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