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Redman takes position at Chesapeake Climate Action Network
Welcome to the first Comings & Goings column of 2020. This is the beginning of a new decade and for many it will be the start of a new job or the chance to celebrate new successes. It has been an honor to share your successes over the past few years and I look forward to continuing to do so as we enter this new decade. I recently read a warning I wanted to share about the year 2020. It has been suggested you write out the full year on checks and legal documents like 1/1/2020 and not just write 1/1/20. It does make sense and you can read why here.
The Comings & Goings column is about sharing the professional successes of our community. We want to recognize those landing new jobs, new clients for their business, joining boards of organizations and other achievements. Please share your successes with us at: [email protected].
The Comings & Goings column also invites LGBTQ+ college students to share their successes with us. If you have been elected to a student government position, gotten an exciting internship, or are graduating and beginning your career with a great job, let us know so we can share your success.
Congratulations to Janet Redman, MBA, AIF on her new position as the director of engagement and strategic partnerships with the Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN). Redman has immersed herself in all things climate change for the past few years. Upon accepting the position she said, “After two corporate careers, in project management and finance, I’ve decided to make my next act my best act, and work to save our environment. I can’t imagine anything more important, and I’m thrilled to be back in the D.C. area since it is at the intersection of politics and science!”
Prior to this position she worked as a project manager Ecosystem Restoration (with GIS-mapping) for Letke Security in Joppa, Md., and as a financial strategist for Summit Wealth Advisors in Lewes, Del. She served as vice president, financial adviser, Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC) for Bell Rock Capital, LLC and with Merrill Lynch in Rehoboth Beach, Del.
Redman has been a volunteer in the community with a number of organizations, including as a Climate Reality Leader and Mentor, Citizen’s Climate Lobby. She is the founder and financial committee chair for Fund for Women; and worked with the CAMP Rehoboth Health and Wellness Initiative, and the Immanuel Shelter for the Homeless.
She received her bachelor’s in marketing/minor in marine biology from the University of Maryland, College Park; an MBA in Economics, The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore; and a Leadership Challenge Development Program Certificate from the Wharton School of Leadership in Philadelphia. Redman anticipates receiving her master’s of Energy Policy and Climate from The Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C., in 2020.
The Comings & Goings column is about sharing the professional successes of our community. We want to recognize those landing new jobs, new clients for their business, joining boards of organizations and other achievements. Please share your successes with us at [email protected].
The Comings & Goings column also invites LGBTQ college students to share their successes with us. If you have been elected to a student government position, gotten an exciting internship, or are graduating and beginning your career with a great job, let us know so we can share your success.
Congratulations to Yadiel Meléndez, on their new role as Community Associate, with the Wanda Alston Foundation. Meléndez is piloting a new role as a Community Associate at the Wanda Alston Foundation, where they support queer and trans young people in finding their footing, building independence, and experiencing a housing community where they are seen, valued, and affirmed. They are coming into this role with more than a decade of experience as a community organizer and operations specialist, supporting diverse communities through service, advocacy, and program coordination.
Previously they worked for Right Proper Brewing Shaw as a server and bartender and at Sephora, Washington, DC, and at FreshFarm, DC, in bilingual food access. They also worked freelance to build foundational structures for local queer BIPOC performance art coalitions, producing variety shows to curate space for marginalized performance artists in the community. They were a production manager for Haus of Hart Productions, a BIPOC centric performance art production. They also worked as field staff with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in Stafford, Va.
Meléndez is bilingual, Spanish and English. Their work is guided by a commitment to dignity, safety, and trauma-informed engagement, particularly within LGBTQ and BIPOC communities.
Congratulations also to Ben Rosen LICSW, on his new role as program director, with the Wanda Alston Foundation. Rosen previously worked with Fountain House’s OnRamps program, helping to build a new, innovative outreach program for individuals considered chronically homeless, and living with serious mental illness, in the Times Square area of New York. Rosen is a Psychotherapist, having worked with SG Psychotherapy, and as the psychotherapist with the Nest Community Health Center (URAM).
Rosen has a B.F.A. in Theatre Arts: Musical Theatre, Minor in Psychology (Cum Laude) from Malloy University Conservatory; and his M.S.W. in Clinical Practice with Individuals, Families, and Groups, from The Silberman School of Social Work, Hunter College, N.Y. He is independently licensed in New York and Washington, D.C.
Rehoboth Beach
BLUF leather social set for April 10 in Rehoboth
Attendees encouraged to wear appropriate gear
Diego’s in Rehoboth Beach hosts a monthly leather happy hour. April’s edition is scheduled for Friday, April 10, 5-7 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to wear appropriate gear. The event is billed as an official event of BLUF, the free community group for men interested in leather. After happy hour, the attendees are encouraged to reconvene at Local Bootlegging Company for dinner, which allows cigar smoking. There’s no cover charge for either event.
District of Columbia
Celebrations of life planned for Sean Bartel
Two memorial events scheduled in D.C.
Two celebrations of life are planned for Sean Christopher Bartel, 48, who was found deceased on a hiking trail in Argentina on or around March 15. Bartel began his career as a television news reporter and news anchor at stations in Louisville, Ky., and Evansville, Ind., before serving as Senior Video Producer for the D.C.-based International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union from 2013 to 2024.
A memorial gathering is planned for Friday, April 10, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the IBEW International Office (900 7th St., N.W.), according to a statement by the DC Gay Flag Football League, where Bartel was a longtime member. A celebration of life is planned that same evening, 6-8 p.m. at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.).
Minimal version of ‘Streetcar Named Desire’ heading to Dupont Underground
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