Michelle Rhee
Chancellor, DC  Public Schools

Rory L. Pullens
Head of School

John Payne
Dean of Students

Tia Harris
Dean of Arts

Cullen Swinson
Dean of Academics

Ellen K. Coppley

Executive Director

Ellington Fund

Duke Ellington
School of the Arts Project (DESAP)
Board of Directors

Officers

Charles Barber, President
Darrell M. Ayers, Treasurer
Sheryll D. Cashin, Esq., Treasurer

At-Large Members
Michael Brewer
Brenda Brownlee

Peggy Cooper Cafritz

Michaele C. Christian, MD
Michael Freedman
Gerald Lang

Rory Pullens

Michelle Reaux

Gregory Squires
Davey Yarborough

Ellington Fund Board of Directors

Officers

Robert D. Horvath, Jr., President

Ari Q. Fitzgerald, Vice President

Daryl A. Libow, Vice President
William J. Atkins, Treasurer

Alison Hooker, Secretary

Annie Whatley, Chiar, Nominating Committee

Charles Barber , MD, President, DESAP

At-Large Members

Theresa K. Balaran

Eliot F. Battle, Jr., MD

Peggy Cooper Cafritz

Michaele C. Christian, MD

Dennis Cotter

Christopher B. Cowan
Louis Everard

Kenneth Feld
Cara Grayer Johnson
Michael Nannes
James C. Neuhauser

Rory L. Pullens, Head of School

Kimberly Rishi

Carla Sims

Thomas J. Sugrue

Liv Violette
Kevin Williams, MD

Lisa Williams-Fauntroy

Ex-Officio Members
Ellen Coppley, Executive Director, The Ellington Fund
Brian Nielsen. Comptroller

Michelle Reaux, President, SHADE parent group

Yvette Thomas-Moore, President, Alumni Association

Meet our Advisory Council