Cary Hatch
With more than 30 years of experience in advertising and marketing, Cary Hatch, former CEO of MDB Communications and Senior Counsel at Hart, Inc., has established a formidable track record in business and consumer communications, both domestic and international. Her broad-based client experience includes National Geographic, Fannie Mae, Destination DC, International Spy Museum, Sprint and many others.
Cary Hatch has been recognized on the POWER 100, the Washington Business Journal’s list of the most influential business leaders, for 4 consecutive years. She currently serves as the Chairman of the Mid-Atlantic Board of Governors for the American Association of Advertising Agencies and was recently appointed to the National Government Relations Committee by the 4A’s. Cary serves on the Washington DC Leadership Committee for the Ad Council and is a board member for the $2B University System of Maryland Foundation.
She is a noted lecturer at Johns Hopkins, Georgetown University, and the University of MD; and is a regular on TV and radio outlets commenting on branding, advertising and marketing communications.
Cary Hatch joined MDB in 1981 as an account executive. After her promotion into a management position in 1983 and growing the business for several years, she purchased the company in 1987. MDB was recognized as an Inc. 500 company in 1996.
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Members
WHC is governed by an independent board of civic leaders.

Joshua Bernstein
CEO, Bernstein Management Corporation

Kevin Clinton
Board Chair
Chief Program Officer, Federal City Council

Carol Thompson Cole
President + CEO, Youth Invest Partners

Kimberly Driggins
Chief Executive Officer, WHC
Maria S. Gomez
Former President + CEO, Mary’s Center

Kevin Greer
Managing Partner & Chief Administrative Officer, New Profit

Mark Joseph
Founding Director, NP3: Nurturing People. Power. Place.
Nicole Kelm
Senior Director of Strategy and Operations, Deloitte Health Equity Institute

David Martin
Partner, ArentFox Schiff
David Roodberg
CEO, DJR Assoc.
Eshauna Smith
Director of Community Impact, Ballmer Group

Aakash Thakkar
Chief Acquisitions Officer, EYA, LLC

Rob Stewart
Board Emeritus
Chair, JBG SMITH’s Board of Trustees
Founding Board Members
Tamara Copeland
Former WRAG President
Charlene Drew Jarvis
Former DC Councilmember
John Gardner
Former VP of Buvermo Investments
Cary Hatch
Former Managing Director of Hart Inc.
Deborah Ratner-Salzberg
Partner at Uplands Real Estate Partners
Our Team
Kimberly Driggins
Chief Executive Officer
Monica Cardenas Guzman
Social Impact Coordinator
Destiny Delaware
Social Impact Program Manager
Jackie Keller
Office Manager & Executive Assistant

Shannon Marshall
Social Impact Coordinator
Arianna Martinez
Social Impact Coordinator
Yvette Ross Kane
Director of Real Estate
Kathy Smith
Director of Development
Fusing commercial real estate expertise with a social impact mission.
We disrupt inequities in the housing market with an innovative model that prevents displacement and promotes opportunity and wealth building.
Preserving housing affordability and promoting economic mobility in the DC-region
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