Non-Profit & Government
Moderator: Naja Nelson
Naja is an Associate at the Centre for Public Impact (CPI). She holds a B.A. in International Affairs with a concentration in International Development from the George Washington University.Prior to her role at CPI, Naja was an intern for the Peace Corps’ Office of Civil Rights and Diversity and a US Programs and Advocacy Intern with Save the Children USA.Naja brings with her organizing experience through her time spent as the GWU NAACP Chapter president, along with non-profit experience from her time spent serving as board of directors member for G.U.I.D.E in addition to serving as a legal immigration intern for Rising for Justice.
Heidi Goldberg
Heidi Goldberg is the Director of Economic Opportunity and Financial Empowerment at the National League of Cities (NLC). For close to 30 years, Heidi has worked to improve the economic security of families in the U.S. Since 2005, Heidi has led a team at NLC to assist city leaders to strengthen the economic and financial well-being of families. She has conceptualized and managed multiple initiatives, providing support and funding to cities to transform local systems. Her work has included numerous publications and she has been quoted in a variety of local and national media outlets. Heidi previously held positions at Wider Opportunities for Women and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, specializing in income support and workforce development policy. She also managed a residence for formerly homeless women in Boston. Heidi received her B.A. from Vassar College, and holds a MPP and MSW, both from the University of Michigan
Triana McNeil
Triana McNeil is a Director at GAO. She oversees issues related to domestic terrorism, intelligence and watchlisting, and drug enforcement, among others. Triana joined GAO in July 1999. She conducted and led audits in a variety of key areas, including identifying ways to better protect investors and limiting federal exposure to emerging fraud issues. Triana earned a master's degree in Public Administration from the George Washington University and a bachelor's degree in American Cultural Studies and Law and Public Policy from Western Washington University.
Monica Renee Hargrove
Monica R. Hargrove is a veteran member of the aviation community. She is currently the Vice President and Secretary of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, a position that she assumed on March 7, 2016. In that role, Monica manages and oversees the operations of the Board Office and the seventeen-member Board of Directors of the Airports Authority. Prior to being elected to that position by the Board of the Airports Authority, Ms. Hargrove served as Deputy General Counsel of the Airports Authority beginning in November of 2013. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority operates Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport, the Dulles Airport Access Highway and the Dulles Toll Road and also manages construction of the Silver Line project, a 23-mile extension of the Washington region’s Metrorail public transit system through Fairfax County and into Loudoun County, Virginia. Approximately 50 million passengers passed through the two airports in 2019. According to a recent regional economic study, the Airports Authority supported more than 187,000 jobs and contributed more than $23.6 billion to the National Capital Region’s economy in 2017.
From February of 2008 through November of 2013, Ms. Hargrove served as General Counsel of Airports Council International-North America, a trade association headquartered in Washington, D.C., which serves commercial airports and airport authorities throughout the United States and Canada. She was Associate General Counsel of US Airways in Arlington, Virginia, earlier in her carrier. She began her legal carrier as a Trial Attorney in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., where she served from 1979-1983.
Ms. Hargrove served as Chair of the American Bar Association’s Air & Space Law Forum from 2015-2017, the primary aviation and space law legal group within the United States. She was also a prior member of the ABA’s Antitrust Section, where she served as Co-Chair of the Corporate Counseling Committee and Chair of the Transportation Committee. She previously served as the Chair of the Federal Bar Association’s Transportation and Transportation Security Law Section in 2013. She is a frequent speaker at aviation and airport legal conferences and has published several law review articles on aviation legal issues.
Ms. Hargrove is a 1979 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, where she served as Legislative Notes Editor of the Journal of Law Reform and was in the first class of women to matriculate at Dartmouth College, (Class of 1976). She is a member of the District of Columbia and Virginia Bar Associations. She also holds a Master’s of Divinity Degree from Wesley Theological Seminary, in Washington, D.C., where she has served on the Board of Governors since 2016, and currently serves as Secretary to the Board, as well as a Member its Executive and Buildings and Grounds Committees.
Titilola Harley
Titilola Harley is a Program Officer on the K-12 Education team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In this role, she works in R&D to explore elements of effective educational solutions and practices that are improve the educational experiences of students who are Black, Latino, and/or are experiencing poverty. Titi started her career as a Business Analyst at DC Public Schools and then transitioned to management consulting in the education space. In 2017 she founded Harley Consulting Group which supports organizations, helping them successfully manage change and implement strategies to exceed their goals. Titi is passionate about expanding equitable access to high quality education, and working collaboratively to improve opportunities and outcomes for the most vulnerable students. She has a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration from the George Washington University and serves on the university’s National Council for Education and Human Development.