Our story began a century ago with a mission: to provide secure, fulfilling retirement living. Our board of directors is the steward of that continuing purpose. Our board members bring executive skills from government, business, health care, and more, making sure that our policies and funds enhance our mission. Each community and affiliate has its own board of directors.
NANCY KUHN, CHAIR
Ingleside, Ingleside at Rock Creek, Westminster at Lake Ridge, Ingleside at King Farm and Ingleside at Home boards
Nancy Kuhn is a former attorney whose eclectic career has spanned 20 years in private practice, as well as a number of years in non-profit and federal and local government service. She is a former partner of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, an international law firm, where she counseled and litigated on behalf of Fortune 200 corporations and national non-profit organizations, including private foundations and educational organizations. After law practice, she was Director of External Relations for the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF), a national non-profit composed of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and foundation leaders focused on addressing U.S. education and workforce challenges, particularly in STEM. There, she was responsible for BHEF's fundraising, member relations and outreach, and strategic communications efforts. She is a member of Wake Forest University's College Board of Visitors, an advisory board to the Dean of the College; former vice chair and member of the Board of LearnServe International, a social entrepreneurship non-profit that equips high school students to tackle social problems locally and abroad; and former chair of the National Capital Region Advisory Board of College Summit (now known as Peer Forward), a national non-profit dedicated to building a diverse pipeline of first generation college-going students. She is also a former president of the Wake Forest University Alumni Association. At Ingleside, she has served as Secretary of the Boards of Directors, Chair of the Governance and Nominations Committee, and a member of the Executive and Audit and Compliance Committees. Kuhn earned her J.D. degree from George Washington University; her M.P.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and a B.A. in political science from Wake Forest University. She is a member of the DC Bar (inactive).
STEVEN L. WAGNER, VICE CHAIR
Ingleside, Ingleside at Rock Creek, Westminster at Lake Ridge, Ingleside at King Farm and Ingleside at Home boards
Steven L. Wagner is a global management, marketing, and sales executive with over 30 years of experience in the U.S., Canada and UK cable/telecommunications, entertainment, media, and not-for-profit sectors. He is the former vice president and chief marketing officer of Canada's largest telecommunications company, Roger Cable Communications. Most recently, Wagner served as vice president of the American Red Cross's National Headquarters Development, where he played a vital role in the restructuring, rebuilding, and transformation of the National Development operations. He lives in Washington, DC, with his wife and leads his own business, an advisory/consultancy services and investment firm pursuing opportunities with a focus on tech start-ups and real estate.
JENNIFER CHANDLER HAUGE, SECRETARY
Ingleside, Ingleside at Rock Creek, Westminster at Lake Ridge, Ingleside at King Farm and Ingleside at Home boards
Following over a decade as Vice President of the National Council of Nonprofits and Senior Counsel at the Nonprofit Risk Management Center, Jennifer Chandler Hauge most recently managed a grantmaking social justice nonprofit, JusticeAid, retiring in 2024. Trained as an employment lawyer, Chandler Hauge soon pivoted towards a specialization in the laws governing tax-exempt organizations, and authored Taking the High Road, a guide to legal and effective employment practices for nonprofits. She is also the primary author of the free online resource, Nonprofit Audit Guide, available through the National Council of Nonprofits. Before moving to the DC/MD/VA area, Chandler Hauge founded the New Jersey program of Probono Partnership, a nonprofit legal service provider. She started her career as a lawyer serving nonprofits by offering a legal hotline for nonprofits that received funding from her local United Way and facilitating free workshops on the roles and responsibilities of boards of directors of charitable organizations. What started as a passion project grew into a full time role as legal advisor to national nonprofits and author of the legal compendium for Principles of Good Governance and Ethical Practice, a self-regulation code of conduct for the nation’s nonprofits (published by The Independent Sector). Chandler Hauge is grateful to have served on numerous Boards of Directors of national nonprofits and private foundations over the years and to serve currently on the Board of Directors of Ingleside. She received a law degree from Boston College and her undergraduate degree (English and French) from Dartmouth College where she captained the women’s lacrosse team. Chandler Hauge currently lives in Northern Virginia with her husband, a retired Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
LYNN O’CONNOR, PRESIDENT AND CEO, EX-OFFICIO
Ingleside, Ingleside at Rock Creek, Westminster at Lake Ridge, Ingleside at King Farm, Ingleside at Home, and Westminster Ingleside Foundation boards
Lynn O’Connor is Ingleside’s President and CEO, which includes Life Plan Communities; Ingleside at Rock Creek, Westminster at Lake Ridge, Ingleside at King Farm, Ingleside at Home, Westminster Ingleside Foundation, and Ingleside the Parent Company. O’Connor has 43 years of aging services leadership experience, commencing her career in 1980 as an administrator in training at a Maryland nursing home and hospice. She was appointed by Governor Parris Glendening in 1995 to be a member of the Maryland Assisted Living Task Force, which was charged with creating Maryland’s first assisted living legislation and regulations.
O’Connor has a bachelor’s in health care management from St. Joseph’s University, a Master of Science in health care administration from Central Michigan University, and a Long-term Care Certification from the University of Maryland. She is a Maryland-licensed nursing home administrator, a Certified Aging Services Professional, and a certified Montessori Dementia Care Professional. She has been a board member of what is now LeadingAge New Jersey and LeadingAge Colorado and served on the LeadingAge House of Delegates and the Board of Directors of the American Health Care Association, where she chaired the not-for-profit committee and was a member of the strategic planning and executive committees.
O’Connor currently serves as the Chair of LeadingAge DC Board of Directors and is Chair of the Presbyterian Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, where she chairs the executive committee.
She and her husband, Kevin, live in Washington, D.C., and have a daughter Tara, son-in-law James, and two grandchildren, Henry and Annabel Foley. Lynn and Kevin are members of Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown.
DON BOARDMAN, RESIDENT DIRECTOR, INGLESIDE AT KING FARM
Ingleside, Ingleside at King Farm, and Westminster Ingleside Foundation boards
Donald Boardman spent over 20 years as Chief Financial Officer of Oxford Development Corporation as it grew from a small real estate company into the second largest multi-family housing developer, owner, and investor in the country. During the last several years of his time with Oxford, he was President of Oxford's project finance subsidiary and responsible for raising all equity and debt financing for over 40,000 housing units. After retiring from Oxford, he worked extensively on several nonprofit boards, primarily in the area of mental health including the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI Maryland) and the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, a private global funder of basic research in mental illness. In addition, he served as President and Chairman of Round House Theatre in Bethesda, MD, senior warden at St Columba’s Church in Washington, DC, and as co-founder of two homeless housing-related nonprofits. Donald and his wife, Janet, have lived at Ingleside at King Farm since November 2019 where he served as Chair of the resident finance committee.
ROBERT (BOB) BREMNER, RESIDENT DIRECTOR, INGLESIDE AT ROCK CREEK
Ingleside, Ingleside at Rock Creek and Westminster Ingleside Foundation boards
he early part of Bob Bremner’s career was in international finance, beginning at the World Bank Group and then as a founding partner of an international investment banking firm in Washington, DC. He then founded an investment and consulting partnership in Dayton, Ohio, that purchased small companies, including a bookstore, which was his passion. The bulk of his for-profit board leadership was for Nuveen Investments, one of the larger firms in a mutual fund industry that experienced rapid growth to become a major factor in managing Americans’ savings. Bremner chaired the Mutual Fund board for nine years, led it through the financial crisis of 2008–2009, led industry forums and helped negotiate with financial regulators during a troubled time. He has had varied not-for-profit leadership experience. Until recently, Bremner served as the chair of the Humanities Council of Washington, DC, the government-sponsored affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. He serves on the investment committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington and served as warden of St. Columba’s Episcopal Church for four years. He also serves or has served on the boards of two mental health organizations and the financial oversight committees of other organizations.
PEGGY CECCHINE, CHAIR, WESTMINSTER INGLESIDE FOUNDATION
Ingleside, Ingleside at Rock Creek, Westminster Lake Ridge, Ingleside at King Farm, and Ingleside at Home
Peggy Cecchine is a native of Havre de Grace, MD. She attended Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and Bon Secours School of Nursing and has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of the State of New York. In 1986, after returning from Korea and with Gary’s retirement from the Army, Peggy began working in the financial services business in Washington, DC where she was the Assistant Vice President for Administration at Ferris Baker, Watts.
In 1991 Peggy moved back to Havre de Grace and opened the third Edward Jones office in Maryland. She was very successful and at retirement managed over $125 million. In 1997 she became a limited partner in Edward Jones, a position she continues to hold even after her retirement as an active financial advisor. During her 19 years in Havre de Grace, she also served as the president of the Chamber of Commerce (twice) and as president of the Havre de Grace Rotary Club (twice).
She and Gary became residents of Four Seasons, an over 55 community in Dumfries, VA in 2010. At Four Seasons she was on the finance committee for several years.
After moving to our forever home at Westminster in 2018 she has been active with the development, finance, hospitality and dining committees and is a volunteer compassionate driver.
In 1991 Peggy moved back to Havre de Grace and opened the third Edward Jones office in Maryland. She was very successful and at retirement managed over $125 million. In 1997 she became a limited partner in Edward Jones, a position she continues to hold even after her retirement as an active financial advisor. During her 19 years in Havre de Grace, she also served as the president of the Chamber of Commerce (twice) and as president of the Havre de Grace Rotary Club (twice).
She and Gary became residents of Four Seasons, an over 55 community in Dumfries, VA in 2010. At Four Seasons she was on the finance committee for several years.
After moving to our forever home at Westminster in 2018 she has been active with the development, finance, hospitality and dining committees and is a volunteer compassionate driver.
DALE H. CLARK, RESIDENT DIRECTOR, WESTMINSTER AT LAKE RIDGE
Ingleside, Westminster at Lake Ridge and Westminster Ingleside Foundation boards
Dale H. Clark received a Bachelor of Arts in foreign language from the University of Rochester and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1956. He graduated from the Marine Corps Basic and Amphibious Warfare School, the NATO Defense College and the Naval War College. Clark was a member of the teaching faculty of Yale University and the U.S. Naval War College. He served combat assignments in the Dominican Republic, Vietnam and Lebanon, and was an infantry officer, with special skills in the employment of nuclear weapons, logistics, and research and development. He retired from the U.S. Marine Corps with the rank of colonel in 1986.
Clark served as a civilian employee in the Office of the Secretary of Defense from 1986 to 1988, initially as principal director, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Drug Policy and Enforcement for three years, and then as senior management analyst, Office of the Director, Administration & Management for 10 years. From 1999 to 2000, he worked as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Defense as a specialist in defense organization and management, intelligence and counterintelligence.
After moving to Westminster at Lake Ridge in September 2007, Clark served on the resident council and the resident dining, development and finance committees. He was appointed to the corporate governance & nominations committee in 2008, where he continues to serve.
He served as chairman of the board of directors of the Westminster Ingleside Foundation from 2010 to 2015 and currently serves as chair emeritus of the board. From 2010 to 2015, Clark served as director of the board of directors of Ingleside and its affiliate boards at Westminster at Lake Ridge, Ingleside at Rock Creek and Ingleside at King Farm.
He and his wife, Evelyn, have enjoyed their life at Westminster at Lake Ridge. They have three daughters, whose families all reside in Northern Virginia.
Clark served as a civilian employee in the Office of the Secretary of Defense from 1986 to 1988, initially as principal director, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Drug Policy and Enforcement for three years, and then as senior management analyst, Office of the Director, Administration & Management for 10 years. From 1999 to 2000, he worked as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Defense as a specialist in defense organization and management, intelligence and counterintelligence.
After moving to Westminster at Lake Ridge in September 2007, Clark served on the resident council and the resident dining, development and finance committees. He was appointed to the corporate governance & nominations committee in 2008, where he continues to serve.
He served as chairman of the board of directors of the Westminster Ingleside Foundation from 2010 to 2015 and currently serves as chair emeritus of the board. From 2010 to 2015, Clark served as director of the board of directors of Ingleside and its affiliate boards at Westminster at Lake Ridge, Ingleside at Rock Creek and Ingleside at King Farm.
He and his wife, Evelyn, have enjoyed their life at Westminster at Lake Ridge. They have three daughters, whose families all reside in Northern Virginia.
SALLY COX
Ingleside, Ingleside at Rock Creek, Westminster at Lake Ridge, Ingleside at King Farm and Ingleside at Home boards
Sally Cox has worked as a financial executive for over 25 years. She currently serves as the chief operations and financial officer at Central Union Mission, a not-for-profit organization helping the poor in the District of Columbia since 1884. She began her career in public accounting in Houston, Texas, and has served not-for-profits such as the National Cathedral School for Girls, the Women’s Committee of the Washington National Opera, and the Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech.
Cox holds a master’s in business administration, finance and investments from George Washington University School of Business. She lives in Washington, DC, with her husband, John, and attends the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church.
Cox holds a master’s in business administration, finance and investments from George Washington University School of Business. She lives in Washington, DC, with her husband, John, and attends the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church.
HOWARD GLECKMAN
Ingleside, Ingleside at Rock Creek, Westminster at Lake Ridge, Ingleside at King Farm, and Ingleside at Home boards
Howard Gleckman is a Senior Fellow at The Urban Institute in Washington, DC, where he is affiliated with both the Tax Policy Center and the Program on Retirement Policy. He is the author of Caring for Our Parents (St. Martin’s Press) and writes a fiscal policy blog for the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center and a regular column on aging issues for Forbes.com. He speaks and writes frequently on long-term care issues. In 2016, he was named one of the nation’s top 50 Influencers in Aging by Next Avenue. Gleckman was a member of the steering committee of the Convergence Center for Policy Resolution project “Reimagining Care for Older Adults,” served on the National Academy of Social Insurance Study Panel on Long-Term Services and Supports, and was a convener of the Long-Term Care Financing Collaborative (2012-2016). He was 2006-2007 Media Fellow at the Kaiser Family Foundation and a 2006-2008 Visiting Fellow at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Previously, he was senior correspondent in the Washington bureau of Business Week where he covered health and elder care, as well as tax and budget issues for nearly 20 years. Gleckman serves on several community boards, including the Johns Hopkins Health System’s National Capital Region Executive Governance Committee and the Johns Hopkins Medicine Patient Safety and Quality Committee. He previously served as chair of the board of trustees of Suburban Hospital (Bethesda, MD) and trustee of Johns Hopkins Medicine. He is a board member and past president of the Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington and is a former president of Tifereth Israel Congregation in Washington, DC.
GREGG E. JOHNSON
Ingleside, Ingleside at Rock Creek, Westminster at Lake Ridge, Ingleside at King Farm and Ingleside at Home boards
Gregg E. Johnson is managing director and co-founder of BIA Capital Strategies. He provides strategic financial advice in mergers and acquisitions, financial recapitalizations and special situations, and has raised nearly $1 billion in debt and equity capital, particularly in media communications firms. He is also general partner and co-founder of BIA Digital Partners, investing debt and equity funding in 38 lower middle-market companies.
Prior to joining BIA Capital Strategies, Johnson was the division manager of the Healthcare and Communications Lending Groups at American Security Bank (now part of Bank of America) in Washington, DC He led and directed complex debt transactions for small-to-mid-sized companies throughout the U.S.
He has served as an elder on the Session of Potomac Presbyterian Church and as chair of its finance, endowment and generosity committees. He previously served on the Session of Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church and as chair of its finance committee.
Johnson received a Bachelor of Science in commerce from the University of Virginia and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Rochester.
Prior to joining BIA Capital Strategies, Johnson was the division manager of the Healthcare and Communications Lending Groups at American Security Bank (now part of Bank of America) in Washington, DC He led and directed complex debt transactions for small-to-mid-sized companies throughout the U.S.
He has served as an elder on the Session of Potomac Presbyterian Church and as chair of its finance, endowment and generosity committees. He previously served on the Session of Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church and as chair of its finance committee.
Johnson received a Bachelor of Science in commerce from the University of Virginia and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Rochester.
RUTH KATZ
Ingleside, Ingleside at Rock Creek, Westminster at Lake Ridge, Ingleside at King Farm, and Ingleside at Home boards
Ruth Katz is the President and CEO of the Association of Jewish Aging Services (AJAS), which consists of mission focused, nonprofit aging services providers across the country. Prior to joining AJAS Ruth had a long career in aging and long-term care policy at the federal and provider levels. For more than 25 years, she served as a senior career executive focused on disability, aging, and long-term care policy in the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. Her group led work on the National Alzheimer’s Advisory Committee and the Alzheimer’s/Related Dementia Plan. In addition, her team conducted demonstration projects and other research on innovative approaches to long-term care in all settings. For 6 years, immediately prior to joining AJAS, she was the Senior Vice President for Policy at LeadingAge, an association of nonprofit providers of aging services in every state. There she focused on Medicare, Medicaid, affordable housing, and other policy areas. She also hosted more than 500 member update calls, drawing hundreds of listeners. Ruth is especially interested in the intersection of federal and state policy with day to day operations in aging services communities.
JOHN KREUTZER
Ingleside, Ingleside at Rock Creek, Westminster at Lake Ridge, Ingleside at King Farm and Ingleside at Home boards
John Kreutzer is currently First Vice President, Wiles-Kreutzer Group of BB&T Scott & Stringfellow in Alexandria, Virginia, with over 30 years of experience. Prior to forming the Wiles-Kreutzer Group in 2009, he managed the office of Wachovia Securities, now Wells Fargo Advisors. Throughout his career, Kreutzer has helped many clients with varied professional, personal and family needs, and has advised ERISA plan fiduciaries through years of technological, regulatory and investment product evolution. He has been selected to participate in the professional management program at BB&T Scott & Stringfellow, given only to a small group of advisors authorized by senior management to act as fiduciaries and manage accounts on a fully discretionary basis. After obtaining his graduate degree, Kreutzer worked as a consultant with TriBrook Group, a program and facilities planning firm in Oakbrook, Illinois. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia and a Master of Business Administration degree from George Washington University. He is an active member of the Rotary Club of Alexandria.
PHILLIP MAGIDSON, M.D., M.P.H.
Ingleside, Ingleside at Rock Creek, Westminster at Lake Ridge, Ingleside at King Farm, and Ingleside at Home boards
Phillip Magidson, M.D., M.P.H., is an assistant professor of emergency medicine. He works clinically at both The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Magidson received his Master of Public Health degree in 2009 from George Washington University. Then, in 2012, he graduated from the George Washington University School of Medicine. Upon receipt of his medical degree, Dr. Magidson joined the emergency medicine/internal medicine combined residency program at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, from which he graduated in 2017. In 2018, he graduated from the fellowship training program in geriatric medicine and gerontology at Johns Hopkins Bayview. Dr. Magidson is board certified in and actively practices emergency medicine, internal medicine, and geriatric medicine.
JAY NEWTON-SMALL
Ingleside, Ingleside at Rock Creek, Westminster at Lake Ridge, Ingleside at King Farm and Ingleside at Home boards
Jay Newton-Small is CEO and founder of MemoryWell, a national network of more than 700 writers who tell the stories of seniors to help improve their care. Previously, she was a Washington correspondent for TIME magazine, where she remains a -contributor. At TIME, she covered politics, as well as stories on five continents, from conflicts in the Middle East to the earthquake in Haiti and the November 2015 Paris terror attacks. She has written nearly a dozen TIME cover stories and interviewed numerous heads of state, including Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush. Before TIME, Newton-Small was a reporter for Bloomberg News, where she covered the White House and politics. Newton-Small authored the 2016 best-selling book, Broad Influence: How Women Are Changing the Way America Works. She received a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and undergraduate degrees in international relations and art history from Tufts University. She is a 2017 Halcyon Incubator fellow, a 2016–2017 New America fellow and a 2015 Harvard Institute of Politics fellow. She is the 2016 winner of the prestigious Dirksen Award for congressional reporting and the 2016 Deadline Club award for community service reporting.