Board of Directors

President Gerald (“Jerry”) Papazian, Class of 1972	Jerry began his career as a House Page from 1971 to 1972. Currently, Jerry is the Managing Director of Fountainhead Associates, Inc., a California-based management consulting firm he founded in 2002, which specializes in helping entrepreneurs start and grow new businesses. Before starting his own consultancy, Jerry was a corporate securities attorney with Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, followed by service as a vice president at Bear Stearns and subsequently as president and chief operation officer of a technology company. From 1995 to 1996, Jerry served as president of the University of Southern California Alumni Association. He is active in many civic and community organizations, including We Care For Youth, where he has served as treasurer of its Board of Trustees since 1994. He is the Vice Chairman of the Armenian Film Foundation and serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Pomegranate Foundation and the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games. He is also a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute.
Vice President Beth Ambrose, Class of 1991	Originally from Pittsburgh, Beth now lives on Capitol Hill, not far from where she lived as a House Page in 1990-1991. Beth currently works in the Government Relations department of the National Association of Home Builders, where she helps direct the legislative priorities of the residential construction industry. Previously, Beth worked at Honeywell and briefly at the White House during the Clinton Administration. Since 2008, Beth has served as Vice President of the Capitol Page Alumni Association.
Secretary Brendan McCann, Class of 2000	Brendan McCann served as a United States Senate Page from January to June, 1999 for then-majority leader Senator Tom Daschle. Besides performing customary page duties, Brendan had the extraordinary experience of working on the Senate floor during the historic Clinton Impeachment Trial. Upon graduating from the Senate Page School, Brendan continued his Capitol Hill experience with several internships. These included the Democratic National Committee Research Department in 2002, Congressman Bill Lipinski’s (D-Ill) personal office in 2003 and the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee in 2004. Brendan also had a brief stint in the financial sector working for SonaBank, N.A., a Virginia-based community bank from 2005-2007. Currently Brendan works for McCann Capitol Advocates, a small DC lobbying firm specializing in Appropriations and Authorization for Transportation and Homeland Security issues.
Treasurer Bill Peard, Class of 2002	Originally from Tucson, Arizona, Bill began his page service just 10 days before the fateful events of September 11, 2001. The following nine months, he had the opportunity of observing from the House Floor the reactions of our nation’s leaders. Following high school, Bill studied in North Carolina and worked for his former Congressman and page sponsor in Washington, DC. He is currently a student once again, studying to pursue the most common profession among former pages – attorney. He currently lives in Vermont.
Joe Stewart, Class of 1953	Walter J. (Joe) Stewart began his long career in the Congress as a page in 1952-1953. He is one of the few former pages who can say that he “never left.” After page service, Joe continued working in the Senate, going on to serve as Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, Administrative Assistant to the Majority Leader for Floor Operations and as Counsel to the Senate Appropriations Committee. His Senate career culminated in 1987 with his appointment as Secretary of the Senate, a position he held until 1994. In this capacity, he was the chief administrative and financial officer of the Senate. In addition to his many philanthropic endeavors, Joe currently is a partner in Peck, Madigan, Jones, and Stewart, Inc. in Washington, DC.
Bob Borsari, Class of 1958	Bob served as a page from 1956-1958. A native of Washington DC, he now lives in Glen Echo, Maryland, where he once served as mayor. He is a law partner in Borsari & Paxson, where he represents clients in complex media acquisition and sales transactions and was involved in some of the first licenses for mobile satellite technology. In 1993, Bob retired from the United States Army Reserve as a Lieutenant Colonel, with military specialties in both the Judge Advocate General’s Corps and Armor. When not practicing law, he enjoys golf, photography, sailing, hunting, and fishing, and cave exploration.
Shelley Thomas, Class of 1990	Shelley served as a House page in 1990-1991, and in 2010 organized her class’ 20-year reunion in Washington. She currently lives in York, Pennsylvania with her husband and children. Although currently a store manager at Target, she’s beginning to think her true calling is zookeeper. Over the years, her family has had almost every pet known to man and the only reason they didn’t have the rest is because Shelley has a strict non-poisonous rule. Apartment life led to fish tanks; with the house came the two puppies, then reptiles, parakeets, finches, and more dogs.
Chris Cobey, Class of 1967	Chris served as a House Democratic page from California from 1965 to 1967, and made perhaps the best connection possible during that experience: he met his wife. (And ask him about his Dome tours.) Since then, Chris worked for Ralph Nader, became a lawyer, and practices employment law in the San Jose office of Littler Mendelson. He’s served on the town council, and as mayor, of his current California home (Atherton). Chris serves as a co-chair of the committee producing the all-classes reunion to be held in Washington, D.C. on May 24-27, 2012. His enthusiasms include the San Francisco Giants, orienteering, and (with fellow ’67 classmate Tom Davis) forensic psephology.
Vance H. Morrison, Class of 1952	Captain Vance H. Morrison, U.S. Navy (retired), U.S. Supreme Court Page from 1952-1956, graduated from the University of Virginia in 1962 with a commission in the U. S. Navy. As part of his lengthy naval career, he served on many ships and commanded an ASW Frigate and a Guided Missile Cruiser. Her served as U.S. Naval Attaché to Beijing, China, from 1987 to 1989, and was in Beijing during the brutal Chinese Army suppression of demonstrators at Tiananmen Square. His final Navy assignment was as Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for Joint Matters from 1989 to 1992. Captain Morrison retired from the Navy in 1992 and accepted a position providing systems engineering and technical assistance to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command and the National Reconnaissance Office as a member of the Technical Staff of AT&T. He retired from that position in 2008. He holds an MS in Systems Management from the University of Southern California, and a BA in Physics from the University of Virginia. He is married to the former Liberty Anne Paterson of Alexandria, Virginia. The Morrison’s have three married children.