Type: Board of Directors

Renée Hendley brings more than three decades of experience in nonprofit leadership, international development, and evidence-based program management to her work with Iona. Throughout her career—including 14 years as Associate Director and Senior Research Scientist of NORC’s International Programs, 5 years as Senior Associate at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, and 15 years as International Programs Manager at the Urban Institute—Ms. Hendley has built a strong reputation for collaborating with diverse stakeholders to improve the wellbeing of vulnerable populations.

She has managed complex projects funded by USAID, MCC, U.S. Department of State, World Bank, foundations, and donor governments, providing technical, financial, contractual, and strategic guidance. Her work has supported communities across the U.S. and in countries throughout Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Central Asia.

Ms. Hendley’s expertise includes financial and contractual management of nonprofit organizations, as well as survey design, data collection, and evaluation methodologies that informed policies affecting civic participation, youth education, access to essential services, and protection of at-risk populations. She has trained local researchers worldwide, emphasizing inclusion, dignity, and the value of each participant’s story—principles that align closely with Iona’s commitment to respecting and uplifting older adults.

Now an Iona board member and a volunteer with Iona’s Arts and Wellness program, Ms. Hendley brings her commitment to service, community engagement, and holistic wellbeing to support older adults through creative expression and connection.

She holds an MPA in Public Policy and a BA in Government from the University of Texas at Austin, a Graduate Certificate in Survey Design & Data Analysis from George Washington University, and culinary certificates from the Institute of Culinary Education.

Donna is an accomplished executive, advisor, and board leader whose career reflects a deep commitment to advancing organizations and people at the intersection of business and social impact. 

After more than 10 years as an executive at Fannie Mae she became part of the early team at GlobalGiving, helping to architect and lead it to becoming a $100M+ social enterprise. She is currently a strategic advisor and executive coach.  

Her decades of board experience have spanned local, regional, national, and international nonprofits. Other current board positions include Conservation Innovation Fund and Trust Labs. Donna lives in Montgomery County, Maryland with her partner, Debbie, and their two pups.  

In June 2018, Patti Earnest joined Roadside Development to collaborate with Roadside principals to conduct capital markets initiatives, to cultivate investor and lender relationships and to define and to execute company’s portfolio strategy. Roadside Development, based here in DC, is the market leading developer behind major projects such as the redevelopment of the former Fannie Mae HQ site and the development of Shaw’s City Market at O community.

Prior to joining Roadside, in her 25-plus year career, Patti has executed over $5.2 billion of equity and debt transactions across all structures and all real estate product types both as intermediary and as principal.

Prior to her role at Roadside, she launched and led structured finance and equity initiatives with Walker & Dunlop, Transwestern, and Savills US, providing equity and debt consultative and advisory services to real estate entrepreneurs and institutional clients nationally. She defined her practice as to bring innovative capital markets alternatives and exceptional executions, to create and to enhance the value of her clients’ real estate.

Patti is an active leader of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) both in the Washington DC District and nationally. She serves on the ULI Small Scale Development Council (since 2008) and is seated through 2023. She was a founding (and current) member and chaired (2014) the Steering Committee of the Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) of ULI Washington DC. Patti is leading the WLI Circles group nationally for ULI. Patti has recently joined the Advisory Board for the Girl Scouts of the National Capital Region.

Patti is married and the parent of three children, Morgan, Kelli and Ryan (who all survived her mothering).

David Andrews is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credentialed through the International Coaching Federation (ICF). For the past 20 years David has coached individual leaders, teams and groups in government agencies, international development, non-profit organizations, and in the private sector. His work focuses on helping leaders develop their capacity to effectively create pathways and solutions toward success and build and maintain the relationships necessary to support the process.

David’s leadership coaching is based on his years of experience as a leader, learning expert, and communicator himself. As World Bank staff for ten years, he built relationships and delivered programs to increase the effectiveness of leaders and teams across the globe. He has led teams of trainers and communicators in international development, information technology, and education. As both a full-time employee and a consultant, David has vast experience working with multi-cultural teams and individuals helping them to grow their leadership skills while maintaining a high level of responsibility for others and their world. He’s the founder and principal of his firm, David Andrews Coaching & Consulting in Washington, D.C.

David supports individuals and teams through coaching and development activities in the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Department of Justice, NASA, USDA, TSA, American University, Duke University, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, UniLever, American Express, Price Waterhouse Coopers, the United Nations Development Program, the Pan-American Health Organization, and others. He supervises a group of coaches through New Level Work and is on the faculty at Georgetown University where he evaluates coaching for students learning to become coaches.

David received his certificate in leadership coaching from the Coaches Training Institute (CTI). He has completed extensive coursework and training in leadership development as it applies to executive coaching and team development. He is certified in a number of instruments used to help leaders become more effective. Those include The Leadership Circle Profile 360, The Leadership Circle Collective Leadership Profile, The DISC Leadership Profile, and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. David is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University, where he earned a Master of Education and of the University of Maryland-College Park, where he earned a Bachelor’s of Art degree in both English and Political Science.

Ralph Bunche Bazilio is the CEO of Bazilio Cobb Associates PC (BCA), a Consulting firm, and the Managing Partner of Watson Rice LLP, an Auditing firm. Under his leadership, the firms serve clients in numerous industries and geographical areas.
As a Certified Public Accountant, he has grown to be a leader in the profession and a mentor to those entering the field of public accounting. He has always considered quality service, integrity, competence and objectivity as top priorities.
Over the years, he has served on numerous boards, and is currently a member of the Advisory Board of the University of the District of Columbia School of Business. He is also a member of the 100 Black Men of Prince George’s County, Maryland and a member of the Gideons International.
Mr. Bazilio is also the founder and Chairman of the Futures Educational Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing financial support to students in need.

Mary Frances spent the majority of her career as a senior marketing strategist in the telecommunications industry within the United States and in Latin America at MCI Communications, Nextel Communications, Sprint, and NII Communications. With more than 30 years of experience, she focused on marketing strategy, brand analysis and positioning, as well as on integrated corporate and marketing messaging strategies, ensuring that all communication programs tell a coherent and compelling story. Since retiring, she’s provided pro-bono marketing consulting and support to non-profits across the United States with a specific focus on developing and launching transformational marketing programs that maximize brand and messaging awareness.

In addition, she’s become an avid volunteer at Iona, delivering meals and supplies on a weekly basis and visiting The Washington Home, The Regency House, and the Wellness Center at Iona’s Tenley location with her trusty Goldendoodle, Carney, for much needed pet therapy. In addition to Iona, she is also a volunteer at the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp which helps children with serious illnesses and a volunteer at Arlington Food Assistance Center in Arlington, Virginia. Born in New York City, she was raised outside of Albany, New York, and has lived in the D.C. area since 1991 with her husband, John. She holds a B.A. in History and Classics from the College of the Holy Cross and an M.P.A with a concentration in Marketing from George Washington University. In addition to professional interests, she is an avid traveler, a theater and live music lover, a decent (depending on the day) runner and has been part of a book club for 25 years.

Judith Kozlowski is an independent Elder Justice consultant and a Senior Fellow at the Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER). She was a subject matter expert with the DOJ Elder Justice Initiative (EJI) for over 10 years. Prior to that, she was Senior Advisor to the HHS Assistant Secretary for Aging and ACL where she helped develop national policy initiatives concerning elder abuse and financial exploitation. Earlier, she was a state and federal prosecutor focusing on the investigation and trial of complex fraud cases. As an AUSA, she created and ran a multidisciplinary elder financial exploitation federal prosecution team for over a decade. She was also a trial counsel and branch chief at the SEC and the Director of the Criminal Prosecution Assistance Group at FINRA. Ms. Kozlowski helped establish the Office for the Financial Protection of Older Americans at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). She regularly speaks at local and national conferences on Elder Justice, elder financial exploitation, financial literacy, and the costs of family caregiving.

Dwane is the Dean of the University of the District of Columbia’s College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability, and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES). He is a leader with over nearly 20 years of combined experience in leadership, green infrastructure programs, research, urban design, environmental planning and program management with government, academia, nonprofit and community-based agencies and international governments and universities. Dwane uses design thinking to problem solve, innovate, prototype, execute, and research human-centered challenges while using sustainability as a lens to address these problems. Dwane has degrees in Urban Planning, Environmental Planning, Urban Design, and Evidence-Based Coaching.

Raymond K Tu, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.R., is both a member of the MMGR Franklin Square and MedStar’s leadership teams as Chief Medical Officer of the MedStar Family Choice-DC health plan. Dr. Tu is a recognized health policy expert who has been an invited speaker on Medicaid and Health Equity at the annual meetings of the American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America and American Society of Neuroradiology. He advises the DC Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Novitas, the American Medical Association committees of the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Editorial Panel and Resource Based Relative Value Scale (the “RUC”). In addition, he served on the Mayor Bowser’s District of Columbia Commission on Health Care Transformation, DC Board of Medicine, and has held leadership positions with the DC Metropolitan Radiological Society, Medical Society of the District of Columbia, and 3 District hospitals. Dr. Tu’s breadth of experience supports the mission, vision and values of MedStar Health and MedStar Family Choice-DC.

I am a tax advisor in Washington, D.C. and Spanish language tutor to members of Congress at the U.S. House of Representatives. I taught physics and mathematics to high school students in Peru. Later, I served as a librarian and coordinator of exhibits and programs for the D.C. Government, and was a member of the IRS Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. I hold a bachelor’s degree in education from the National Pedagogical College in Peru, and a master’s degree in library and information sciences from the Catholic University of America.

In the fall of 2017, I joined Iona’s Board of Directors. My husband is a participant in Iona’s Wellness and Arts Center. Iona’s mission is very dear to me. Through the program’s exercises, brain games, arts, music, storytelling, Memory Cafés, and more, Iona helps participants improve their physical and mental well-being. All activities are conducted by caring, qualified professionals, and assist participants in delaying memory loss, including the effects of Alzheimer’s. Every day I witness the effects of Iona’s programming; it nourishes the bodies and minds of many participants. I feel privileged to serve on Iona’s Board.