2009 Board of Directors

Tara G. Zimnick-Calico (President)
Director of Special Events
Torpedo Factory Art Center 
Work: (703) 838-4565 x2
Fax: (703) 838-0088
events@torpedofactory.org 

Ted Anderson (Past President and Chair, Nominating Committee)
Director of Special Events
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
P.O. Box 37012
Natural History 428, MCR 135
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Work: (202) 633-1650
Fax: (202) 357-1602
andersont@si.edu

Caroline Bedinger (Immediate Past President)
Director of Special Events
Folger Shakespeare Library
201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003-1094
Work: (202)675-0324
Fax: (202)675-0322
cbedinger@folger.edu

Mitchell Bierbaum (Director)
Director of Sales
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Work: (202) 312-1320
Bierbaum@itcdc.com

Terri Boyd (Director)
Event Venue Sales Manager
The Sunset Room at National Harbor
137 National Plaza
National Harbor, MD 20745
Work: 301-839-1805
Fax: 301-839-1808
tboyd@thesunsetroomnh.com

Leslie Bouterie (Director)
Private and Corporate Events Manager
President Lincoln’s Cottage at The Soldiers’ Home
3700 North capitol Street, NW
AFRH-W 1315
Washington, DC 20011-8400
Work: (202) 829-0436, x31232
Fax: (202) 829-0437
Leslie_bouterie@nthp.org

Robin Breckenridge (Director)
President
Breckenridge Design Group
5225 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Suite 625
Washington, DC 20015
Work: (202) 686-7100 x101
Fax: (202) 686-7199
purple@breckdesign.com

Lori Brubaker (Past President and Chair, Membership Committee)
Director of Special Events
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20005
Work: (202) 783-5000
Fax: (202) 393-3234
lbrubaker@nmwa.org

Emily Chamberlin (Director)
Special Events Manager
Smithsonian American Art Museum
PO Box 37012, MRC 970
Washington, DC 20013-7012
Work: 202.633.8533
chamberline@si.edu

Michele Jacobs (Treasurer)
Managing Director
Special Events at Union Station
50 Massachusetts Ave., NE
Washington, D.C. 20002
Work: (202) 289-8300
Fax: (202) 289-7268
Michele@unionstationevents.com  

Steve Jerrick (Director)
La Prima Food Group
Work: (301) 953-1631
Fax: (301) 220-4489
sjerrick@laprimacatering.com

Cara Lanza (Director)
Director of Marketing
National Press Club
529 14th Street, NW, 13th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20045
Work: (202) 662-7522
Fax: (202) 662-7512
clanza@press.org  

Rebecca Linder (Director)
President
Linder & Associates
2164 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20007
Work: (202) 298-6970
Fax: (202) 298-6974
Rebecca@LinderAssociates.com

Elizabeth Makkia (Director)
Select Event Rentals
8610 Cherry Lane
Suite 30
Laurel, MD 20707
Work: (301) 604-2334
Fax: (301) 572-4491
emakia@weparty.com

Peggy Martz (Director)
Events and Meetings Manager
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
1776 D Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20006
Work: (202) 879-3318
Fax: (202) 879-3283
pmartz@dar.org  

Directors Emeritus

Meg Caulk (Director Emeritus)
Special Events Manager & Director of Operations
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
P.O. Box 37102, Room 3433, MRC 310
Washington, DC 20013
Work: (202) 633-2340
caulkm@si.edu

Becky Ventorini (Director Emeritus)
Senior Special Events Manager, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
Chantilly, VA  20151
Work: (703) 572-4052
Fax: (703) 572-4163
ventorinib@si.edu

Gina Kazimir (SESMA Management)
PO Box 332
Bel Air, MD 21014
SESMA: 443-617-2191
gina@sesma.org