Threshold Services: About: Board of Directors

Board of Directors

	Carlos D. Davis Managing Director, CIA Recruitment Center Diversity Programs	Carlos D. Davis is Chairman of the Central Intelligence Agency Fine Arts Commission and has developed many intelligence-related exhibits, among them, the highly regarded Cold War Exhibit at the CIA. In that capacity, he has served as the project manager for the installation of several Art-in-Government projects. Mr. Davis is also a founding member of Advisory Board of Directors and Advisory Council of the International Spy Museum. He served as the CIA's official Loaned Executive Officer for the 2004 Combined Federal Campaign, serving as the Account Executive for the CIA, the National Gallery of Art, the National Endowment for the Arts, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. A twenty-five year veteran of the CIA, Mr. Davis conceived and contributed to the development of the book, Inside the CIA: The Art, Architecture and Atmosphere of America's Premier Intelligence Agency. He holds a BA in Architecture degree from Howard University and a MA in Engineering Management from the Catholic University of America. Mr. Davis is currently a Managing Director at the CIA. Carlos is was very involved in the development of Compeer of Montgomery County, and currently serves on its Advisory Board.
	Stephanie J. Grogan Attorney at Law
	H. Theodore Heintz, Jr. Indicator Coordinator, White House Council on Environmental Quality	Theodore Heintz, Jr. is currently the Indicator Coordinator on the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Heintz has worked on policy and management of natural and environmental resources for over thirty years. In the Office of Policy Analysis at the Interior Department, he has managed small groups of economists and policy analysts that deal with a broad range of resource systems and issues. Since 1993, Heintz has worked extensively in the development of natural and environmental resource indicators. He has been a member of the Interagency Working Group on Sustainable Development Indicators (SDI Group) and has participated in on-going roundtables that are addressing criteria and indicators for sustainable resource management for forests, rangelands, minerals and water resources. He is currently on detail to the White House Council on Environmental Quality to lead an interagency working group that is developing plans for a national system of indicators on natural and environmental resources.
	Hon. Henry B. Heller Member, House of Delegates (D. 19)	Delegate Henry Heller has represented the people of the 19th Legislative District of Montgomery County in the Maryland House of Delegates since 1987. He is a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and holds a doctorate in educational finance. Delegate Heller has been a member of Threshold Services' Board of Directors since 2001. He is a former Special Education teacher, high school football coach and principal, and a current faculty member at the University of Maryland. Delegate Heller lives in Aspen Hill, Maryland.
	Frank E. Kearly, Ph.D. Medical Physicist, Maryland Regional Cancer Care	Frank Kearly is a medical physicist, responsible for the radiology departments in several Baltimore area hospitals. He has been a member of Threshold Services' Board of Directors since 1989. Frank currently chairs the Client Welfare and Planning Committee, and was elected to serve as the Board Chairperson in FY2007. He resides in Clarkesville, Maryland with his wife Marcia Kearly, LCSW-C.
	Craig S. Knoll, M.Ed. Executive Director/CEO	Craig Knoll has been the Executive Director/CEO of Threshold Services since 1990. From 1973 to 1990, he was an executive with three other non-profit organizations, which served people with developmental disabilities, homeless families and troubled adolescents. From 1966 to 1973, he taught children with learning disabilities and emotional disabilities and served as a Resource Teacher. He was elected twice to the Maryland House of Delegates, where he served from 1971 to 1978. He earned a Bachelor's degree in history from Towson State University in 1966 and a Master's degree in special education from the University of Maryland in 1974.
	John McCutcheon Vice President	John McCutcheon, FCAS, serves as vice president of Marketing for Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO). As vice president, McCutcheon is responsible for GEICO’s marketing research, planning, database marketing, partnership marketing and retention marketing. He is also heavily involved in the creative messaging.
	Barbara A. Miller Senior Program Assistant, Hearing Loss Association of America	Barbara Miller works with the physically and mentally handicapped. Barbara has been a member of the Board since 1999. She has served on the Planning and Evaluation Committee, the Human Resources Committee, and is currently a member of the Client Welfare Committee. Barbara is the Program Assistant for the Hearing Loss Association of America, and brings a strong consumer voice to Threshold Services' Board of Directors. She resides in Rockville, Maryland.
	Gino Parisi Artist	Gino Parisi previously served on the Board of Directors. He is currently a member of the Planning and Client Welfare Committee of the Board. Gino is a very exciting and increasingly celebrated abstract artist, whose paintings hang in a number of local universities and homes. Gino brings the first hand perspective of a consumer of mental health services to the Board of Directors.
	Pastor Donell Peterman The Joshua Group Ministries	Pastor Donell Peterman is the founding pastor of The Joshua Group Ministries (TJGM) in Silver Spring, an interdenominational ministry where people can experience spiritual growth and commitment to community development. Founded just six years ago by Pastor Peterman, TJGM has over 500 members and 17 active outreach ministries. Pastor Peterman joined Threshold Services' Board of Directors in 2002, and since then he has been a very active member. He resides in Silver Spring, Maryland.
	James E. Plack President/CEO American Bank	James Plack is President and CEO of American Bank. He was unanimously elected to Threshold Services' Board of Directors in July, 2005, and serves on the Development and Community Relations Committee. Mr. Plack holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Maryland, as well as Executive Education degrees from University of North Carolina. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Baltimore in 1992. Mr. Plack has spent the past fourteen years in the banking and finance industry. James resides in Annapolis, Maryland.
	Tony Salah V. P. Merrill Lynch Private Clients Group	Tony Salah is a Senior Financial Consultant and First Vice President for the Merrill Lynch U.S. Private Client Group. Tony is a Certified Financial Planner with more than two decades of experience in the financial services industry. He lectures at various corporations, adult education programs, and government agencies in the Washington metropolitan area. Tony is a member of the Budget Finance Committee and serves as Board Secretary. He has been a member of Threshold Services' Board of Directors since 1999, and resides in Rockville, Maryland.