Board and Staff

DC SAFE Board of Directors

Mary Murphy (Chair)
The Pew Charitable Trusts

Minia Mikael (Vice Chair)
FHI 360

Jake Emerson (Treasurer)
Capital Bank

Talley Snow (Secretary)
McKinsey & Company

Sarah Sattelmeyer (Past Chair)
New America

David Godschalk
Independent Attorney and Consultant

Schuyler Armstrong
Telesis Corporation

Deepa Patel
EL Education

Lily Vo
U.S. Department of Treasury

Shantelle Wright
Teach for America

Dena Williams Hasan
Health Management Associates

Statia Betman
DC Government

Aimee D. Peoples
National Partnership for Women and Families

Shauna Theel
Uber

LEADERSHIP TEAM

Ana Natalia Otero (she/her)
Co-Founder and Executive Director

Jenny Wesberry (she/her)
Director of Operations

Bridget Claborn (she/her)
Director of Organizational Strategy & Advancement

Danita Smith-Walker (she/her)
Senior Accounting Finance Manager

Gloria Nokes (she/her)
Senior Manager of Human Resources

Kylie Hogan (she/her)
Systems Advocacy Director

Nicole Walter (she/her)
Supportive Advocacy Team Director

Michelle Sewell (she/her)
Crisis Shelter Director

Jenae Williams (she/her)
Crisis Intervention Team Director

Brandon Kemper Seeley (he/him)
Training & Education Manager


FOUnding Board Members

DC SAFE is extremely grateful for the time, energy, and vision provided by members of the founding Board of Directors.

  • Krisan Swaminathan

  • Erin Currier

  • Ellen Opper-Weiner

  • Sarah Connell

  • Devon Leppink Staren

  • Adrianna Ysern