Washington Performing Arts

Washington Performing Arts’ Junior Board engages arts enthusiasts in their 20s and 30s who seek to impact the future of the arts through a commitment to philanthropy, leadership, and advocacy.

Each season, the Junior Board works to build an artistic community of their peers around Washington Performing Arts’ various initiatives and to adopt a philanthropic project with meaningful impact while developing their leadership network and skills through mentoring from our Board of Directors.

For information or inquiries, please contact Nathan Alston at nalston@washingtonperformingarts.org.

2019/20 Junior Board

Camden Miller, Chair, Wiley Rein
Cassidy Grunninger, Vice Chair, Philanthropy, Dunner Law PLLC
Alyssa O'Connor, Vice Chair, Audience Engagement
Joseph May, Secretary, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, U.S. Army

Rebecca Allen, Embassy of Australia
Paul Ashe, Spey Co.
Rebecca Chang, Northern Trust
C. Wallace DeWitt, Allen & Overy LLP
Adam Farra, Gilbert LLP
Anna Forgie, DLA Piper LLP
Ben Fuller, Cornerstone Research
Natalie Groom, Wavelength Winds
Jordan Hepner, Great Jones Capital
Maggie Hurwitz, National Oceanic & Atomospheric Administration (NOAA)
Gbenga Ige, Fannie Mae
Angela C.Y. King, New Leaders, Inc.
William Korengold, Ourisman Fairfax Toyota
Tiffany Lancaster
Andrew M. Lee
André O. Lewis, The Menkiti Group
Yinhsiu Grace Lin, Covington & Burling LLP
Benjamin Martin, Enviva
Ceylon Mitchell II, M3 Music Media Marketing LLC
Haley Morrisson, Gibson Dunn and Crutcher LLP
Malathi Nayak, Bloomberg Law
Katie Nunner, C&M International
Brian Overland, Prolegis
Toam Rubinstein, Reed Smith LLP
Helen Santoro, Capital One
Arjun Shah, Carlyle Group
Jonathon Sorge, American University
Kerrien Suarez, ProInspire
Kristen Taylor, Howard Gospel Choir of Howard University and BET Sunday Best's Clifton Ross III
Ebony Thomas, Booz Allen Hamilton
Manasi Tirodkar, National Committee for Quality Assurance
Raleigh Wheeler, ePlus Group Inc.
Lindsey Woody, Deloitte
Kevin Yen, BentallGreenOak

Young Patron Events

Join members of our Junior Board and other young patrons for an event either before or after these performances in the 2019/20 Season. Details to be announced as events are confirmed.

Pink Martini 25th Birthday Celebration & pre-concert Young Patrons Party • Sun, Oct 13 • Prior to the Pink Martini concert (8pm, Kennedy Center), join other young patrons to toast the new season at a pre-concert party featuring the stellar views from Hotel Hive's rooftop bar. Tickets $15, including admission, one (1) complimentary beverage, and lite bites.
Damien Sneed: Joy to the World • Sat, Dec 7
Kinan Azmeh's CityBand • Sat, Feb 8
The Philadelphia Orchestra • Wed, Apr 15
Lil Buck & Jon Boogz: Love Heals All Wounds • Fri, May 1

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