As both the founder of East Ed and a member of the Black Panther Party, Randolph has devoted his career to promoting equity and diversity in education and communities. He is currently a founding member of ALMA Partners. Randolph was a Fellow in the Harvard University School Leadership Program, Graduate School of Education, where he received a master’s degree in education with a school leadership qualification. He is currently a doctoral student in the School of Education Leadership and Change at Fielding University. He was a middle school reading specialist, a school administrator, and while at the National Association of Independent Schools, he directed their equity programming and founded two of their signature projects: People of Color Conference and Student Diversity Leadership Conference. Randolph has also served on numerous school boards, including Fielding Graduate University and the Institute for Community Enrichment. He is a member of the Education Committee of the New Press. His publications include peer-reviewed articles and book reviews published in national journals.

Amy M. McNamer is the Executive Director at AISGW. Early in her career, she taught at the Casablanca American School, Morocco, and she has practiced law for twenty years in a variety of contexts in the private and public sectors. She worked as an attorney with law firms in San Francisco and Washington before joining the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in 2004, where she was a Senior Attorney in the Enforcement Division for over ten years.

Amy has also provided strategic consulting to several area non-profits as a volunteer for Compass Pro Bono, assisting non-profit boards with governance issues and strategic alignment matters. She and her husband, Jim Neill, have three children, all of whom attend or have attended local independent schools. Born and raised in Montana, Amy holds her BA in European History from Harvard and earned her JD at Georgetown.

Michael L. Davis is head of U.S. institutional defined contribution plan specialists for T. Rowe Price. In this role, he leads the team responsible for expanding the firm’s reach and strategic engagement capabilities in the U.S. institutional DCIO segment. He is a member of the Americas leadership team and plays a key role in guiding the group’s U.S. DCIO strategy.

Mr. Davis has approximately 30 years of industry experience. Prior to joining T. Rowe Price in 2016, Mr. Davis spent 18 years with JP Morgan, where he ultimately became head of the Western U.S. region for JP Morgan Asset Management and was later appointed deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration. He has also held senior positions with Prudential Financial and Calvert Investments. Mr. Davis has received a variety of civic awards and held several board positions. He earned a B.B.A. in finance from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.P.P. in public policy from the JFK School of Government at Harvard University.

James has more than 26 years’ experience in independent schools and institutions of higher learning. He currently serves as the Director of Community Engagement at The Potomac School. Previously, he has served in various roles in different institutions, such as the Director of College Counseling, Dean of Student Life and College Counseling, and Director of Multicultural Retention.

Additionally, James is the co-founder of Hightower Scholars, Inc., a nonprofit that works to promote access to higher education. He holds a bachelor’s degree in African and African American Studies from Penn State.

After teaching for 8 years in Massachusetts and for 3 years overseas, Julie Wong came to Potomac in 2013 as an Upper School Mathematics teacher. Over 22 years, she has taught the gamut of high school math classes, from Algebra 1 to AP Calculus AB, including IB Math SL. At Potomac she has also served as the Grade 11 Dean for the past 6 years and enjoys the opportunity this role affords her in being able to support students and colleagues. Julie is active in the school's DEI work, and she oversees several student groups pursuing greater inclusion, belonging, and equity. She earned her BS from Boston University and her M.Ed. from Framingham State College, both in the field of Secondary Mathematics Education. 

Ella joined Potomac in August of 2022 as a Teaching Fellow. She graduated from Davidson College with a degree in History and concentration in Religious Studies. 

In 2021, Ella taught 4th, 5th, and 6th grade summer school in Charlotte, North Carolina and, after that experience, knew she wanted to continue her career in education. In her first year as a teaching fellow, she has spent time in a middle school classroom and her second year has given her the opportunity to teach history in grades 7-8. Outside of her time in the classroom, she coaches cross-country and lacrosse.