NCS Celebrates 2016 Alumnae Award Recipients

Elizabeth Askew Everhart '96

Elizabeth is a senior development manager with Mission First Housing Development Corp., a nonprofit developer of affordable and mixed-income housing with local offices in Dupont Circle. Elizabeth works on all phases of development, from concept through design, financing, construction (both new and rehab), lease-up, and stabilization. Over 10 years with Mission First, Elizabeth has overseen multiple affordable and mixed-income developments, in townhouses and high-rises, with a variety of construction types and deal structures, providing safe, secure, and welcoming homes for seniors and families. Elizabeth is a graduate of Duke University and the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.

Jean has served NCS as a class representative for more than 20 years, a Reunion volunteer, and a member of the Board of Visitors. She received an NCS citation in 1982 for her contributions to the study of modern language and literature through her scholarship, teaching, and writing. She became in 1971 the first woman tenured in Cornell University’s English department and, seven years later, the university’s first female professor of English. She specializes in British and American 19th- and 20th-century fiction and women's studies. Jean authored a book on Henry James and numerous articles on James, Edith Wharton, Harold Frederic, and the Victorian novelists. She currently lives in Williamsburg, Va., and volunteers for the United Way, Williamsburg Landing community, and the Christopher Wren Society for adult education, affiliated with the College of William and Mary. Jean serves as the corresponding secretary for the Williamsburg Music Club, which awards competitive scholarships to young musicians. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College and received her Ph.D. from Radcliffe College.

 

 

Margaret Boasberg is a partner in the Boston office of Bridgespan Group, whose mission is to break cycles of intergenerational poverty. She works with direct service organizations, foundations, and philanthropists in several fields. Her focus has been on large public health issues including childhood obesity, youth smoking, gun violence, and teen pregnancy, as well as K-12 education reform. Prior to joining Bridgespan, Margaret worked at Bain & Co. from 1990 to 1999 in a variety of industries, particularly consumer products, and on a number of pro bono client engagements, including the Boston Public Schools and City Year. She also served as director of business development and strategic alliances for HomePortfolio.com. Margaret earned her B.A. from Yale University and her M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. While in graduate school, she helped create and lead a nonprofit organization to train and finance entrepreneurs in economically depressed East Palo Alto, Calif.

 

Linda is an associate professor of geriatrics and palliative-care medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, where she is the clinical director of the “mobile acute care” program. She is certified in internal medicine, geriatric medicine, and hospice and palliative-care medicine. Linda has received numerous honors and awards including: House Call Doctor of the Year (American Academy of Home Care Medicine), Excellence in Geriatric Fellow Teaching (Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors Program), and an Innovator Award (American Academy of Home Care Medicine). She contributes to professional association editorial boards and various professional committees within the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Linda has also authored numerous publications. Linda is a graduate of the University of Chicago and the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine. She has completed postgraduate work at Boston University Medical Center and Mount Sinai Medical Center.

 

Mary has served NCS as a class representative and Reunion volunteer. Following a career in communications, including at the UNC Center for Public Television, Connecticut Public Broadcasting, and the American Radio Relay League. Mary is now an active volunteer and rower. She shares her volunteer time with St. George Episcopal Church, WHYY-FM, and WRTI-FM (Philadelphia). A rowing enthusiast, she is a member of U.S. Rowing (Princeton, N.J.) and Conshohocken Rowing Center (Conshohocken, Pa.), and she volunteers with the Head of the Charles Regatta (Boston), and Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (Philadelphia). Mary is a graduate of Northwestern University and did postgraduate work at LaSalle University.

 

Naomi is a nationally acclaimed playwright. Her plays, which include 36 Views, 17 Reasons (Why), Polaroid Stories, Language of Angels, and Good Kids, have been produced by numerous theatres in California, New York, and Texas. Locally, her works have been produced at the Kennedy Center and included in Arena Stage’s Our War project and Baltimore Center Stage’s My America project. Naomi’s plays have been published in the Wadsworth Anthology as well as by Overlook Press, Playscripts, Smith and Kraus, Dramatic Publishing, and TCG. Good Kids was the first play commissioned by the Big Ten Consortium’s New Play Initiative, designed to provide more roles for women. Naomi is a graduate of Yale University and received her M.F.A. from the University of California, San Diego, where she now heads the graduate-level Playwriting program.

 

Francie is a consultant on organizational change, specializing in diversity issues. She has worked with nonprofit organizations, K-12 schools, and colleges and universities to create positive work and school environments. She has also taught students as a professor at multiple institutions. Her publications include Understanding White Privilege: Creating Pathways to Authentic Relationships Across Race; Diversity in the Classroom: New Approaches to the Education of Young Children; “Looking Back and Moving Forward”; and “Diversity Issues in the Workplace.” Francie is a graduate of the University of Denver and Bank Street College of Education. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

 

Elizabeth has served NCS as a class representative and Reunion volunteer. Elizabeth’s volunteer spirit also extends to other interests: She works with the Literacy Lab, through the Junior League of Washington (JLW), to implement children’s reading and pre-literacy programs at two D.C. homeless shelters in partnership with local literacy-focused nonprofit organizations. Previously, she volunteered with Doorways for Women and Families as well as Bright Beginnings, both though JLW. Elizabeth, an associate at Vinson & Elkins, also shares her time and talent through the firm’s community outreach task force and the Thurgood Marshall Academy’s Law Firm Tutoring program. In her professional community, she’s worked with the D.C. Bar Foundation Young Lawyers Network’s Go Formal for Justice gala. Elizabeth is a graduate of Cornell University and the University of Virginia School of Law.

 

Hawley has served as a class representative, Reunion volunteer, and young-alumna representative to the Alumnae Association executive board. Hawley is a portrait photographer specializing in archival-quality artwork. She also serves as the primary photographer and photo editor for The Advent magazine, and she strives to give back through complimentary sessions for cancer patients and their families. Hawley has also been a fundraising consultant for Community Counselling Service, and worked with the NAACP and American Inns of Court. Additionally, she has been a youth minister at All Saints Church in Chevy Chase. Currently, Hawley serves on the FOCUS Alumni Sponsoring Committee. Hawley is a graduate of the University of Georgia.

 

Sarah is an attorney and Equal Justice Works Fellow at the Lawndale Christian Legal Center. She represents those age 24 and younger facing criminal felony charges in the Cook County adult and juvenile courts. Additionally, she coordinates social services for juvenile clients through in-house management, after-school programs, and a network of neighborhood social service partners. Previously, Sarah was a clinic member and teaching assistant at the University of Chicago and has held extern positions in Chicago. Sarah is a graduate of the University of Chicago and the University of Chicago Law School.

Join us in celebrating the 2016 alumnae award recipients at the Alumnae Awards Ceremony and Reception on Saturday, May 7 (11:00 am-1:00 pm), in Hearst Auditorium. RSVP here for this free event.