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Rachel Goslins accepted President Obama’s appointed as execu+ve director of the
President’s CommiWee on the Arts and the Humani+es in 2009. Prior to her
appointment, she worked in the fields of documentary film, arts administra+on, and
copyright law.
Her award-‐winning feature films include ’Bama Girl, a documentary following a black
woman running for homecoming queen at the University of Alabama, and Besa: The
Promise, a film about Albanian Muslims who saved Jews during WWII. Rachel’s work
also includes television produc+ons for PBS, Na+onal Geographic, Discovery, and the
History Channel. She served as the programming director for the Impact Film Fes+val
at the 2008 Democra+c and Republican Na+onal Conven+ons, and as the director of
the Independent Digital Distribu+on Lab, a joint PBS/ITVS project focused on
distribu+ng independent films online. Prior to her film career, Rachel was an interna+onal copyright
aWorney in the office of Policy and Interna+onal Affairs in the U.S. Copyright Office and a li+gator for the law
firm of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher. In 2012 she was awarded a Henry Crown Fellowship at the Aspen Ins+tute.
George Hawkins serves as General Manager of the District of Columbia Water and
Sewer Authority (DC Water). On his arrival in 2009, Mr. Hawkins launched an
ambi+ous agenda to transform DC Water into a customer-‐oriented enterprise that is
driving innova+on and delivering improved value to its ratepayers.
The core goal is to improve aging infrastructure while complying with stringent
regulatory requirements. DC Water is implemen+ng the $2.6 billion Clean Rivers
Project to nearly eliminate overflows of sewage and stormwater to the Anacos+a
and Potomac Rivers and Rock Creek. DC Water is also nearing comple+on of a $470
million waste-‐to-‐energy program to help manage solids being removed from
reclaimed water
while genera+ng 13 megawaWs of green power. DC Water is also driving industry-‐
leading efforts in customer engagement, including a vibrant social media presence, in science and
engineering research and development, and in product development and licensing. DC Water is designing a
social media program to encourage innova+ve ideas from staff and to support a u+lity driven business
incubator for businesses and local jobs. In 2014, DC Water devised a crea+ve solu+on to beWer match the
financing of its $2.6 billion Clean Rivers Project with the project’s life-‐expectancy. The Authority became the
first U.S. water/ wastewater u+lity to issue century bonds with a 100-‐year final maturity. This issuance
enables DC Water to spread the costs of the project over the minimum expected life of the tunnels and be
supported by future ratepayers who will also benefit. The $350 million sale was also the first “green” bond
issue in the U.S. debt capital markets cer+fied by a third party.
Mr. Hawkins began his career prac+cing law for the Boston firm Ropes & Gray, and is a member of the Bar in
MassachuseWs and the District of Columbia. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Princeton University
and Cum Laude from Harvard Law School. Since 1999, Mr. Hawkins has taught Environmental Law and Policy
for the Princeton Environment Ins+tute at Princeton University.
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