Shumaker, Tom

Tom Shumaker is a recently retired executive from the commercial construction industry. He worked for more than 30 years for Holder Construction Company, a large firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Tom was an Executive Vice President and responsible for Holder’s mid-Atlantic office. Throughout his career, he led significant construction efforts including data centers, higher education, … Read more

Donnelly, Catie

Catie Donnelly is licensed to practice law in the State of Virginia and was admitted to the United States District Court for the eastern district of Virginia. She has been an Associate Attorney at Mitchell Banks, PC in Chantilly, VA since 2016. Catie assisted the United States Court of Appeals in oral arguments during a … Read more

Megale, Shea C.

Shea C. Megale joins Compass as the advisor of the Compass Collaborative student newspaper and facilitator of the teen Filmmaking Club. Shea is a published author of works in fantasy, science fiction, non-fiction, biography, and children’s literature. She was a gold medalist in the 2020 Reader Views and IPPY Awards and served as a judge … Read more

Xu, Helen

Helen Xu offers private and small group tutoring in Mandarin to students in K-12th grade. She currently teaches Mandarin at Hope Chinese School in Annandale. She uses both traditional teaching approaches along with songs, games, and art to engage her students. Helen is certified in Chinese Research, Curriculum, Learning and Evaluations from Beijing Language and Culture … Read more

Ramos, Felipe

Felipe Ramos is a former adjunct professor of ASL at North Central University in Minneapolis. He has led several ASL immersion workshops in the area and serces as Vice President of the Latino Deaf and Hard of Hearing Association of the Metropolitan Washington DC area. Felipe is a member of theDeaf community and is also … Read more