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NoMa Business Improvement District
1200 First Street, NE
Suite 310
Washington, DC 20002
F: (202) 289-0113
Elizabeth Price
Ms. Price is President of the NoMa Business Improvement District. NoMa is a rapidly developing neighborhood in DC adjacent to the New York Avenue Metro just north of Union Station and Capitol Hill. Over 20 million sf of new office, residential, hotel and retail development are planned or under construction. The NoMa BID supports the area’s economic revitalization by (1) providing clean and safe services, (2) marketing the area and (3) coordinating public and private investment. The BID is a private, non-profit with an annual budget of $1.6 million funded by assessments on commercial property.
Prior to joining the NoMa BID, Ms. Price was actively involved for several years in the revitalization of the Anacostia Waterfront. As a Vice President of the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation, she oversaw the national search for a development partner for the Southwest Waterfront, a 50-acre, 2 million sf mixed use redevelopment project. While serving under the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, Ms. Price worked on public financing negotiations and oversaw several waterfront projects including the pre-development planning for Hilleast, a 65-acre redevelopment of a former hospital and government campus. As a Development Manager at the National Capital Revitalization Corporation she oversaw planning, acquisitions, leasing and business operations for the Southwest Waterfront.
At the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Ms. Price served as a special assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary responsible for the HOPE VI program, a $4 billion Federal grant program that redevelops severely distressed public housing projects into mixed income communities. Ms. Price received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received her Master’s degree in Public and International Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton. Ms. Price lives in Washington, DC with her husband and two children.
Liz Price
President
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Merrit Drucker
Merrit Drucker is the Director of Operations for the NoMa Business Improvement District. He is responsible for the BID’s daily operations, including implementation of the Clean and Safe programs.
Mr. Drucker retired from the United States Army after twenty years of service. He worked in the historic preservation and environmental fields for seven years prior to joining the District of Columbia Government. Mr. Drucker was the Ward 4 Neighborhood Services Coordinator, the Clean City Coordinator, and the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Community Relations and Services prior to joining the BID.
Mr. Drucker has a BA in Psychology and holds Masters Degrees in Human Resources Management and Philosophy. He is a graduate of the George Washington University Program for Excellence in Municipal Management and is a Certified Public Manager. He resides in the District with his wife.
Merrit Drucker
Director of Operations
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Rachel L. Davis
Rachel L. Davis, LEED AP®, has joined the BID as Marketing and Events Manager. She will be responsible for the BID’s marketing, communications, events, and public relations, as well as implementing a strategic marketing vision for the neighborhood.
Rachel joins the BID from national design firm Cooper Carry in Alexandria, Virginia, where she was the firm’s first marketing professional to earn the LEED AP® accreditation from the U.S. Green Building Council. She previously worked as a growth and development reporter for a small daily newspaper in the South, after graduating from the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications with a journalism and photojournalism degree. A car-free resident of the District’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood, she works on local economic development and promotion issues as a board member with Mount Pleasant Main Street, where she has volunteered for three years in various capacities. Rachel is excited to join the growing crowds biking to work in NoMa each morning. She lives in Mount Pleasant with her husband.
Rachel Davis
Marketing and Events Manager
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Jamie Brätt
Jamie Brätt, LEED AP®, is the BID’s Transportation and Planning Manager. Originally from a small town in Connecticut, Jamie completed her undergraduate degree at Trinity College in Hartford. She is currently completing her master’s degree in urban and regional planning at Virginia Tech’s satellite campus in Alexandria, Virginia.
Formerly at Akridge, a commercial real estate firm, Jamie earned her salesperson’s license and LEED accreditation while completing economic analyses and tracking DC leasing and development activity. At the BID, she will transition from the private real estate world to a role in planning, with an opportunity to shape a neighborhood focused on intermodal transit access and sustainability. Jamie manages NoMa BID initiatives concerning park space, public art, streetscape design, transit and infrastructure. Jamie is a cyclist and avid equestrian. She lives in downtown Silver Spring with her husband.
Jamie Brätt
Transportation and Planning Manager
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Public Safety Ambassadors
Aaron McKeiver - The Ambassador supervisor is Aaron McKeiver. He comes to NoMa from the Downtown BID, where he served as an Ambassador for over two years.
Ibrahim Turayson - Ibrahim Turayson has extensive experience as a parking and security guard for Federal workers in Southwest Washington. He is now responsible for the New York Avenue Metro station.
Robert Walker - Robert Walker comes to the NoMa BID after successfully completing a rigorous 3 month on-the-job training program facilitated by Project Empowerment. Hired on October 13, 2008, he now joins Ambassadors Aaron McKeiver and Ibrahim Turayson to help maintain the excellence that is NoMa.
Albert Williams, Jr. - Albert Williams, Jr., joined the BID in November 2008. He was previously taking computer, business and customer service classes at DC’s Center of Employment Training. An Anacostia native, Williams has watched NoMa mature over the last few decades. He enjoys interacting with the BID staff and the many people he meets on a daily basis as ambassador covering the area around the New York Avenue Metrorail station.
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