Commissioners

Robert Bobb is owner, President, and CEO of the Robert Bobb Group where he provides consulting services to organizations and agencies across the globe. He has previously served as Emergency Financial Manager of the Detroit Public Schools, a City Administrator and Deputy Mayor for D.C., City Manager of Oakland, California and Executive Director of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency, City Manager of Richmond, Virginia; City Manager of Santa Ana, California; and City Manager of Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Christy Lopez served is a Professor from Practice at Georgetown Law School and the Co-Founder/Director of the Innovative Policing Project. Prior to joining Georgetown, Christy served as a Trial Attorney and a Deputy Chief in the Special Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, a federal court monitor of the Oakland Police Department, and an independent expert for numerous organizations, committees, and projects.

Kent Boese was first elected to Advisory Neighborhood Commission 1A in 2010 to represent Single Member District 1A08, in Ward 1’s Park View neighborhood. He was elected to the office of Secretary, a position he held until July 2013 when he was elected Chair of the Commission. Kent earned his B.S. from the University of Illinois. He also earned an M.S. in Design from Arizona State University and an M.S. in Library Science from the Catholic University of America.

Samantha Davis is the Founder & Executive Director of the Black Swan Academy (BSA). She currently serves on the Black Women & Girls Advocacy Taskforce and the Self Development of People national committee of  Presbyterian Church USA. She is the former field engagement manager for YWCA USA, where she has developed a new state-level advocacy initiative, a nationwide get out the vote effort and mobilized over 200 associations to do racial and gender justice work. 

Tina Frundt is the Founder and Executive Director of Courtney’s House, an organization dedicated to supporting survivors of sex trafficking. Ms. Frundt trains law enforcement and other non-profit groups. She is a member of the Washington, D.C., State of Maryland, and Prince Georges County Anti-Trafficking Task Force, and she was appointed by the Governor of Maryland to the Safe Harbor Working group. In 2016, she was appointed by President Obama to the First White House Survivor Advisory Board.

Reverend Delonte Gholston was born and raised in Washington DC, and was educated in DC public schools, Swarthmore College, Georgetown University, and Fuller Theological Seminary. During his time in Los Angeles, Reverend Gholston served as the Director of the Trust Talks with the Downtown LA Clergy Council, a community transformation initiative between the LAPD and key stakeholders in Downtown LA. He returns to his hometown after seven years away to pastor Peace Fellowship.

Herb Gray is Founder and CEO of Life Enhancement Services (LES), a provider of quality bi-lingual services to clients with mental disorders, behavioral disorders, and with alcohol and drug addiction. In his role as CEO, Mr. Gray guides and directs the executive team by providing, vision, leadership and inspiration in planning and managing comprehensive mental health systems of care. In addition to his work at LES, Mr. Gray is on the Board of the East of the River Clergy Police Community Partnership. 

Emily Gunston is Senior Counsel to the Attorney General for the District of Columbia. Ms. Gunston previously served as Deputy Legal Director for the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, a Trial Attorney, Special Counsel and Deputy Chief of the Special Litigation Section of Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, and a Deputy Public Defender at the Contra Costa County Office of the Public Defender in California. 

Ronald E. Hampton retired from the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department after twenty-three years of service as a Community Relations Officer. Mr. Hampton is the immediate past Executive Director of the National Black Police Association, Inc. and presently the Washington, D.C. Representative for Blacks in Law Enforcement of America. Additionally, he serves as a Law Enforcement Fellow at the University of the District of Columbia’s Institute for Public Safety and Justice.

LaShunda Hill is Executive Director of the Students in the Care of D.C. Coordinating Committee under the Executive Office of the Mayor. Prior to her current role, LaShunda worked as a Research Assistant at the Georgetown Juvenile Justice Initiative, a Senior Associate at the Pew Charitable Trust’s Public Safety Performance Project, and a State Strategist at The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth, among other positions. 

Corwin “Corey” Knight is a fourth generation Washingtonian of the District of Columbia (DC) and successful returning citizen of the judiciary system. He is the Founder and CEO of The Hope Foundation Reentry Network, which provides hands-on community transition services to returning citizens to decrease the risk of recidivism. Mr. Knight also serves on the Commission on Re-Entry and Returning Citizens Affairs as a public member. 

George H. Lambert Jr. was appointed as the President & Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Washington Urban League effective January 1, 2014. In the nonprofit arena, he has served as Senior Director for Resource Development Operations with United Way of the National Capital Area, and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Virginia Urban League and as a Regional Consultant for the National Urban League (NUL).

Jeffrey DeShawn Richardson is the Founder and Principal of Enspired Muse Coaching and Management, a coaching and management practice specializing in supporting social entrepreneurs and start-ups in achieving growth and scale. Mr. Richardson has worked as a researcher and program coordinator at Howard University’s DC-Baltimore Center on Child Health Disparities and as Director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs under former Mayor Vincent Gray. 

Naïké Savain is a supervising attorney in the Guardian ad Litem Program at the Children’s Law Center, where she represents children in abuse and neglect cases in the District of Columbia, supervises other attorneys in the program, and conducts external trainings on related topics. She has also served as a student attorney at the Georgetown Juvenile Justice Clinic, a student teacher at D.C. Street Law, and a Law Clerk for Bread for the City. 

Sultan Shakir is the Executive Director of SMYAL (Supporting and Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders), an organization that works to support and empower lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth in the Washington, DC, metro area. Before joining SMYAL, Mr. Shakir previously worked as Youth and Campus Engagement Program Director and a Regional Field Director with the Human Rights Campaign. 

Mignon Smith is a Mathematic Teacher at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, where she develops instructional plans and interventions for pre-algebra and algebra. She is also the Founder of The STEM Gap, an educational consulting firm specializing in mathematics planning and instruction. Mignon has also worked as an Assistant Principal at D.C. Prep, and an Instructional Specialist at E.L. Haynes Public Charter School. 

Patrice Sulton is the Director of D.C. Justice Lab and a Senior Attorney Advisor to the Criminal Code Reform Commission, which is responsible for drafting a comprehensive set of revisions to the criminal laws in the District of Columbia. Before doing legislative work, Patrice was a trial lawyer in private practice, specializing in criminal defense and civil rights litigation in state and federal courts. She is also a Professorial Lecturer in Law at the George Washington University Law School.

Kurt Vorndran is a legislative representative for the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). Prior to his work at NTEU, he served as a lobbyist for a variety of labor-oriented organizations, including the International Union of Electronic Workers, AFL-CIO (IUE), and the National Council of Senior Citizens. He currently sits on the Police Complaints Board, a role he has occupied since 2005. He was Chair of the PCB from January 2006 to October 2016.