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Board of Directors

Computer CORE’s Board of Directors, established in our by-laws, consists of three to fifteen members, including a Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer and Secretary. Board members are elected for three-year terms and are limited to serving two consecutive terms. The Board is responsible for the overall vitality of the organization:

  • Monitoring and guiding the direction of the organization in fulfilling its mission
  • Approving the organization’s plans and programs
  • Ensuring financial health of the organization
  • Supervising the organization’s executive director



Adam Schau Chair Customer Success Manager (Modern Workplace), Microsoft
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Adam Schau Chair Customer Success Manager (Modern Workplace), Microsoft
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Adam’s experience includes five years of experience in progressive Strategy and Operations Management at Microsoft. Responsibilities include proactively supporting business groups by serving as a trusted business advisor to the General Manager and leadership team, striving for process improvements, identifying and solving complex business issues, providing field-level support, and completing special projects for the Vice President’s office.

Previous experience in a variety of professional occupations, including lobbying and legislative organization at the state and national level, management and legal experience in a commercial law firm, project management execution, and entrepreneurial achievements.

Adam received a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and Business and an MBA in Analytics and Marketing from Indiana University. He holds Project Managers Professionals Certification (PMP) and Certified SCRUM master.

Sal Bezos Director Director, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
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Sal Bezos Director Director, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
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Sal Bezos is a patent attorney and director at Sterne Kessler. Sal provides services in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications before the United States Patent & Trademark Office, developing enforceable patent portfolios capable of withstanding legal scrutiny. Sal is also part of the firm’s Patent Office Litigation Practice, having represented patent owners and petitioners in numerous post-grant proceedings before the PTAB.

Through Sal’s collaboration with Washington, D.C.-area legal aid services, the firm’s pro bono practice has expanded to include an immigration law practice. Through this program, Sal and the firm have filed a habeas petition to reunite an immigrant child with his family, helped victims of violence and abuse apply for US Nonimmigrant Status, and helped DACA recipients apply for status renewal, among other efforts.

Sal is passionate about education. He is an adjunct professor at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School, where he has taught a course on patent writing since 2012. In addition, Sal served as the chair of the Technology and Engineering Education Advisory Board for Fairfax County Public Schools and as a general board member for ten years, where he provided industry perspectives and review of Fairfax County’s middle and high school engineering curriculum.

Sal holds a J.D. from George Mason, an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech, and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Virginia Tech.

Chris Burke Director Director, Baker Tilly
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Chris Burke Director Director, Baker Tilly
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Chris joined Computer CORE’s Board of Directors in 2019, and has been a volunteer with the organization since 2013. He is a director with Baker Tilly in Tysons, Virginia, where he leads internal operations and external business development for Baker Tilly’s Business Inform ation Systems team. Chris’s career includes leadership of projects over $6 million, teams of 115 and P&Ls over $34 million.

Chris received a BA from Virginia Tech, and has completed graduate studies in technology management at the University of Maryland.

Allison Chase Vice Chair Director – Corporate Development, Alarm.com Inc.
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Allison Chase Vice Chair Director – Corporate Development, Alarm.com Inc.
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Allison is Director of Product Management at Alarm.com focusing on strategic partnerships and leading product development for hardware integrations in IoT and connected home/business services. Allison holds a PMP certification, received her B.S. in Computer Science from Cornell University, and received her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Craig Jarvill Treasurer Director of the Division of Finance (DOF) with the FDIC (Retired)
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Craig Jarvill Treasurer Director of the Division of Finance (DOF) with the FDIC (Retired)

Craig Jarvill joined the Computer CORE Board of Directors as Treasurer in 2019. He has recently retired from his position of Director of the Division of Finance (DOF) with the FDIC. Craig was Acting Director of DOF since January 2011 and Deputy Director of Financial Operations since May 2010.

As Deputy Director of Financial Operations, he was responsible for the Receipts, Disbursements, and Travel Operations Branch; the Treasury Management Branch; and the Financial Operations Reporting and Control Section. Prior to assuming the Deputy Director position, Craig served as Senior Advisor to the FDIC’s Deputy to the Chairman and Chief Financial Officer. In addition to his DOF experience, Craig has 11 years of resolutions experience, including actively participating in more than 50 bank closings and developing corporate-wide resolutions-related accounting procedures and guidance.

Karen Price, CFRE Director Chief Development Officer, Eno Center for Transportation
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Karen Price, CFRE Director Chief Development Officer, Eno Center for Transportation
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An experienced development professional with over 20 years of experience in nonprofit marketing, fundraising, and development, Karen combines practical experience with knowledge of the trends and research in philanthropy. In her current role as Eno’s Chief Development Officer, Karen plans, manages and implements fundraising projects, campaigns and appeals; manages and identifies opportunities for beneficial partnerships/collaborations; works with Eno’s Boards of Directors, Advisors, and Regents; helps oversee organization of special events; and works with Communications Manager to develop, implement, and maintain marketing efforts targeting campaign participants.

Prior to joining Eno, Karen began her career in fundraising and development at a local domestic violence shelter. Since then, she has continued to work in the fundraising and development field, working at local, regional, statewide, and national organizations.

From 2008 to 2010, she served as a Community and Business Development Volunteer in Albania with the Peace Corps. Karen graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor’s in Finance and Multinational Business in 2001 and recently completed her Master’s in Nonprofit Management at North Park University. Karen also holds certifications in Nonprofit Marketing Management, Leadership, Fundraising Management, Nonprofit Governance, and Organizational Development.

Chris Ryan Secretary Principal Consultant, Ryan Performance Associates, LLC
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Chris Ryan Secretary Principal Consultant, Ryan Performance Associates, LLC
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Chris brings 15+ years’ experience in management consulting, business capture strategy and execution, and program and project management to help clients build capacity and win new business. He has consulted extensively in human capital management, including leading client engagements with commercial and federal government customers.

Chris has consulted with a number of nonprofit clients, first as a founding member of the leadership team for Indiana University’s Global Business and Social Enterprise initiative, later as the Service Corps Program Lead for the DC Professional Chapter of Net Impact, and then as a pro bono consultant both with Taproot Foundation and independently for organizations including the D.C. Employment Justice Center and Food Recovery Network.

Chris holds an MBA from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, and an MA in Education (Instructional Technology) and BA (History) from Virginia Tech.

Billi Taylor, PMP Director Senior Manager, Deloitte
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Billi Taylor, PMP Director Senior Manager, Deloitte
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Billi Taylor is an experienced Human Capital (HC) consultant with private and public sector experience. In her current role at Deloitte she works with leaders to leverage emerging technology to reinvent HR and talent management. Her areas of focus include talent acquisition, HR strategy, and talent analytics.

Billi received a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Lehigh University and earned her Master’s in Industrial Organizational Psychology from Louisiana Tech University.

Sanjiv Waghmare Director Chief Product Officer, Signant Health
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Sanjiv Waghmare Director Chief Product Officer, Signant Health
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Sanjiv Waghmare joined Computer CORE’s Board of Directors in 2018. He is currently Chief Product Officer at Signant Health creating solutions to improve customers’ lives, growing product innovation and leading digital transformations of organizations for long-term success. Over the past 20 years, Sanjiv has held leadership positions at McKinsey & Company, Capital One, Intuit, DH Corporation and Wolters Kluwer in the areas of business strategy, general management and product management.

Sanjiv received an MBA from Kellogg School of Management.




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