Leadership/Staff
WIN is a democratically controlled membership organization. WIN is governed by 1) a Strategy Team of clergy and lay leaders which set the strategic direction for the organization and 2) an Action Team of 150+ leaders from the member institutions (2 votes per institution) that discuss, ratify, and implement all WIN’s major campaigns and actions.
WIN’s 2008-2009 Strategy Team members and Co-Chairs are:
Class of 2009
Hazel Broadnax Emory United Methodist Church
Rev. Marcus Turner Beulah Baptist Church
John More St. John’s Episcopal Church
Rev. Anthony Minter First Rock Baptist Church
Rev. Jeff Krehbiel Church of the Pilgrims Presbyterian
Judith Bauer All Souls Unitarian
Rev. Darrell Macklin St. Paul Baptist Church
Class of 2010
Rev. Christine Wiley Covenant Baptist Church
Houston Roberson St. Teresa of Avila RC
Tish Gardner St. Columba’s Episcopal Church
Rev. Joseph Daniels Emory United Methodist Church
Rev. Dean Snyder Foundry United Methodist Church
Class of 2011
Rev. Lionel Edmonds Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church
Thomas Harrision Beulah Baptist Church
Rev. Robert Hardies All Souls Unitarian
Rev. Jimmie Strong Anacostia Bible Church
Terry Satterfield Covenant Baptist Church
2008--2009 Co-Chairs
Rev. Lionel Edmonds Mt. Lebanon Baptist
Judith Bauer All Souls Unitarian
Rev. Jeff Krehbiel Church of the Pilgrims Presbyterian
Rev. Christine Wiley Covenant Baptist
Rev. Joseph Daniels Emory UMC
Note: WIN Strategy Team, elected by the Action Team, is open to leaders from all WIN member institutions who 1) have a following of at least 25 leaders, 2) can commit 8-10 hours per month to work on WIN, 3) help raise funds including dues to support the organization, 4) have participated in WIN 3-Day Leadership Training, 5) commit to attend IAF National 10-Day Training within one-year of joining the Strategy Team, and 6) organize/lead WIN local and city-wide actions. Speak to a WIN organizer or Strategy Team member if you are interested in learning more about this leadership opportunity.
WIN has 4 full-time organizers and 1 part-time office manager. The organizers organize and train leaders in a variety of member institutions and work on the universals of broad-based organizing and on a variety of issue campaigns. WIN staff members are:
1) Martin Paul Trimble has been WIN’s Lead Organizer since September 1997. Mr. Trimble supervises and trains the other WIN organizers and provides strategic oversight of WIN’s citywide campaigns. He also is the lead organizer of VOICE-Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement—the new IAF organization in Northern Virginia and formed in 2008. Mr. Trimble has organized with the Industrial Areas Foundation for 13 years in Philadelphia, PA, Wilmington, DE, Washington, DC, and Northern Virginia.
2) Coleman Milling has been WIN’s Senior Organizer for 4 years.Mr. Milling does direct organizing in member institutions in Wards # 2, 4, 5, & 7. Mr. Milling has organized with the Industrial Areas Foundation for 11 years in Baltimore, MD and Washington, DC.
3) Timothy Tilghman has been Senior Organizer with WIN since September 2000. Mr. Tilghman does direct organizing in a variety of member institutions in Ward # 2, 3, and 8 as well as working with WIN’s Ft. Dupont Nehemiah Homeownership team.
4) Amy Vruno has been an Associate Organizer with WIN since January 2006. Previously, Ms. Vruno worked as a legal services attorney with the DC Employment Justice Center. Ms. Vruno does direct organizing in a variety of member congregations and schools in Wards # 1, 2, 5, & 6. She speaks Spanish.
5) Yvette Barnes has been WIN’s part-time office manager since 2005. She is responsible for WIN’s financial management and providing administrative support to the WIN organizers.
