Melwood Announces New Board Members

UPPER MARLBORO, MD – June 30, 2014 – Mike Keppler, Chair of the Board of Directors, is pleased to announce the addition of three new members to the Melwood Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2014.

“Melwood’s newest members of our Board of Directors are industry professionals with an impressive breadth of experience spanning the fields of human resources, philanthropy and supply chain management.” said Cari DeSantis, President and CEO of Melwood. “Our Board serves a vital role in Melwood’s organizational structure. We are excited to welcome leaders with their level of expertise which will undoubtedly enhance the board’s strategic focus on governance and stewardship.”

Melwood is pleased to also welcome back one of its dedicated Board Officers. Congratulations to George Watkins for his re-election to a second three-year term on the Board. He will continue as Board Vice Chair for another year.

New Board Members

Sharon Camp, Ph.D of Welcome, MD.
Dr. Camp is a forty-year veteran of the family planning and reproductive health field. For 10 years prior to her retirement in July 2013, she served as President & CEO of the Guttmacher Institute. The Institute has twice been voted by reproductive health and rights experts the leading organization in the field for its unique ability to combine rigorous research with insightful policy analysis and strategic communications. Dr. Camp has chaired the boards of Family Health International, the National Council for International Health (now the Global Health Council), and the International Center for Research on Women, and was founding Chair of the Reproductive Health Technologies Project. She is an honors graduate of Pomona College in California and holds a Ph.D. in international studies from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

Divina Gamble of Washington, DC.
Gamble is a consultant in the Washington, DC office of Korn Ferry and is a member of the firm’s Global Education and Nonprofit, Philanthropy and Social Enterprise practices. She is also a member of the firm’s Diversity practice. Ms. Gamble joined Korn Ferry from Discovery Communications, Inc. where she worked on the Global Project Management team. Ms. Gamble holds a B.A. and M.A. in English from Georgetown University. She is a chair for the Georgetown University Alumni Admissions Program and co-founded the Georgetown University Alumnae Giving Circle in partnership with the Center for Social Justice. Additionally, she serves on the Advisory Board of Childís Garden Learning Center. Ms. Gamble was recently inducted into the NextGen/Calibr Network, an extension of the Executive Leadership Council, the nation’s premier network of the most senior African American executives in Fortune 500 companies.

Steve Martin of McLean, VA.
Martin is currently a Partner with Pace Harmon, a domestic management consulting firm, based out of Vienna, Virginia. He has over 25 years of industry and consulting experience in the areas of supply chain and technology. He was formerly a Partner with Deloitte Consulting for over 13 of his 20 years with the firm. During his tenure with Deloitte, he led a number of practice areas within the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications industry practice including Strategic Sourcing and CRM. He was also responsible for building Deloitte’s telecom end user consulting practice into one of the largest in the industry. Mr. Martin is a recognized authority in the areas of contract negotiations and in structuring transactions for technology related products and services. He has served over one-third of the Fortune 100 and has led more than 100 strategic sourcing transactions totaling in excess of $7 billion in products and services. He has a BS in Applied Mathematics (with honors) from American University and an MS in Engineering from the University of Colorado.

Melwood also recognizes its current board members for fiscal year 2015. The returning directors are as follows:

Officers

Mike Keppler – Board Chair

George Watkins – Board Vice Chair

Richard Mahan – Treasurer

Deborah Fischel – Secretary

Directors

Donald Donahue, DHEd, MBA, FACHE

Christina Eaglin

Sue Greer, Esq.

Brenda Sheaffer

Tracey Wareing

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