Jen Stillerman is a founding Board member and past president of DC Girls Baseball. Jen was inspired to help launch DCGB by her daughter, Alice, a catcher who was nine at the time. As the She Changes the Game Program Director for Coach Across America, she works to expand opportunities for women in coaching in DC. She previously served as a Supervising Attorney with the Child Advocacy Program at the DC Volunteer Lawyers Project and Associate General Counsel at The George Washington University.

Adam Martin is a Board member and President of DC Girls Baseball. Throughout his professional career, Adam has served in leadership roles for nationally recognized non-profits and cultural institutions in Washington, D.C. focusing on media, technology, and community. Adam's daughter Olivia has been a member of DC Force since 2021 and played with DCGB’s Arlington Senior Babe Ruth league team and the EWBC. Adam and his family make their home in Maryland where he also volunteers with the Kennedy High School athletic booster club as an avid supporter of local high school athletes and youth sports.

Chris Payne-Tsoupros is Vice President of the Board of Directors of DC Girls Baseball. Chris teaches law school at Monterey College of Law. She previously served as the Education Policy Counsel for the National Association of the Deaf, and many (many) years ago, she taught elementary school. Chris is a parent of two baseball players. Her daughter first became involved with DCGB through the Girls Play! program in 2021 as a 6 year old and is now on the DC Force 12U team. Chris and her family live in DC where they are actively involved with Banneker City Little League (BCLL). Chris previously coached in the league and currently serves as its Volunteer Coordinator, her husband coaches and is BCLL’s Umpire-in-Chief, her older child umpires, and both children play.

Daniel Curry is a Board member and Treasurer of DC Girls Baseball. He is a registered architect, practicing in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland. He specializes in the design learning environments and has been involved in the modernization of several local schools. Prior to starting his firm, he was a Principal with Quinn Evans Architects. As an adjunct faculty member, he has taught at the University of Maryland and Catholic University of America.

Daniel is a past chair of the AIA|DC Committee on Architecture for Education. He has also volunteered with the Washington Architectural Foundation’s Architecture in the Schools program. During the years his daughter played with Capitol Hill Little League, he volunteered as a Team Manager, and had the honor of serving as an assistant coach for the 12U summer tournament team. Daniel is a member of the American Institute of Architects and the Society for Architectural Historians.

Jessica Kaufman serves as DC Girls Baseball’s Secretary. She is the Senior Producer for IMF Studios at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC. Her daughter, Maya, is a member of DC Force as well as the Prime Time Aces travel baseball team. The Kaufmans found DCGB through one of Jessica’s friends from high school, whose daughter also plays. A lifelong Boston Red Sox fan, Jessica takes pride in the fact that Maya chose that allegiance over her father’s New York Mets.

Jenny Nowakowski has 22 years experience in education as a classroom teacher and instruction coach both in Maryland and Virginia. Her passion for education is built on the foundation of building relationships and student efficacy. Her daughter, Charleigh, became a member of DCBG in 2024. Through DCGB’s leading edge coaching best practices, Charleigh has made tremendous player growth on and off the field. Jenny’s husband, Mike, has been inspired to develop as a coach utilizing the similar coaching philosophies as DCGB. They continue to hold high expectations for their children’s baseball experiences because of the vision and meaning behind the DCGB program. The Nowakowski family continues to be active in their local Little League. Jenny continues to support by being a team parent and Mike coaches both Charleigh and her younger brother, Keiser, who also loves baseball. 

Ava Benach is an Emeritus board member of DC Girls Baseball, having served as a founder, president, and chair over a decade. DCGB got started after Ava's daughter, Paloma, participated in an all-girls team sponsored by Baseball for All that won a major tournament in Chino Hills, CA in 2014. Ava was a long-time coach with the Capitol City Little League (CCLL) beginning in 2012. She has served on the Board of Directors and as a league commissioner with CCLL. Ava and her wife, Mona, have three children, Paloma, Alex and Teddy, all of whom pitch and play first base. When not on the dugout step, Ava is the Managing Partner at Benach Collopy LLP, a Washington DC law firm specializing in immigration.