Meet our Leadership & Board of Directors

UPO’s executives are devoted to our mission and are led by a tripartite Board of Directors: 1/3 are elected representatives of residents with low incomes (all 8 wards have a voice); 1/3 are chosen by DC’s Mayor or Congressperson; and 1/3 are representatives of Major Groups and Interests, elected by the Board.

Meet our Executive Leadership

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Andrea Thomas

President & CEO

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Daniel Ofori-Addo, PhD

Executive Vice President & CIO

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Dianna Guinyard

Vice President of Operations & COO

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Andrew Harris

Vice President of Finance & CFO

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Rosalind Pinkney

Vice President, Human Resources

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Hyvron Jean

Vice President of Technology

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Theresa Lewis

Vice President of Legal Affairs/General Counsel

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Syrita Robinson

Vice President – Office of Early Learning

Kevin D. Bryant, MALS

Director of Business Development and Asset Management

Meet our Board of Directors

Officers

Ruthven Phillip, Esq. (Chair)
Representative of Major Groups & Interests

Kevin Chavous, Esq. (Vice Chair)
Representative of Low-Income Residents

Mary Ellen Curtin. Ph.D. (Secretary)
Representative of Major Groups & Interests

Barbara Bovbjerg (Treasurer)

Members

Aron Szapiro

Christian Clansky

Dorjan Short, MBA

Dr. Christine M. Warnke
Representative of Low-Income Residents

Hadiyah M. Muhammad
Representative of Low-Income Residents

Jennifer Park, Ph.D.

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Joisane Yepmo
Parent Policy Council Representative (of Low-Income families)

Lafayette Barnes
Designated by Mayor of the District of Columbia

Laura Manville

Loren Trull Cox, Ph.D.

Michael Austin, Esq.
Designated by Mayor of the District of Columbia

Oliver Spurgeon, III, Esq.
Representative of Low-Income Residents

Rhonda N. Hamilton
Representative of Low-Income Residents

Robert Thorne

Robert W. Warren

Salim K. Adofo
Representative of Low-Income Residents

Shakira Hemphill, SHRM-CP