Speakers

Jerry Pasternak is Pepco Region Vice President, Maryland.  In that capacity, he serves as Pepco’s primary liaison to political, business, community, non-profit and consumer leaders throughout the company’s Maryland service territory.

From 1994 to 2006, Jerry served as Special Assistant to Montgomery County Executive Doug Duncan.  As the senior political and policy advisor to the County Executive, Jerry contributed strategies for public policy decisions and provided oversight, guidance and direction to ensure successful implementation of policy objectives for more than 25 departments and agencies within the county.  Among his more notable achievements, Jerry helped engineer the redevelopment of Silver Spring and the development of the Music Center at Strathmore, the Montgomery County Conference Center, and Rockville Town Center.

Before joining Pepco, Jerry was Director of Government Affairs and Senior Counsel at a law firm in Bethesda, where he lobbied on behalf of clients at the state, county and municipal levels.

Jerry graduated with a BA degree in Political Science from New York City’s Yeshiva University.  He earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Southern California School of Law and a Masters of Laws in Taxation from Georgetown University.  

Lylie Fisher is the facilitator of Montgomery County Maryland’s Caregiver Support Program. In this role she improves coordination and collaboration amongst caregiver providers, designs culturally diverse communication strategies and identifies how best to increase the availability of resources for caregivers. Ms Fisher is: the lead for Montgomery County’s Dementia Friendly initiative, forging public-private partnerships that generate positive community and business strategies; and a Member of the Maryland Commission on Caregiving.

Prior to joining the County Ms Fisher was the Director of Community Engagement with Iona Senior Services in Washington DC. Under her leadership Iona established the successful Take Charge/Age Well Academy.Originally from Australia Ms Fisher is a recipient of an Australia Council Fellowship for her contributions to national community cultural development. She became an International Research Fellow at San Francisco State University, and has lived in the United States since 1998. 

Ms Fisher has a BA in Visual Arts, Graduate Certificates in Communications and Social Sciences, and Advanced Graduate Certificate in Transformational Coaching. For over twenty years Ms Fisher has facilitated dynamic programs that support organizations, communities and individuals to powerfully embrace their full potential.