Local Advisory Committee


LISC DC is supported by a Local Advisory Committee (LAC). Our LAC includes local leaders with backgrounds in banking, urban planning, education, and nonprofit management. The LAC helps ensure the integrity and success of our program, and act as a spokesperson and liaison between LISC and the community development field in DC.

  • Alison McWilliams
    Executive Director, Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation    
  • Donna F. Grigsby
    Vice-President, Community Development Manager, TD Bank   
  • Eartha Morris
    Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Forbright Bank   
  • Ellen McCarthy
    Principal, McCarthy Urban Associates
  • Gregory J. Melanson
    Partner, Terra Search Partners
  • Jimmie Jones
    Vice President, Community Development Manager | Truist  
  • Mike Schwartz
    Program Officer, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
  • Patty Rose
    Executive Director, Perry School Community Services
  • Peter Tatian
    Senior Fellow, Urban Institute
  • Richard W. Snowdon, Esq.
    Chair of Local Advisory Committee, Partner, Trainum, Snowdon & Deane
  • Robert Peck
    Government & Defense Leader, Principal, Gensler 
  • Samuel Parker
    Community Development Consultant
  • Victor Burrola
    Vice President, Senior Social Impact and Sustainability Specialist, Wells Fargo