Meet the Board
2025-2026 DHHBA Board of Directors
Lisa Bothwell
President
Taye Akinola
Vice President
Karma Quick-Panwala
Treasurer
Janine Madera
Recorder
Julie Kegley
Board Member at Large
Caitlin Parton
Board Member at Large
Maria Di Lorenzo
Board Member at Large
Zainab Alkebsi
President Emeritus2023-2024 DHHBA Board of Directors
Zainab Alkebsi
PresidentVice President – Lisa Bothwell
Treasurer – Karma Quick-Panwala
Recorder – Janine Madera
Board Member at Large – Julie Kegley
Board Member at Large – Alison Ecker
Board Member at Large – Caitlin Parton
President Emeritus – Rachel Arfa
Gratitude to Azeema Akram, Taye Akinola, and Jessica Kennedy, who served on the 2023-2024 Board
2021-2022 DHHBA Board of Directors
Zainab Alkebsi
PresidentVice President – Taye Akinola
Recorder – Sarah Weimer
Board Member at Large – Azeema Akram
Board Member at Large – Jessica Kennedy
Board Member at Large – Caitlin Parton
Board Member at Large – Debra Patkin
President Emeritus – Rachel Arfa
2019-2020 DHHBA Board of Directors
Rachel Arfa
PresidentVice President – Debra Patkin
Recorder – Sarah Weimer
Board Member at Large – Zainab Alkebsi
Board Member at Large – Elizabeth Knox
Board Member at Large – Reema Bogin
President Emeritus – Anat Maytal
2014-2018 DHHBA Board of Directors
Anat Maytal
PresidentSecretary – Sarah Weimer
Treasurer – Mark Sorokin
National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Liaison – Debra Patkin
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AGBell) Liaison – John Stanton
Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) Liaison – Reema Bogin