
Eshauna Smith
Eshauna Smith is the first national Director of Community Mobilization at the Ballmer Group. In this role, Eshauna will help to improve economic mobility and reduce racial disparities at scale through place-based partnerships, with a specific focus on building talent pipelines to accelerate progress. Eshauna has built a career that reflects her passion for supporting communities working to overcome systemic barriers to opportunity. She has focused on fostering cross sector collaboration, holding systems accountable, and delivering high-quality, data-driven services to improve equity, inclusion, and social outcomes. Prior to joining the Ballmer Group, Eshauna served for eight years as Chief Executive Officer/President of Urban Alliance, and as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education in Washington, DC. Eshauna has received numerous recognitions and awards for her leadership and advocacy work on behalf of youth and families, most recently being named a 2019 Murdoch Community Hero and a Women Who Mean Business honoree by the Washington Business Journal. Eshauna holds a Master of Public Affairs from the University of Texas, Austin, and a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley
Board
Members
WHC is governed by an independent board of civic leaders.
David Roodberg
President of The Menkiti Group

Joshua Bernstein
Chief Executive Officer of Bernstein Management Corporation

Charlene Drew Jarvis
Former Director at National Women's Business Center, Inc.

Deborah Ratner Salzberg
Principal at Uplands Real Estate Partners

Cary Hatch
CEO of MDB Communications

Carol Thompson Cole
President and CEO of Venture Philanthropy Partners (VPP)

Rob Stewart
Chair of JBG SMITH’s Board of Trustees

John Gardner
Former Vice President of Buvermo Investments, Inc.

Tamara Copeland
Former President of the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers

Kevin Clinton
Chief Program Officer for the Federal City Council

David Martin
Partner at ArentFox Schiff
Maria S. Gomez
Former President + CEO, Mary’s Center
Our Team

Kimberly Driggins
Executive Director
Jackie Keller
Executive Assistant

Divya Khandke
Senior Program Manager

Yvette Ross Kane
Director of Asset Management

Richard Newman
General Counsel
Kathy Smith
Director of Development
Juanita Perilla
Social Impact Coordinator
Sawa Kamara
Social Impact Coordinator
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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