Leadership & Staff

David Sharman is a long time DC-area resident (although still tainted by an English accent) and joined the Woolly board in 2015. His passions include theatre, sailing, anything outdoors, photography, ski racing, sailing, and his two daughters – one is studying acting at NYU Tisch, the other working in NYC. David was until recently the chief executive officer of a $1bn revenue digital marketing company and has an MA in mathematics and theoretical physics from Cambridge University, England. 

Nancy Hartsock is a Financial Advisor and Financial Planning Specialist with The Hasenberg Hartsock Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in Washington, DC. She specializes in Wealth Management, Financial Planning, and multi-generational family work. Prior to her career as a Financial Advisor, she worked for 25 years in the health care industry with the last 10 years in senior management as a business owner. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and English from Southern Illinois University and her Master of Science degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from the Rehabilitation Institute at Southern Illinois.  

Michael E. Ramirez (he/him/his) has been an enthusiastic Woolly fan since 1990. Recently retired from the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Amtrak, Michael enjoys all forms of theatre: film and stage. His career in Human Resources spans 25 years, most recently as the Senior Director for Workforce Planning and HR Operations, where he lead Amtrak’s human resources operations in developing and implementing nation-wide recruitment and staffing, strategic workforce planning, and HR business strategies and programs. Defining and emphasizing managerial roles in optimizing human capital, Michael implemented strategies linked to organizational goals and short/long range objectives and established and maintained the organization’s succession planning programs. Prior to his appointment at Amtrak, Michael served as the Associate Director, Personnel Operations Administration, District of Columbia Office of Personnel. He was responsible for the management, direction, coordination, evaluation and administrative control of personnel responsible for providing analytical and technical human resource management functions in agencies and departments under the personnel authority of Mayors Sharon Pratt, Marion Barry and Anthony Williams, respectively. Michael has a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Master’s degree in Social Work/Public Administration from the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs, also at the University of Texas.

Lushaé Cook (he/him/his) was born in Denver, Colorado but claims Phoenix, Arizona as his hometown. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Master of Business Administration from Howard University. He has been a resident of Washington, DC since 2001 when he first began his undergraduate studies. Lushaé’s career efforts have centered on Finance and Accounting across varying industries servings as an Assistant Finance Manager with Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC, the Finance Manager for US, UK, and APAC regions with Clutch Group LLC, and providing contracted finance and accounting support services to Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts as well as the Watergate Hotel. More recently, Lushaé has played a vital role in the development and deployment of budget-neutral energy efficiency and renewable projects for public, private, and Federal customers across the mid-Atlantic region while serving as a Senior Account Executive with Ameresco, Inc. Currently, Lushaé is the Senior Manager of Innovation and New Programs at Pepco Holdings, Inc. In this role, he drives strategy to advance the development of energy efficient, renewable, and resilient infrastructure projects, establish value-adding partnerships, and manage cross-functional team efforts to prepare for implementation of projects that center equity and connect with communities. In his free time, Lushaé enjoys spending quality time with his family and friends, experimenting with recipes and new culinary techniques, and frequenting live music and varied artistic performances.    

Michael A. Fitzpatrick currently serves as Senior Counsel and Head of Regulatory Advocacy for General Electric. He previously served as the Associate Administrator of the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, where he helped lead the development of regulatory policy and White House review of significant Executive Branch regulatory actions. He served as the Associate Administrator of the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, where he helped lead the development of regulatory policy and White House review of significant Executive Branch regulatory actions. He served as the Executive Branch liaison to the ABA’s Administrative Law Section and has led several US delegations abroad for meetings with the European Union and Canada. Michael is a proud Washington native, a supporter of the arts, and historian of the city. He currently serves as a Vice President for Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s Board of Directors, and he served for ten years on the Board of Cultural Tourism DC, where he spent six years as Chair. 

Sara Mindel (she/her) is owner and practitioner at Embodied Psychotherapy LLC, who specializes in Trauma, Sexuality and Somatic Psychotherapy. Sara is trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and EMDR and has a long history and experience working in and for the LGBTQ and BIPOC communities. For the almost two decades Sara has been providing therapeutic trauma and somatic healing. She received her Master’s in Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work and a BS in Human Development and Family Studies from Lesley University. In addition to her current work, she has held clinical positions at Whitman-Walker Health, SMYAL (Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League), and The Lambda Center at The Psychiatric Institute of Washington, Sara has lectured and presented throughout the area on issues of both Trauma and Working with LGBTQ clients and Sexuality. As for her time with Woolly, Sara has been a friend of the theater for the past ten years. Enjoying the shows and attending fundraising and theater events. Not only has Sara been connected to the theater through the arts but also has supported the theater through her mental health work on multiple occasions, which has propelled her to offer her support services to the regional DC Theater Consortium. Creating safe spaces and supportive community for the actors cast and theater community.

Jane Grove Fishkin (she, her, hers) is a technologist and economist by training. Following her 35 years at Brookings Institution, Jane retired as Vice President of Information Technology/ Chief Information Officer Emerita. She was a frequent speaker on technology and knowledge management issues and involved in many technology organizations, particularly those concerned with the evolving role of women in technology.

Jane has served on a variety of organization boards, including N Street Village, The Computer Ethics Institute, E. Gov Knowledge Management, and the Russian Cultural Society. At N Street Village, Jane has served as Board Vice Chairman, Audit Chair, and on the Building, Capital Campaign and Governance Committees. Jane was instrumental in forming the successful N Street Ambassadors Council to further community outreach.

Sari Hornstein (she/her/hers) was born and raised in Montreal, but also lived in London and the Netherlands before moving to the US in 1983. In addition to teaching college history, Sari served as the Executive Director at ArtStream – an inclusive theatre company and currently serves on their Board of Directors. She has authored and edited numerous books and writes extensively on issues related to people with disabilities. Sari is an outspoken advocate for people with disabilities and currently serves on the Board of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Advisory Board of the Institute for After School Development, an affiliate of the All Stars Project, that focuses on after school and youth development; and the Quality Advisory Committee of SEEC, a DDA licensed agency that serves adults with disabilities in Maryland. Sari graduated from McGill University (BA 1978), the London School of Economics (MSc 1980) and Leiden University (PhD 1985).

Pete Miller (he/him/his) became an enthusiastic playgoer after a high school class brought him to the Folger Library to see a production of Love’s Labours Lost. He volunteered as a stage manager while an undergraduate at the University of Chicago. During his seven years in the Air Force, theater availability varied – pretty good in Austin, Texas, not so easy to find English language plays in Kaiserslautern, Germany, great DC theater available during his final tour at the Pentagon. Continued to see a lot of DC theater while working for KPMG for four years, during which time he moved into the District. Worked for AOL for eleven years, mostly in network operations, at the same time working his way up within Woolly Mammoth from volunteer usher to board member. With his long time partner Sara, co-chaired the Breaking New Ground capital campaign. Took a brief hiatus from board membership while living in Portland, Oregon then rejoined upon his return to DC. While resident in DC, Pete averages around 100 evenings of theater per year.

Barbara Strack is a lawyer by training who has worked in the public and private sectors over a 34-year career in Washington. She has practiced law, worked for a Senate subcommittee staff, led a project on immigrant integration at a leading nonprofit, and focused on immigration policy and refugee resettlement at the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security. Barbara was introduced to theatre at an early age and became a regular theatregoer when she returned to DC after law school. Her first Woolly production was New York Mets in the summer of 1986, in a church basement on F Street, and she has been a fan and supporter over the years.  She  joined the board in 2015. 

Cam Tommey (he/him) is Associate General Counsel to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the NRDC Action Fund. In this role he advises the organization on legal and compliance issues related to tax exemption, fundraising, lobbying, and electoral activities. He previously served as Senior Attorney and Assistant Secretary for The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and chaired TNC’s Government Relations Legal Practice Team. Prior to TNC, Cam was the Director of Legal and Program Compliance at the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities. He received his J.D. from Washington & Lee University School of Law (Lexington, VA) and a Bachelor of Science in Earth & Environmental Science from Furman University (Greenville, SC). Cam lives in Washington, D.C. and when he’s not at a farmer’s market or reading in a park you can find him hiking on a trail in the DMV or West Virginia.