Our Team
Stephanie Chong, LICSW
Executive Director
For years Stephanie was attracted to the grassroots Village model for its effectiveness in championing positive aging and fostering a community that values older adults. In 2016, she jumped at the opportunity to be a part of the growing Village movement. Stephanie found a natural fit between the Villages’ culture of empowerment and her professional commitment to improve the aging experience. Stephanie has been working in the field of aging for over 20 years and has a wealth of experience that began with work as a certified home health aide. Stephanie has a Bachelor’s in Social Work from Stockton University and a Master’s in Social Work from Fordham University. Having dedicated her career to aging services in the District of Columbia, Stephanie previously ran a local non-profit care management program and has worked in all areas of senior living.
Heather Hill, LICSW
Member & Volunteer Relations
Heather Hill is a licensed social worker by training and has been the Member and Volunteer Services Coordinator at NNV since 2019. Heather previously worked as a Money Management Program social worker at Iona Senior Services where she helped older adults with memory loss with their finances, and as a clinical social worker at the National Institutes of Health. Heather has a Bachelor’s in Anthropology from the University of Virginia and a Master’s in Social Work from Catholic University. Heather’s partner, Carey Smith, has been providing weekly solo jazz guitar concerts via Zoom during the pandemic. Heather brings experience and empathy to her role here at NNV.
Leslie Pace
Events & Visibility
Leslie Pace joined the NNV office in 2019. She has a varied background including librarianship, information management, web design, and retail sales. As a native of Northwest DC, she has been delighted to come back into contact with NNV members whose children she knew in school. Leslie has a Bachelor’s in Anthropology from Franklin & Marshall College and a Graduate Diploma in Information Management from the University of New South Wales.
Board Officers
Susan Crawford
President
Susan Crawford was born in Philadelphia but has resided in the DC area since 1979, received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Georgetown University in 1984, and worked as a consultant in international trade from 1975 through retirement in December 2020. She continues to work periodically as a consultant in the same field. She served in the U.S. Customs Service and the U.S. Department of Commerce prior to entering the private sector as a consultant in a law firm, Mudge Rose, and subsequently in two consulting firms, Trade Resources and Marks Paneth. As a consultant from 1984, Her expertise was in the antidumping trade cases (price discrimination) before the Department of Commerce involving small, medium, and large-scale companies in Asia, North America, Europe, and South America. The work involved working with domestic and foreign companies in presenting accurate and verifiable information to the Commerce Department and in assisting in audits of the submitted information. Susan worked with the Social Justice committee at Holy Trinity Church for several years.
Richard
Avidon
Vice President
Rosemary Marcuss
Treasurer
Linda
Lateana
Secretary
Gene
Sofer
Past President
Board Members
Steve
Altman
Jamie
Butler
Shanti
Conly
Morgan
Gopnik
Lisa
Gore
Lisa Gore began her federal law enforcement career as a bilingual Probation Officer in Washington, D.C. Over the years she held interesting positions as a Special Agent for United States Customs and later for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Office of Inspector General (OIG). Her work at HUD and OIG led to a career overseeing FHA-insured mortgage fraud investigations and negotiating the first partnership between HUD OIG, FBI, and AARP to develop fraud awareness initiatives for senior homeowners.
Once Lisa retired in 2021, she directed her attention toward her community as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner (ANC) for ANC 3/4G. Now in her third term, she is deeply involved in education, transportation, pedestrian safety, housing, and zoning issues. Lisa also created the ANC 3/4G Racial and Social Equity Committee to engage commissioners and community members on social equity issues.
Lisa earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology (Spanish concentration) from the University of Virginia and is a graduate student at the University of Illinois, Geis School of Business. She has been a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. since 1989, organizing and participating in hundreds of hours of community service.
Ann
Ingram
Gretchen
Jennings
Kevin
Mulshine
Kevin Mulshine, the former Inspector General for the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), served as the Acting General Counsel, Deputy GC, and Chief Employment Counsel for the AOC. Prior to joining the AOC, he was Senior Advisor and Counsel to the Congressional Office of Compliance (now the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights) and had a 15-year career at the National Labor Relations Board. Earlier, he served on the staff of a New Jersey member of Congress. He is a cum laude graduate of the Howard University Law Center. Kevin was an A.B. Graduate of Livingston College, Rutgers University.
Sam
Smith
