The Leadership Council is a non-board entity comprised of proven and committed ambassadors of NFTE who are lending their names to NFTE's growing youth entrepreneurship movement in Greater Washington and nationally.

Brien Biondi

Jack Davies, Founder
AOL International

Bill Dean, President & CEO
M.C. Dean, Inc

Edie Fraser, Managing Director
Diversified Search

Jim Garrettson, Founder & President
ExecutiveBiz and Potomac Officers Club

Arlen Gelbard, President & CAO
E*Trade Financial

Lenny Greenberg, President
Greenhill Capital Corporation

Provost Dr. Jonathan N. Guevarra
Northern Virginia Community College

Verne Harnish, Founder & CEO
Gazelles, Inc.

Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis, President
Southeastern University

Tim Kime, President & CEO
Leadership Greater Washington

Barbara Lang, President
DC Chamber of Commerce

Ted Leonsis, Vice Chair Emeritus
AOL

Jerry Levine, Co-Director
The Samberg Family Foundation

John May, Managing Partner
New Vantage Group

Susan M. Philips, Dean & Professor of Finance
School of Business, George Washington University

Bill Regardie
Former Magazine Entrepreneur

Joe Robert, CEO
J.E. Robert Companies

Jonathan Silver, Founder & Managing Director
Core Capital Partners

Jill Stelfox, Founder & CEO
Defywire

Rick Toren, Founder & President
CodeRyte

Mark Walsh, Managing Partner
Ruxton Ventures LLC

William Walton, Chairman & CEO
Allied Capital

Tien Wong, Chairman & CEO
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