Leadership Team
Meet WISH Founder, the Honorable Jacqueline “Jackie” Lewis
Honorable Jacqueline “Jackie” Lewis gained national recognition for her educational leadership when she was consecutively appointed by Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush to the President’s Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Education. As executive director, Mrs. Lewis recommended improvements of Federal education related programs to the President and Congress. These were from Council members, state and local elected officials, representatives of elementary, secondary and post-secondary education and parents.
Honorable Jacqueline “Jackie” Lewis gained national recognition for her educational leadership when she was consecutively appointed by Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush to the President’s Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Education. As executive director, Mrs. Lewis recommended improvements of Federal education related programs to the President and Congress. These were from Council members, state and local elected officials, representatives of elementary, secondary and post-secondary education and parents.When Mrs. Lewis and her late husband, Robert, were encouraged to provide safe affordable housing in DC, they discovered there were few properties available.
They started buying vacant properties that would house students within premier Washington, D.C. locations. With an impressive real estate portfolio of row houses and apartments near Capitol Hill, WISH accommodates thousands of college interns cycling into the nation’s capital every year. Today, WISH has established itself as the leading intern housing and residential life services provider in Washington D.C.
WISH Leadership Team
Lauren Kneram
CEO
Carlo Barrera
Director, Program Partnerships
Dan Lewis
General Manager
