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Dupont Circle Village Board of Directors

 

 

 

Peggy Simpson, President.  A journalist for 40 years, Peggy has also served as president of the Washington Press Club and organizer of oral history of women who broke barriers in journalism.

 

 

 

 

 

 


Nancy Hartsock,Vice President. She is a financial advisor and financial planning specialist with the Hasenberg Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. She previously has worked with nonprofit groups for more than 35 years.
 
 
 
 
 
Lucia Edmonds, Secretary. Lucia Edmonds was a consultant and educator in the field of organizational development for over 30 years. She taught group dynamics and interpersonal effectiveness as an adjunct professor for eighteen years at the American University. She is currently pursuing her interest in art through the medium of photography.

 

 

 

 

 

Linda Harsh, Treasurer. She retired from the Council on Foreign Relations after 36 years, first at the headquarters in New York City, and then in the Washington office as it grew from a two-person office into an organization with its own building in Washington.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brad Edwards, board member. Brad has worked for three decades in long term care research and health care expenditures. Currently, he directs a project with Johns Hopkins University, sponsored by the National Institute on Aging’s National Health and Aging Trends Study

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Curtis Farrar, board member. His working career was in the field of foreign assistance, including five years of residence in Pakistan, and three in Cambodia with the Asia Foundation, twenty years with USAID in Washington, and eight years at the World Bank where he was Executive Secretary of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research.

 

 

 

Iris Molotsky, board member. She served as director of membership development and public information for the American Association of University Professors, a non-profit higher education organization. She is founder and co-chair of the Friends of S & T Streets Parks and served on the board of the Dupont Circle Citizens Association.

 

 

 

 

Judith Neibrief, board member.  During her years with the federal government, Judith worked on regulatory policies and programs, with a focus on consumer protection.  After retiring, Judith volunteered with the Casey Trees Endowment (where she became a citizen forester), and served on the Board of Directors of the Dupont Circle Citizens Association.