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

The Washington Housing Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Your investment helps us expand our work. Your gift is 100% tax-deductible. EIN 83-1866109

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