Meet the Board

Susan Manch | President

Sue lives in the Ephraim Schooley House in Waterford. She is the principal in a consulting firm, Legal Talent Strategies, that collaborates with law firm leaders to devise talent strategies that enable firms to attract, hire, and prepare lawyers and professional staff to provide high quality service to clients and build successful and satisfying careers. Sue has been a thought leader in the legal talent development field for over 30 years. In 2021, she retired from her most recent role as Chief Talent Officer at Winston and Strawn, LLP.

Sue was a founding Principal of Shannon & Manch and built a leading consultancy advising law firms and other legal employers on strategic talent and firm management. She is the author of four books, including the 2012 ABA publication, Learning from Law Firm Leaders, numerous book chapters, and hundreds of articles. She is a regular keynote speaker and has deep and broad experience in devising talent strategy and ensuring employee engagement. She has a MEd in Clinical Counseling from the University of Virginia and a BA in Psychology from Ohio University. Sue is also a Certified Master Coach, Mental Health First Aid First Responder, and a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management.

Sue and her husband Bill were regular Waterford Fair visitors prior to moving to Waterford in 2020. She sits on the Waterford Foundation Education Committee, the Waterford Foundation Homes Tours Committee, the Waterford 2033 Committee, and the Waterford Citizens Association Beautification Committee. 

Carl Scheider | Vice President

Before relocating to Waterford, Carl served nearly three decades as an engineer, program manager and senior executive in the US Intelligence Community, including multiple overseas postings.  After retiring from federal service, he became VP for Strategy and Growth for the Intelligence Group at STG, Inc. and later joined Leidos as program manager and VP, Mission Technology Division.  In 2019, he joined the Potomac Riverkeeper Network (PRKN) to help spearhead the establishment and growth of the organization’s Virginia DEQ-certified water testing laboratory. Additionally, he oversaw the training and certification of hundreds of volunteers to execute PRKN’s community science water quality testing program. For his contributions, he was honored with the 2020 Protector of the Potomac-Volunteer of the Year Award. Subsequently, he initiated PRKN’s pioneering Rapid Response Team and continues to support data analytics and visualization initiatives.  In November 2021, he became a member of the Waterford Foundation’s Phillips Farm Committee, contributing to its endeavors in managing the farm’s historical and natural resources while advocating for its positive agricultural, educational, and community utilization. To this end, he spearheaded the development of the new west side Phillips Farm pilot hiking trail. He resides within the village of Waterford where he and his wife, Jane Williams, are dedicated to preserving and enriching their historic Waterford home.

Chris Doxey | Treasurer

Chris Doxey is retired author, speaker and management consultant. She has lived in Paeonian Springs, VA for almost 19 years. She is originally from Worcester, MA and lived in Houston, TX prior to relocating to VA. Chris spent over 25 years at Hewlett Packard and Verizon in senior P2P, logistics, and finance & accounting leadership positions. Chris held executive positions with global P2P audit firms for 8 years and has 9 years of management consulting experience at Fortune 100 companies.

Chris is a Certified Accounts Payable Professional (CAPP) and holds a Certification in Controls Self-Assessments (CSA). She is a Certified Professional Controller (CPC) and a Certified Internal Controls Auditor (CICA). Chris holds a BA, BS, MBA, and a Graduate Certificate in Project Management. She is on the advisory board for the Institute for Internal Controls (The IIC). Chris is the author of “The Internal Controls Toolkit”, “The Fiscal Close Toolkit,” “The Controller’s Toolkit” and “The AP Toolkit.” Chris is a volunteer for the 4Paws Recue Team. She enjoys supporting animal rescue efforts, gardening, collecting antiques and reading mystery novels.

Sharyn Franck | Secretary

Sharyn Franck has assisted multiple communities over her many decades of community development and volunteer work. In 2008, she was a co-founder of the nonprofit Arlington Boulevard Community Development organization (ABCD), established to improve the quality of life for residents of Kingsley Commons and Kingsley Park, low income communities in the Falls Church area of Fairfax County. While at ABCD, Sharyn created programs through a public/private partnership to distribute laptops to families who could otherwise not afford them, provide English language and citizenship classes to residents, and even help create a soccer team for children in the community. Since moving to Waterford in 2012 and retiring from ABCD in 2015, Sharyn has been a member of the Waterford Foundation and serves on the Education committee and Archives subcommittee. For the past two years she has volunteered with the Second Street School Living History Program as one of the docents portraying 1880’s school teacher, Miss Nickens. Sharyn has also been an active member of the Waterford Citizens Association, serving as vice-president for two years. She is currently on that organization’s traffic committee. Sharyn is currently serving as chairperson of the Foundation’s Education Committee.

Chris Wood

Chris Wood is architect and Vice President with the SmithGroup in Washington, DC where he directs the firm’s Cultural Studio of architects and engineers focusing on museums, interpretive centers, archives, performing arts centers, and historic sites. Over the course of his 24 years with SmithGroup Chris has led projects for the Smithsonian Institution, National Archives, National Park Service, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, and several other State and private museums across the country. He is a member of the Society of American Archivists, American Institute for Conservation, and the Land Economics Society. He is currently leading the renovation and expansion of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond. Chris and his family have lived in Loudoun County since 2007 and the Village of Waterford since 2017 where he serves on the Architectural Review Board for the Waterford Foundation, and the Loudoun County Historic District Review Committee.

Grey Frandsen

Grey Frandsen is the Chief Executive Officer of Oxitec, Ltd, a biotechnology company headquartered in Oxford, England. There he leads a team from 15 countries on five continents to end malaria and dengue in our lifetime, and to address other climate change-related challenges globally. Earlier in his career, Grey served in government where he responded to various conflicts overseas, and since then he has served in various advisory roles for the US government and other institutions relating to conflict and public health emergencies. Grey has served on multiple boards at the local and international levels, where he enjoys being of service to outstanding teams carrying out important missions. Grey and his family love Waterford, and they’re honored to be a part of preserving its unique legacy for generations to come.

Emily Eig

Emily Eig moved to Waterford in 2012 from Chevy Chase, Maryland having made the bold step of crossing the Potomac. She is the President and CEO of EHT Traceries, a DC-based historic preservation consulting firm. Since its founding in 1977, Traceries’ projects have, like preservation, a wide range of activities, and work around the Us as well as internationally. Beyond overseeing the vast range and amount of work that Traceries has been involved with over the years, she is a recognized expert in federal, state, and local regulations, entitlements, evaluation of historic significance, and historic rehabilitation, and is an accomplished architectural historian. She specializes in late 19th and 20th century buildings and historic districts. Some recent exciting projects include transformation of the DC Carnegie Library into a flagship Apple Store, rehabilitation of the hydrogen bomb-proof Army Pathological Laboratory into a functioning 21st century lab, and the renewal of the 1968 Martin Luther King Jr Public Library in DC. She has also played a major role in the development of master plans for The Yards, McMillan Reservoir Park, Walter Reed Army Medical Historic District, and Howard University.  During her career, she has had the privilege of working with some of the country’s most illustrious architects helping to revise and refine designs to better retain historic character.  She is looking forward to assisting in the effort to fight against forces that threaten Waterford’s future as a National Historic Landmark. 

Nancy Iarossi

Nancy is currently the Director of the Second Street School program for the Foundation. She has served in that capacity for the past two years. Nancy and her family moved to Waterford in 2020 from California. She immediately became involved with the Foundation by becoming a docent for the Second Street School and working as a volunteer at the fair. It was a perfect fit for her transition into retired life after a career in education that spanned thirty-eight years. She is a graduate of Montclair State College with a degree in sociology and history. She is also a Reading Specialist with a M.Ed. from George Mason University. Her diverse educational background has afforded her the chance to work with all grade levels from High School through Primary as well as with adults. She has taught in New Jersey, Virginia and California. During her career, she has had the privilege of expanding into other areas of educational development outside the classroom. In California she was the President of her teachers’ union, NEA/CTA/SMEEA, for twelve years. In that capacity she represented over 700 teachers and served as their voice in contract negotiations and work disputes. She was an instructor for the Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment Induction Program, BTSA, for Santa Barbara County. The program was run under the guidance of the UCSB department of education and gave her the chance to mentor teachers as they began their careers in the classroom. While living in Santa Maria, California she was appointed to the Board of Directors for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Santa Barbara County. This experience gave her another avenue to work to improve the lives and educational experience of children.

Susan Hill

Susan is a retired public sector community planner with a big interest in bringing people together to share ideas about community, find inspiration together and align aspirations for the future. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s in urban and regional planning from the University of Iowa. Over the next 40 years she applied her skills to professional planning positions in Texas, Kansas, and Loudoun County, Virginia before rounding out her career as planning director for the Town of Leesburg. Within these positions she addressed a full spectrum of community planning functions including land development review, long range planning, zoning administration, and historic preservation. Susan is currently working as a consultant for Community Heart and Soul, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping small towns and cities identify what matters most to residents and plan for the future using a highly inclusive and thorough community engagement process. She is a certified coach of the CH&S engagement model and conducts market development in Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia. She and her husband Chris have lived in western Loudoun County for the past 35 years where they raised their two children. Susan loves everything small town and rural living have to offer in Loudoun and is pleased to be engaged in efforts to preserve the historic, cultural, and natural beauty of its unique places.

Justin Blue

Justin is a founding member and the Chief Executive Officer of Insignis, a Reston-based technology services firm specializing in complex, disparate systems architecture, cloud infrastructure, and secure IT design. With over 20 years of experience in the IT industry—including 15 years supporting national security and government mission environments—Justin has led advanced modernization efforts spanning cloud architecture, hybrid environments, and cybersecurity solutions. A longtime Loudoun County resident, Justin is deeply involved with Waterford Elementary School and is committed to strengthening and enabling local education and community engagement.

Rick Bright

Rick is the chief executive of Bright Global Health and former deputy assistant secretary for preparedness and response and director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) in the US Department of Health and Human Services. He is an international expert in biodefense, emergency preparedness and response, pharmaceutical innovation, vaccine, drug and diagnostics development. With a passion for preserving both natural and cultural heritage, Rick is deeply committed to sustainable practices that ensure community resilience. His interest in historic preservation, particularly of significant architectural landmarks, complements his professional focus on strengthening systems that protect public health and wellbeing. Rick brings his expertise in resilience planning to support educational initiatives that connect regenerative farming practices with community sustainability and historic preservation.

Martin Rathmann

Martin and his family moved to Waterford in 2014 and quickly grew connected to the area and its dynamic, preservation-minded community. He is the President of Parker Tide, a professional services firm focused on supporting U.S. Federal Government agencies. 

Martin has lived and worked in the D.C. area for over 20 years. He has previously served as a volunteer for the Waterford Foundation and is committed to supporting its important preservation mission.

Jim Shepherd

Jim is a Vice President and the corporate Director of Historic Preservation at SmithGroup, a multidisciplinary architecture and engineering firm. Recently named to the Association for Preservation Technology (APT) College of Fellows, Jim directs preservation-related work across a range of building and project types nationally and internationally. In addition to being an active member of the Association of Preservation Technology, having previously served at both the international and chapter levels as a Board Member, Treasurer, and founder of the APT Technical Committee on Documentation, Jim also serves on the Board of Directors for the DC Preservation League in Washington, DC and chairs the AIA HABS Coordinating Committee. In his three-decade career, Jim has championed preservation activities on projects for the Smithsonian, the Architect of the Capitol, the National Park Service, historic US embassies, and most recently – the rehabilitation of our very own John Wesley Church here in Waterford. Prior to joining SmithGroup, Jim served as the Director of Preservation at the Washington National Cathedral, overseeing the $34-million repair and restoration of the Cathedral following the 2011 earthquake.

Rachel Strittmatter

Rachel is the Vice President of Finance at the Jane Goodall Institute, where she oversees financial strategy, compliance, and operations for the organization’s global programs. A Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Rachel brings over a decade of experience in financial management, audit oversight, and process improvement.

Rachel transitioned to the nonprofit sector after a successful career in the for-profit space, applying her expertise to strengthen financial systems, enhance procurement processes, and ensure compliance with federal funding guidelines. At JGI, she has led efforts to improve financial accountability across international offices.

Rachel is passionate about supporting mission-driven organizations that foster conservation, education, and community impact. She looks forward to contributing her expertise in financial stewardship and governance as a member of the Waterford Foundation Board.

Mark Andrew Sutton

Mark was born and raised in Baltimore, Md., and graduated from James Madison University Cum Laude with a B.A. degree in Mass Communications and a secondary B.A. in English in 1996. Mark is a technology professional with over 20 years’ experience as a Web Consultant, Online Marketer, Business Development Executive, and Software Engineer. His specialty is leading and guiding human teams toward technical achievement. Mark’s teams have devised and developed tech and marketing solutions for a wide variety of clients, including XM Satellite Radio, Ryan Homes, Bozzuto Group, NFL Network, Urban Institute, The Conservation Fund, The Case Foundation, Journey Through Hallowed Ground, and many others.

Mark and his wife, Melissa, moved from McLean, VA to Waterford in 2012 and reside in the Kitty Leggett House on Main Street with their two boys Marshall and Michael, and their dog Millie. Mark is an active member of the Waterford community and has served in a variety of volunteer roles with the Foundation, as well as a previous stint on the Board of Directors. Most recently, Mark served as co-chair for the Mill End Waystation beverage tent during the 2024 fair. He is passionate about historical preservation and spends free time researching the local history that brings meaning to the buildings and properties we seek to preserve.