Barbara Blaylock – President – is a retired primary care physician whose involvement in FCAME grew out of an active interest in optimizing end-of-life care as well as patient and family-centered health care.
Rachel Bayard – Treasurer and Secretary – joined FCAME because she believes strongly in its mission and efforts. She has worked her entire professional career on the legal side of the real estate industry, specializing in mortgage servicing. She is active in sports and community activities.
Vikki Zourzoukis – Membership Director, Social Media Director -is a local realtor, an active community member, and a zealous advocate of FCAME’s mission and purpose. Having undergone the difficult task of making final arrangements for a loved one, Vikki joined FCAME understanding the challenges consumers face and the need to implement changes that protect consumers as they commemorate a loved one’s life.
Dimitrios Rizos – Board Member-at-Large, IT Manager – is a recruiting lead and a systems analyst for RiverNorth. Dimitri provides data architect solutions and technology stack modernization guidance to commercial clients in the DMV area. His involvement with FCAME resulted from the experience his family had with the unexpected cost of a funeral and a burial.
Debra Joseph – Board Member-at-Large – trained as an environmental scientist. She found her way to FCAME via a personal loss when she learned how complicated and expensive even simple funerals can be. She believes that such an emotionally wrenching time in a person’s life should not be laden with hidden fees and sales pitches, and now helps people research and plan their own funerals.
Stephanie Morrison – Board Member-at-Large, Communications Director – is a professional writer and editor with a long career in public service, including two decades at the National Institutes of Health. Stephanie volunteers with FCAME because she believes people deserve honest, practical information when making funeral decisions, especially during difficult times.