MH-CK Civic Association Officers
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2012 Officer Elections
Elections for new board members are scheduled for our next meeting (Thurs 26-Jan-2012 at 8 PM). The current board has compiled a description of their duties. Please volunteer for an official position in the Community Association, or nominate a neighbor, by emailing nominations @ mhckcivic.org (please remember to remove spaces from address), or post a note to Nominations c/o Officers at the mailing address on the membership form.
2012 Officer Nominee Bios
Andrea Gehman
Andrea Gehman and her husband moved to the neighborhood in 2005, a few weeks before the birth of their first child. They now have two children and have gotten to know many great people in the community. Over the last couple of years, Andrea has gotten more involved in the community - drafting the new bylaws of the Civic Association and regularly volunteering at Oakland Terrace. Professionally, Andrea is an ERISA attorney for Paul Hastings, LLP and regularly advises her nonprofit clients on matters regarding obtaining and preserving their tax exempt status.
Mike Livermore
I was born in Manhattan, Kansas (aka "the little apple") and grew up in Kansas
City until I was 18, where I moved to San Francisco and lived in the bay area for the next 11 years. In my time there my career developed as a programmer/software developer which is still my occupation to this day. However, I tried to minimize my time (often working just part-time) and save my energy for another great passion of mine - music. I was very active as a drummer often in two or three bands at the same time, appearing on various CDs and doing multiple tours in Europe and the West Coast. Also during this period my third passion which really goes to the heart of who I am started to sprout, manifesting itself in volunteer work. Questions consuming my being such as "What changes are needed in this wonderful world for humanity to move towards a globally sustainable existence with the natural world?" and "How can I use my skills to best support this endeavor?" led me into volunteer work with various organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, Sierra Club, Trash Force, Nature Conservancy, and National Park Service among others. And this volunteer spirit continued when I moved into the Washington DC area a number of years ago. I haven’t though been involved much in community development which I am excited to get involved with. If we want to affect real change in society as a whole I think it should start at the local level and involvement in the neighborhood is about as local as it gets. I hope I can serve the civic association well in supporting development of the McKinney Hills/Carroll Knolls community.
2011 Officers
President, Vincent Bradley
Vincent grew up in Silver Spring, and has lived in the city for 29 of his 39
years. He moved into the McKenney Hills - Carroll Knolls neighborhood in
August of 2008, and found out about the neighborhood's organized community in
2010 from a sign that had fallen onto the sidewalk advertising the 2010 Winter
Blues Festival. He thought, "Can a neighborhood get any cooler than
this?" Following up on that appropriately, his first "official
act" as President of the CA was to welcome everyone to the 2011 Winter Blues
Festival. Vincent's various interests include playing and performing
music, juggling, tai-qi, gi-gong, yoga, puzzle and strategy games, and internet
technologies.
His agenda for the upcoming year includes; restoring the
Neighborhood Watch, making the Civic Association and community relations
stronger with more accessible and transparent responsibilities, and restoring
the neighborhood's Block Party. Thinking back on his first reaction to
discovering the organization he now has been elected to direct, he firmly
believes the only way the McKenney Hills - Carroll Knolls community could possibly
be any cooler is by having more people involved, doing more amazing things
together.
Vice President, Nancy Stewart
Happy to be a resident of this neighborhood for 15 years,
Nancy is a "semi-retired" librarian with most of her work for the
Newseum and several newspapers including USA TODAY. She also administered
library services for the blind in the state of Oregon and has worked for the
Oregon legislature. Currently, Nancy is involved in special projects for
DC Public Libraries.
Secretary, Ewy Mathé
Ewy and her husband Greg have recently moved into the
neighborhood, in the beginning of 2009. The community events, listserv, and friendly neighbors have made this a
wonderful environment for us to live. In
light of this, Ewy wanted to return back to the community and serve as
secretary for the Civic Association. When
she’s not spending time with family, riding horses, running, or quilting, she is a cancer researcher at
the National Cancer Institute, NIH.
Treasurer, Eric O’Neill
Eric and his wife Juliana bought their home on Kohler
Court in 2004 and have enjoyed the many friendships our community has brought
to us. Professionally, Eric serves as
the General Counsel for CHF International, a locally-based non profit
humanitarian relief organization with offices around the world. Before taking the position at CHF, Eric
received his legal degree from George Washington Law School and practiced law
at DLA Piper in Washington DC. His early
career was as a counter terrorism and counter intelligence operative for the
FBI, a background he currently uses to support The Georgetown Group, an
investigative services business Eric founded. As an officer for the CA, Eric hopes to use his legal and professional
background to support the CA's many new endeavors, including a revision of the
bylaws.
