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Seth Goldman
Co-Founder

Seth partnered with Montgomery County Councilman, George Leventhal, to co-found Bethesda Green in 2008. After co-founding Honest Tea, and leading it to global scale with the Coca-Cola Company, Seth has launched a new impact-driven food enterprise: Eat the Change. Seth will continue his part-time role as Executive Chair of Beyond Meat, and plans to focus the rest of his work against the dual crises of climate and health.

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Jane Brooks Horn
Chair, Acting Treasurer

As a partner at  Raffa, P.C., Jane specializes in ministering to the needs of entrepreneurs and their business entities by providing needs-based consulting services.

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Sherry Altman

Sherry Marin Altman is an experienced professional in the areas of business strategy, innovation, and environmental sustainability. A former Vice President for Booz Allen Hamilton, Sherry has led alternative energy investment strategies for multiple clients, covering wind, solar PV and solar thermal, as well as energy efficiency/recovery. She has also worked as an Energy and Environmental consultant and a Transportation Planner. She is an MBA with over 20 years experience in management consulting and engineering consulting.

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Richard Boly

Richard serves as the Principal at Beaurichly, a boutique ideas agency that ideates dreams up and delivers creative solutions for clients such as the World Bank, the IMF, and the Inter-American Foundation.

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Frank Byskov

Frank is a financial advisor focused on the intersection of sustainable investing and financial planning to help improve client outcomes while aligning investments with personal values. Frank brings a diverse background in finance to the board.

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Joseph Chirico

Joseph Chirico is the Executive Director of the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis. He previously worked as the Senior Vice President and Marketing Executive in Washington DC and Suburban Maryland for John Marshall Bank. He has over 30 years of experience leading consultative banking relationships for growing business. Joe is an expert in deploying proven financial tools including debt solutions, treasury management and deposit products to dynamic corporations. His primary focus and commitment has been to exclusively serve growing middle market enterprises and nonprofit organizations in the National Capital Region.

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Andrew Friedson

Andrew Friedson is the District 1 Montgomery County Councilmember representing western Montgomery County along the Potomac River from the D.C. line to the Frederick County border. Andrew currently serves on the Planning, Housing, & Economic Development committee and the Government Operations & Fiscal Policy committee and is the Lead for Parks on the Council. Andrew lives in Bethesda and is a lifelong resident of District 1 who is committed to ensuring an environmentally and economically sustainable future.

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Katya Marin

Katya Marin works for QED Investors LLC, a venture capital firm focused on fintech. She is a longtime Bethesda resident and community activist and volunteer.

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James Martinko

Jim is the Office Managing Partner at CohnReznick’s Bethesda Office. He provides insights from his experience with the surrounding communities to Bethesda Green and its Be Green Hub companies.

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Amita Shukla

Amita is an author and the founder & CEO of Vitamita. She is an innovator and entrepreneur focused on creating transformative solutions to unleash the potential of human health and well being.

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Robert Snyder

Bob brings his knowledge of local economic development and 7 years of experience as an advisor and ambassador to both our incubator program and our companies. Bob is a long-time Bethesda resident and you may find him walking his dog down Bethesda Row.

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Polly Vail

Polly is an Independent Consultant for Social Impact clients. She provides customer discovery and acquisition strategies as well as sector analysis for start-ups and non-profits. She is also a Venture Mentor at the University of Maryland College Park and was named Mentor of the Year in 2015. Polly ran an angel investor backed crowd-sourcing ad services company named GeniusRocket. She has run entrepreneurship training programs at the Women’s Business Center in DC, and was Board Chair at the WBC.  Polly was Managing Director for Advertising Sales revenue for the New York Times’ Washington DC office, after managing Advertising Sales client relationships in New York City.

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Diana Watts

Diana is an experienced university educator working to promote social innovation & adaptive strategies within food systems.  She teaches at several local universities, John Hopkins, UMD, UMUC, and Trinity Washington University. She brings her experience in collaborative approaches, sustainability and the power of engaging students to our work.

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