Art, the artists’ organization that coordinated and hosted the entries in the competition. Vaughan has worked with the federation for the last 10 years. Previously, she created and ran the Annapolis Book Festival and was director of education and training for Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity.
