Meet Our Team

  • Laura Edwards

    Executive Director
    (she/her) laura@marylandcasa.org

  • Domonique Sturgis

    Education & Training Manager
    (she/her) domonique@marylandcasa.org

  • Janelle Battle

    DEIAB Program Assistant
    (she/her) janelle@marylandcasa.org

BOARD OF

DIRECTORS

Officers

Ms. Jacqueline Bowie – President
Donor Relations Director
National Aquarium

Mr. Shannon Williams – Vice President

Ms. Kathryn (Katie) Meeks –Secretary
Practice Administrator
Goel Vision

Rebecca Hammond, CPA - Treasurer
Tax Supervisor
KatzAbosch

Emeritus Board Members

Ms. Joan Tuttle McGill – Board Member Emeritus
President, The Dillingham Company

Mr. Devin J. Doolan
Partner
Furey, Doolan & Abell, LLP

Ms. Pegeen A. Townsend, Esq.
Vice President of Government Affairs
MedStar Health

Ms. Melanie Wenger
Director, Office of Intergovernmental Relations
Montgomery County, Maryland

Ex Officio Members

The Honorable Anthony G. Brown
Congressman, U. S. House of Representatives

The Honorable Adelaide C. (Addie) Eckardt
Senator, Maryland Senate

Members

Karyne Constance Akhtar
Attorney-Advisor, Office of General Counsel
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Monica Basche
Associate
Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP

Cynthia Davis
VP & Manager of Account Management – Mid-America Markets (Retired)
Cigna

Christa C. Gilliam, Ph.D., MSW
Assistant Professor & Chairperson for the Department of Social Work at Coppin State University

Tonya Kennerly 
Program Manager, CASA of Southern Maryland
The Center for Children, Inc.

Stephanie Shack, Esq. 
SVP General Counsel
Enterprise Community Investment an Enterprise Community Partners affiliate

Jennifer Stine, LMSW 
Executive Director
CASA of Baltimore County

Interested In Joining Our Board Of Directors?