Allie Williams brings more than 20 years’ experience as an association executive spending time at the helm of the Title VII Administrators Association, and Corporate Responsibility Association.  He was the Director of Organizational Development at the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives and Director of the Office of Chamber of Commerce Relations at the United States Chamber of Commerce.

During his years in the Chamber of Commerce community, Williams developed and implemented first-class products and services related to membership structures, event management, leadership training, advocacy, and economic development. He built rapport and strong relationships with leaders from thousands of state, metropolitan and local Chambers across the United States and Canada.

Kathleen Reedy was part of a research team, National Science Foundation Grantees, studying human adaptation to cold climate.  She has made seven trips to Antarctica, for a total of ten months residency.   The research has published in several peer reviewed journals.  The work was funded by two NSF Grants.

At Naval Medical Research Institute, with two colleagues, they began the research in human adaptation to cold climate; in Bethesda laboratories, in Alaska in the field with the Navy SEALs, and in Antarctica with two National Science Foundation Grants.

Kathleen has two undergraduate degrees and two Masters Degrees.  She has five sons, four physicians and one in law enforcement.  She has nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren. 

Matthew Herrmann is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Pike District Partnership who is advocating for North Bethesda. In his talk, he will explain how and why we came about.   Matt was also a former resident of North Bethesda living at the Fallswood Condos. 

In his “day job,” Matt is a senior advisor at The Roosevelt Group representing a wide range of clients on Congressional appropriations and authorization matters, federal budget process, strategic planning, strategic communications, Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), and Indo-Asia-Pacific policy matters. Prior to joining the Roosevelt Group, in June 2017, Mr. Herrmann worked for more than 10 years on Capitol Hill and served as Chief of Staff to Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo (Guam), the Ranking Member of the Readiness Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee. He held a variety of legislative roles in Congresswoman Bordallo’s office; as a military legislative assistant, senior legislative assistant, and finally as legislative director.