Dick Wolf has been a CHRS member since moving to Capitol Hill in 1964. He has been on the Board of CHRS since 1969 and has served as President since 2005. He also served as President from 1977 to 1980. His particular interests have been the DC Comprehensive Plan and zoning issues, and he currently chairs the CHRS City Planning Committee. Dick served as the last Chair of the Capitol Hill Hospital Board and was a member of the DC Solid Waste Transfer Facility Site Selection Advisory Panel and the Mayor’s Task Force on Heath Care in 2006. He currently serves on the planning and zoning committees of the Committee of 100 on the Federal City. Dick is also a member of the New Community Trust, which oversees the Townhomes on Capitol Hill mixed-income development. He is a retired Federal government lawyer.

Beth Purcell moved to Capitol Hill in 1987 and has served as the First Vice President for the past year and is the chair of the Environment Committee. She is an attorney and manager with IRS Chief Counsel, having graduated from Georgetown University Law Center, where she earned a J.D. and LL.M. in Taxation. Before joining the IRS, Beth represented a number of community development organizations in tax and real estate matters. She has participated in various Capitol Hill community organizations, including Trees For Capitol Hill, Inc. and The Paw Pad, an animal rescue organization.

Monte Edwards is a Washington area native, having grown up in Montgomery County and lived on Capitol Hill, in the 300 block of E Street, NE, for over 20 years. He has served as an At Large Board Member of CHRS and has been the Second Vice President for the past year. Monte is involved in other community activities, serving as a Steering Committee member and as the Co-Chair of the Land Use Committee of the Stanton Park Neighborhood Association. He has been a member of the Eastern Market Community Advisory Committee (EMCAC) since it was first established and now serves as its Secretary as well as Chair of the Capital Improvements Committee. Now retired, he worked as an engineer and attorney for Washington Gas Light Company.

Catherine Davis, born in the District and raised in Northern Virginia, moved to Capitol Hill with her husband in July of 2007. She is presently employed at the US Department of Education as Chief of Staff for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools and has previously worked as Deputy Chief of Protocol for the Secretary of Commerce. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Catherine has lived in Charleston, SC; Atlanta, GA; and Chicago, IL; and is proud to call Washington, DC home. She participated in the development of the House and Garden Tour brochure for 2008.

Mike Canning has been a Hill resident, on and off, since 1965. Retired from 28 years in the Foreign Service, he is involved in a number of Capitol Hill activities, including writing movie reviews for the Hill Rag, assisting with “Films on the Hill” at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, serving as a Board member with the new Capitol Hill Village organization, and volunteering for other neighborhood associations. Mike has been a board member since 2002, when he became Budget Chair; he was elected the Society’s Treasurer in the spring of 2005. He and his wife, Judy, have lived on their “favorite block” of Fifth Street, SE, for more than 35 years in a house they have renovated twice.

Elizabeth Nelson and her husband, Nick Alberti, moved to their home in the 1300 block of North Carolina in 1985. She is employed by the Federal government as an information technology specialist. Elizabeth currently serves as the Chair of both the North Lincoln Park Neighborhood Association and the ANC 6A Community Outreach Committee. Her focus within CHRS has been to increase awareness and appreciation of the organization’s mission and activities, particularly in areas beyond the existing boundaries of the Capitol Hill Historic District. Elizabeth has served in an At Large seat on the Board for the past four years.

As a native Washingtonian, Eric Snellings has a deep sense of belonging and commitment to the city and Capitol Hill. He has been a resident homeowner in the Historic District since 1988, and he and his wife have raised their teenaged children here with the support and resources of the Hill community. An architect by profession, Eric has focused on commercial work and has worked on several projects involving historic buildings and districts. He joined CHRS in 1989 and has been an active member of the Historic Preservation Committee for over three years. He is a past member of the North Lincoln Park Neighborhood Association and current member of the Stanton Park Neighborhood Association. Eric has served as the Secretary for the past year and intends to increase his focus on the quality of life issues for families raising children in the city and particularly on the Hill.

Donna Hanousek has served as an At Large Board Member for the past two years and has been an active member of CHRS for the past ten years, including several years serving on the Historic Preservation Committee and a few years as the CHRS EMCAC representative. She currently chairs the CHRS Beyond the Boundaries program. She has served as the director of two 501(c)(3) organizations on Capitol Hill: Penn East, Inc. and Friends of the Old Naval Hospital. She also is a member of the Landmarks Committee of the DC Preservation League. Donna has a Master’s degree in City Planning and a graduate Certificate in Historic Preservation. She currently works for the District of Columbia Office of Zoning and has previously been a Main Street Director and an Historic Preservation Consultant.

President: Dick Wolf
Dick Wolf has been a CHRS member since moving to Capitol Hill in 1964. He has been on the CHRS Board since 1969 and has served as President since 2005. He also served as President from 1977 to 1980. His particular interests have been the Comprehensive Plan and zoning and he currently chairs the CHRS City Planning Committee.