Officers 2025-2026
The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America
in the District of Columbia
Board Members for 2025-2026
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
PRESIDENT – Eleanore Hopkins Boyse
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT - Ellen Carstens Schreiber
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT – Sandra “Sandy“ Driver Webster
RECORDING SECRETARY – Sarah Shanklin McComas
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY - Leslie Burnworth George
TREASURER - Lucy Street Rhame
ASSISTANT TREASURER - Anne Gardner Baldwin
REGISTRAR - Cynthia Rundle Toussaint
HISTORIAN & CHRONICLES - Elizabeth “Betsy” LeViness Nottingham
PARLIAMENTARIAN - Katherine “Kathy” Mary Prendergast
BOARD OF MANAGERS
Term Expires 2026
Virginia Travis Shackelford Holland Eleanor Wenner Kerr
Stephanie McCormick-Goodhart
Jennifer Olssen Spencer
Term Expires 2027
Susan Bruce Anthony
Melissa Ann Coggeshall Carey
Christine Colby Giraudo
Susan Jones Snare
Term Expires 2028
Catherine “Cathy” Conaway Jones
Janene Smith Mitchell
Wendy Susan Pangburn
Frances “Fran” Luessenhop Usher
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Archives
Elizabeth “Betty” Maldree Nathan Dietel
Assistant Registrar for Courtesy Dames
Frances “Fran” Luessenhop Usher
Christmas Boutique
Jennifer Spencer
Communications
Leslie Burnworth George
Community Relations
Anne Hugh Douglas Randolph
Excursions
Christine Colby Giraudo
Wendy Susan Pangburn
Finance and Audit
Lucy Street Rhame
Historical Activities
Susan Bruce Anthony Elizabeth “Liza” Chapman-Memery
Susan Jones Snare
Hospitality
Melissa Ann Coggeshall Carey
Catherine “Cathy” Conaway Jones
Membership
Doris Lewis Dixon
Nan Shaver Whalen
Newsletter/Website
Caroline Blake Faris
Nominating
Marta Miller Dunetz
Patriotic Service
Gretchen Romweber Bukowski
Sandra “Sandy“ Driver Webster
Belle Brent Clay Ward Duchin (Fisher House Liaison)
Programs/Speakers
Anne Redfern McIntyre Colclough
Virginia Travis Shackelford Holland
Young Members
Elizabeth “Libby” Schaub Dwyer Sarah “Sally” Collier Wiebe
DC Representatives to historic NSCDA House Museums
Dumbarton House - Marta Miller Dunetz
Gunston Hall - Mason Montague Bavin
Sulgrave Manor - Sarah Shanklin McComas
