Founders & Staff

Brian Hart
​Co-Founder & CEO

Brian serves as Chief Executive Officer and Board Chair of LightHouse. In his career, he has worked as a nonprofit leader, entrepreneur, attorney, and community advocate. He loves his family, friends, and community. Brian is a graduate of Amherst College and Georgetown University Law Center.

Jingwen Sun
​Co-Founder & Social Service Specialist

Jingwen is a graduate of the George Washington University and the University of Maryland, Robert Smith School of Business, for a graduate degree in supply chain management. Jingwen previously co-directed Sunday Suppers, a nonprofit that serves meals to homeless population in D.C. Jingwen worked as a research associate at Institutional Shareholder Services. Jingwen’s practical knowledge of logistics is essential as the organization grows. 

Board of Directors

Dominique Duong
​Board Director ​

​Dominique received her Bachelors of Science in Nutrition and Food Science from Wayne State University in Detroit. Dominique is currently a Senior Sales Development Manager at the New York Life Greater Washington General Office in Bethesda, MD.

Ryan Hart
​​Board Director 

Ryan graduated from Middlebury College and Georgetown University Law Center.  He clerked for the Honorable Timothy J. McCrone of the Howard County Circuit Court in Maryland.  He served as an an Assistant State’s Attorney in the Major Investigations Unit of the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Western District of Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh.  He now practices law in downtown DC at the law firm, Dickinson Wright PLLC, representing companies and individuals facing high-risk criminal and civil litigation. 

Amir Irani
​​Board Director ​

​Amir lives in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, DC and serves as the Chairperson of the Adams Morgan Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 1C). As an elected ANC Commissioner, Amir has represented the nearly 20,000 residents of Adams Morgan before the DC Government Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA), the Zoning Commission, the Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) and the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (ABC).

​Amir is a member of the founding team at EdClub and was previously Head of Marketing and Growth for Spree Commerce (acquired by First Data; NASDAQ: FISV). EdClub is the creator of TypingClub, an online educational software. TypingClub is used by over 50,000 K-12 schools in the US, and has over 23,000,000 registered student accounts. Amir graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Finance and International Business from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Matt Wexler
​​Board Director ​

​Matt holds an M.B.A. in Real Estate and Finance from the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management. Matt is a highly respected business and community leader in Washington, DC. He is Principal & Managing Partner of Foxhall Partners, a real estate development firm that serves the DMV. The firm owns Glover Park Hotel, The Carlyle DuPont, and The Line DC Hotel, among other properties. Matt also serves as a board member of the Friends of Guy Mason as well as an advisory board member of BUILD DC.

Hon. Robert White
​Board Director ​

Robert graduated from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and American University Washington College of Law. Robert served for five years as legislative Counsel to Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and one year as District Director of Community Outreach for the Office of Attorney General for D.C. Robert currently serves as an At-Large Councilmember on the Council of the District of Columbia.