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Julia Penny Clark <br><small>President</small>
Julia Penny Clark <br><small>President</small>

Julia Penny Clark
President

Charles Cerf Treasurer <br><small>Treasurer</small>

Charles Cerf Treasurer
Treasurer

Judy Ann Webster <br><small>Secretary</small>

Judy Ann Webster
Secretary

Sue E. Berryman

Sue E. Berryman

Stephanie Cabell

Stephanie Cabell

Stephen Daniels

Stephen Daniels

Stephen Daniels

Felix Hernandez

Felix Hernandez

Felix Hernandez is a retired Foreign Service Officer. He served at the U.S. Mission in West Berlin and at the U.S. Embassies in Berlin, Bonn, and Vienna. He worked on political, economic, and political-military affairs for Australia, Austria, Canada, East Timor, Germany, Indonesia, and Switzerland. He also served as a Legislative Fellow in the office of Senator Chuck Hagel.

A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Army War College, Felix served as Communications Officer and Damage Control Officer on USS Fletcher (DD-992) and as Main Engines Officer on USS Coral Sea (CV-43). He also served as Operations and Training Officer at Fleet Training Group Western Pacific in Yokosuka, Japan.

After leaving the Navy, Felix studied theology in Rome and worked briefly in Silicon Valley before accepting an appointment to the Foreign Service. After leaving the Department of State, he worked for two years as a program manager for CACI, then two years as headmaster of Chelsea Academy in Front Royal, Virginia, where he had been a member of the Board of Directors for nine years. He was president of the board for four of those years.

Felix is married to Chryss Hernandez, also a retired Foreign Service Officer. They have two sons, born in Berlin and Vienna. Felix and Chryss live in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains. They enjoy hiking, travel, The Thirteen, and the antics of their Bombay cat, Louie.

In retirement, Felix is pursuing his new avocation as a forester. He also teaches part-time at the Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute and the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Sherman Katz

Sherman Katz

Cheryl Naulty

Cheryl Naulty

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Julia Penny Clark <br><small>President</small>
Charles Cerf Treasurer <br><small>Treasurer</small>
Judy Ann Webster <br><small>Secretary</small>
Sue E. Berryman
Stephanie Cabell
Stephen Daniels
Felix Hernandez
Sherman Katz
Cheryl Naulty

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