Leadership Team
Dr. Imani Woody
Dr. Imani Woody is the Founder and President of Mary's House for Older Adults, Inc. She has been an advocate of women, people of color and LGBTQ people for more than 25 years. Her pioneering work has lead to greater advocacy, visibility, and model housing programs for older LGBTQ people across the globe.
Andrea Macko
Andrea Macko is one of the original signatory directors of Mary’s House For Older Adults. She and two other women sat at Dr. Woody’s kitchen table and affirmed the vision of LGBTQ+ housing for older adults in the DC area and beyond. Andrea is a communications specialist by skill and education and a native of Jamaica.
Joi Moorer
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Joi Moorer is an exceptional leader in operations efficiency at Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and AARP Foundation. She has optimized research-based improvement initiatives by making strategic recommendations for solutions in areas of operations, personnel, space, and budgets.
Immediate Past Board Members
Rabbi Erica Steelman
Rabbi Erica Steelman, BCC, MAHL, MPP, brings years of experience working as a full-time chaplain in a skilled nursing community. She has been on the forefront of transforming how providers think about and practice person-centered care while raising awareness about the existence of LGBT+ older adults in general, and in long-term communities specifically.
Rev. Akosua McCray
Rev. Elder Dr. Dyan "Akosua" McCray is the Founding Pastor of Unity Fellowship of Christ Church (UFCDC) in Washington, DC. Rev. Akosua serves as the Board Fundraising Chair. In addition to her pastoral care, and Mary's House For Older Adults work, Rev. Akosua spends countless hours as a hospital Chaplain providing comfort and prayer to those in need.
Senior Advisors
Kylar Broadus
Senior Advisor
Kylar Broadus is the Founder of the Trans People of Color Coalition (TPOCC), and became the first transgender person ever to testify before the US Senate when he spoke in support of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) in June 2012.
Dr. Richard DiCarlo
Senior Advisor
Dr. DeCarlo is a native Washingtonian who loves beauty! This love thrust him into the professional arena of Cosmetology. He has been a member of the National Beauty Culturist League for 53 years and a member on the State and Local levels for 53 years.
Joy Silver
Senior Advisor
Joy Silver, (MA, RCFE) Silver Senior Living, is an LGBT Aging Issues Consultant. She recently served as Community Operations Director for Merrill Gardens, an Assisted Living and Memory Care Company, headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
Thomas P. Callahan
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Secretary, Chair, Development, Public Relations, Marketing & Media Committee
The Mary's House for Older Adults (MHFOA) Family is heart broken in the passing of our own, Thomas P. Callahan, colleague and friend who died on Thursday, June 24, suddenly in the presence of his life partner, and other family members.