Carmencita Whonder Biography and Net Worth

Carmencita N. M. Whonder has been a director since July 2021. Ms. Whonder serves as Policy Director at the lobbying and law firm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP (“Brownstein”). At Brownstein, Ms. Whonder provides strategic public policy advice to clients primarily in the financial services and housing sectors before the U.S. Congress and executive branch agencies. In February 2013, she founded OF WHONDER, a size inclusive luxury womenswear brand, and is chief executive officer of Whonder Apparel Group, LLC. Prior to joining Brownstein in November 2008, Ms. Whonder served as the staff director for the Senate Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development and as the principal advisor on the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee to United States Senator Charles E. Schumer. During the 109th Congress, from March 2004 to December 2006, she held the position of Minority Staff Director for the Senate Subcommittee on Economic Policy. From January 2001 to July 2003, Ms. Whonder has also worked as a Leadership Education Counselor for Gates Millennium Scholars Program/UNCF, an initiative of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Ms. Whonder currently serves on the Board of Directors at Direct ChassisLink, Inc. (March 2020 to present) as well as the Board of Directors of the DC Jazz Festival (2010 to present). Ms. Whonder has a B.A. from Howard University, a diploma from the Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca and a Masters in International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University.