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
Andrea Thomas
President & CEO
Daniel Ofori-Addo, PhD
Executive Vice President & CIO
Dianna Guinyard
Vice President of Operations & COO
Andrew Harris
Vice President of Finance & CFO
Rosalind Pinkney
Vice President, Human Resources
Hyvron Jean
Vice President of Technology
Theresa Lewis
Vice President of Legal Affairs/General Counsel
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.
Spacer
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