Board & Staff
Who We AreStaff Members
Mary Spencer
President & CEO
Mary Spencer is the President & CEO at the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County (CFAAC) in Annapolis, MD. She is responsible for leading the strategic direction and financial growth of CFAAC, enhancing greater philanthropic awareness th...
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Kathy Luthcke, CPA, CGMA
Director of Finance & Operations
Kathy holds a B.S. in Accounting from the Robert H Smith School of Business, University of Maryland and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Certified Global Management Accountant (CGMA), and has been a member of AICPA since 1993. Kathy has a...
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John Rodenhausen
Director of Gift Planning
John joined CFAAC in 2023 as Director of Gift Planning after working 25 years at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF). As CFAAC’s Director of Gift Planning, John cultivates and stewards relationships with current and prospective donors, as well as ...
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Jennifer Lagrotteria
Director of Philanthropic Resources
Jennifer has a unique background with more than 30 years of experience in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors.
Before her career in nonprofits, New York City was Jennifer’s home base for more than a decade, where she managed events across ...
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Rosalind Calvin
Grants & Scholarships Manager
Rosalind is responsible for the management of CFAAC’s discretionary grants programs, along with supporting our fund advisors as they make grant recommendations from their funds. She works with area nonprofits to learn about their programs and serv...
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Ashley Robison St. Clair
Marketing & Communications Manager
Ashley Robison St. Clair is the Marketing & Communications Manager at the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County (CFAAC), joining the team in August 2019. In her role, she handles marketing, communications, public relations, video product...
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Renee Houston Zemanski
Communications Specialist
Renee Houston Zemanski joined CFAAC as a part-time Communications Specialist in July 2020. She works with the Marketing and Communications Manager, the Director of Development, and other members of the CFAAC staff to create and write marketing, co...
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Kristen Krall
Community Education Coordinator
Kristen has more than 11 years of experience in the nonprofit industry. She most recently led the effort to implement a corporate responsibility plan for Chaney Enterprises. Prior to that, Kristen was the CFAAC Grants and Scholarship Manager from ...
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Camille Kalb
Philanthropic Services Associate
Camille White Kalb brings extensive experience to CFAAC, having served in highly visible administrative roles in corporate and healthcare environments. Most recently, Camille was a Medical Coordinator for Maryland Oncology Hematology where she mai...
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Board Members
H. Lawrence (Larry) Clark
Chair
Community Volunteer
Larry Clark was president of the Deerbrook Charitable Trust from 2007-2022, a position he held following his retirement from the National Science Foundation (NSF). He held several positions during his 27 years at the NSF, culm...
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Amy B. Tate
Vice Chair
Assistant General Counsel, Tate Automotive Companies
Amy serves as General Counsel for Tate Automotive Companies, focusing her practice on personnel, real estate, civic engagement, and daily operations. Her legal experience includes three terms a...
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Lawrence (Larry) B. Burrows
Secretary
Independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee for TriPointe Homes
Lawrence (Larry) B. Burrows currently serves as an Independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee for TriPointe Homes, a national homebuilder. Larry is Trustee of Hi...
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Katharine (Kate) H. Caldwell
Assistant Secretary
Community Volunteer
With more than 30 years of development experience, Kate has helped raise more than $80M for educational, cultural and civic organizations in the Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Annapolis areas.
Locally, Kate served as a camp...
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Karen M. Whaley
Treasurer
Karen M. Whaley, CPA, CSEP
Born and raised in Annapolis, Karen is a graduate of St. Mary's High School. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Towson State University. Finding accounting to be her true vocation, she returned to ...
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Jim Humphrey
Immediate Past Chair
Chairman & CEO, The Humphrey Companies
James I. Humphrey that founded and was chairman and CEO of the Humphrey Companies, a group of eight organizations that develops, builds, owns, and manages apartment communities, hotels, and retirement co...
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Andrea Beegle
Financial Consultant, Compass Wealth Strategies
Andrea Beegle, CFP describes herself as “a financial advisor with a nonprofit heart.” The Anne Arundel County native graduated from Arundel High School then traveled west to pursue a Division I Lacr...
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Dr. Coryse Brathwaite
Medical Director of Perinatal Operations, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Luminis Health
Dr. Coryse Brathwaite began her medical career as an OB/GYN 27 years ago, dedicating herself to the health and well-being of women across a variety of backgroun...
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Edward (Ed) Evans
Director of DEI, Cordish Gaming Group (Maryland LIVE! Casino Hotel)
Ed Evans joined the Cordish Gaming Group, Maryland LIVE! Casino Hotel, (LIVE!) team nearly a decade ago as Director of Culinary Operations and later transitioned his focus to lea...
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Marcie Keane Gibbons
Social Worker, Archbishop Spalding High School; Adjunct Faculty Member, Anne Arundel Community College
Marguerite (Marcie) Gibbons is a clinical social worker at Archbishop Spalding High School and an adjunct faculty member at Anne Arundel Commun...
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Michael Lehr
Principal, Sims & Campbell, Estates & Trusts
Mike is a lifelong resident of Annapolis, Maryland. He received a BA in Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park; his law degree from the University of Baltimore; and was admitte...
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Daniel (Dan) Mathias
Co-Founder, Absolute Fire Protection, Inc.
For more than 30 years, Dan Mathias has made it a priority to give back to the community and remains committed to serving and supporting local charitable organizations within Anne Arundel County. Dan gra...
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Vincent Moulden
CFAAC Board Member
Director of Community Engagement & Constituent Services at the Anne Arundel County Executive’s Office
Vincent has been a board member since 2021 and has served as a grant reviewer for the foundation’s Fund for Anne Arundel, Women and Girls ...
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Jennifer A. Pratt
Vice-President, Atapco Financial Services, Inc.
Jennifer has extensive experience within the following areas: closely held business interests, S-Corporations, family limited partnerships, limited liability companies, split-interest trusts, life i...
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Kate Belden Schoff
Senior Financial Advisor Managing Director-Investments, Wells Fargo Advisors
Kate Belden Schoff is a Senior Financial Advisor and Managing Director-Investments for Wells Fargo Advisors with more than 30 years of experience in financial services h...
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Naeemah Staggs
Senior Training Specialist, University of Maryland School of Social Work
Naeemah Staggs, MHS, has almost 20 years of experience in child welfare. Her expertise lies in foster care, behavioral health, and working with LGBTQ youth. In addition to b...
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Crystal Watkins Williams
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs at the School of Continuing Studies, Georgetown University
Crystal Watkins Williams is a higher education leader who currently serves as the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs at the School of Continuing Studies, ...
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Martha Van Woerkom
Community Volunteer
Martha Van Woerkom grew up in Northern California where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Finance at the University of California Davis. She spent most of her career at Shell Oil Company in Houston, Texas, where she held vario...
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Neil J. Weissman
MD, FACC, FASE
Chief Scientific Officer for MedStar Health
President of MedStar Health Research Institute
Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University
Dr. Neil J. Weissman is the Chief Scientific Officer for MedStar Health and President of MedStar Health R...
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Becki Kurdle
Trustee Emeriti
Community Volunteer
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Greg Strott
Trustee Emeriti
Community Volunteer
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