Who We Are

Steering Committee

Chair
Karen Smith, MD, M.Ed.
Interim Chief, Hospital Medicine Division
Children's National Medical Center
ksmith@cnmc.org

Debbie Holson, RN, MSN
Vice President
Patient Care Services
HSC Pediatric Center
dholson@hospsc.org

Miriam A. Markowitz, MSc
Corporate Vice President, Strategic Planning
Children’s National
Medical Center
mmarkowi@cnmc.org

Brian R. Rood, MD
Director, Clinical Neuro-Oncology, Children’s National Medical Center,
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics – The George Washington University School of Medicine
Attending Physician, Pediatric Oncology, Children’s National MedicalCenter
brood@cnmc.org

Deborah Peeples
Vice President, Philanthropy
Humane Society of the United States

Staff

Susan K. Rogers, MS, RN
Executive Director
srogers@dcppcc.org

Philip F. Carpenter, M.Div.
Program Director
pcarpenter@dcppcc.org