Celebrating Our Leaders: Lewis Askew’s Journey of Resilience and Giving Back
This Black History Month, we’re celebrating the incredible leaders who make the NCCF community strong. Today, we shine a spotlight on the President of our Board and Founding Member of the Tiber Hudson law firm, Lewis Askew, a man whose life story is a testament to the power of hard work, family values, and dedicated […]
NCCF Welcomes Five New Trustees in 2025
Welcoming Fresh Leadership to NCCF’s Board of Trustees The past twelve months have been an exciting and energizing season of change at NCCF. Before we close out 2025, we would like to take a pause to welcome and introduce five key NCCF volunteer-stewards who joined our Board of Trustees in the past year. Andrea Thomas sits […]
NCCF’s Executive Director, Dr. Sheryl Brissett Chapman, to Retire Next Year. Successor Announced.
Dr. Sheryl Brissett Chapman will retire as Executive Director of The National Center for Children and Families (NCCF) on March 31, 2024, after more than 32 years in the role. During her tenure she transformed what was once a small Baptist orphanage with two programs, serving sixty-two people, to a regional powerhouse with 24 programs, […]
NCCF Announces the Appointment of Paul Kennedy to the Board of Trustees
The National Center for Children and Families (NCCF) announces the appointment of its youngest ever member of the Board of Trustees and an award-winning alumnus, Paul Kennedy, Software Engineer at The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center. A 2020 graduate of the George Washington University, Paul has a Bachelor of Science […]
NCCF Announces the Appointment of Mariana B. Roig to the Board of Trustees
The National Center for Children and Families (NCCF) announced today the appointment of a new member to its Board of Trustees, Mariana Barrientos Roig, Co-Founder and VP of Strategy for ROIG Communications. A prominent communications professional in the Washington, DC region, who specializes in cross-cultural connections and strategy, Mariana holds a bachelor’s degree from University […]
20 Years of Results-Based Support
Phil Schiff knows plenty about what goes on behind the scenes of a nonprofit like NCCF — governance, infrastructure, program support. After decades of working in the nonprofit world, it’s the language he speaks. But those aren’t the things that have kept Phil and his wife, Janis, connected to NCCF for almost 20 years. “We […]
2018 NCCF’s Neediest Kids Pro-Am Invitational
Last week The National Center for Children and Families’ annual golf tournament NCCF’s Neediest Kids Pro-Am Invitational drew nearly 100 people including: players, sponsors, golf pros, and supporters; for a remarkable day at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm. Gorgeous blue skies, and cool breezes greeted all participants as Paul Berry, Tournament Director, and longtime backer […]
Meet NCCF’s New Board Trustee: Stuart Eisen
In 2003, Stuart Eisen showed up to an elementary school in Anacostia for a day of service, hosted by his company at the time. While Stuart was playing catch with young children and speaking with their teacher about the lack of financial resources for the classroom, he had no way of knowing this was the […]
Meet NCCF’s New Board Trustee: Scott Nudelman
Philanthropic commitment and dedication to local communities characterize the newest member of The National Center for Children and Families (NCCF) Board of Trustees, Scott Nudelman. When Scott is not working or rushing to pick up his son from soccer, you will find him volunteering for one of a number of the local non-profits he supports. […]
