Commission on Out of School Time Grants and Youth Outcomes Daniela Grigioni Confirmation Resolution of 2025

MURIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
December 9, 2025
The Honorable Phil Mendelson
Chairman
Council of the District of Columbia
John A. Wilson Building
1350Pennsylvania Avenue,NW, Suite 504
Washington, DC 20004
Dear Chairman Mendelson:
In accordance with section 2 of the Confirmation Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-
142; D.C. Official Code§ 1-523.01), and pursuant to section 6 of the Office of Out of School Time
Grants and Youth Outcomes Establishment Act of 2016, effective April 7, 2017 (D.C. Law 21-261;
D.C. Official Code§ 2-1555.05), I am pleased to nominate the following individual:
Dr. Daniela Grigioni
Windom Place, NW
Washington, DC 20016
(Ward 3)
for appointment as a representative of an organization providing youth development programs in the
District member of the Commission on Out of School Time Grants and Youth Outcomes, filling a
vacant seat formerly held by Tachama Crump, for the remainder of an unexpired term to end November
7, 2026.
Enclosed, you will find biographical information detailing the experience of the above-mentioned
nominee, together with a proposed resolution to assist the Council during the confirmation process.
I would appreciate the Council's earliest consideration of this nomination for confirmation. Please
do not hesitate to contact me, or Steven Walker, Director, Mayor's Office of Talent and
Appointments, should the Council require additional information.
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at the request of the Mayor
A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
To confirm the appointment of Daniela Grigioni to the Commission on Out of School Time
Grants and Youth Outcomes.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the "Commission on Out of School Time Grants and Youth Outcomes
Daniela Grigioni Confirmation Resolution of 2025".
Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the appointment of:
Dr. Daniela Grigioni
Windom Place, NW
Washington, DC 20016
(Ward 3)
as a representative of an organization providing youth development programs in the District
member of the Commission on Out of School Time Grants and Youth Outcomes , established by
section 6 of the Office of Out of School Time Grants and Youth Outcomes Establishment Act of
2016, effective April 7, 2017 (D.C. Law 21-261; D.C. Official Code§ 2-1555.05), filling a
vacant seat formerly held by Tachama Crump , for the remainder of an unexpired term to end
November 7, 2026.
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution,
upon its adoption, to the nominee and to the Office of the Mayor.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
DanielaGrigioni-Carozza,M.D.
Education:
M_D.-CatholicUniversityoftheSacredHeart,FacultyofMedicine,Rome,Italy.
GraduatedSummacumLaude.1986.
ECEMG (EducationalCommissionforForeignMedicalGraduates).
Contification1984.
RotatingMedicalInternship.CatholicUniversityoftheSacredHeart1985-86.
Experience
December2015-present
ExecutiveDirector,After-SchoolAll-StarsDCResponsibleforqualityprogrammingin partnermiddleschoolsBoarddevelopmentandengagementFundraisingandfinancialhealthofthechapterExpansionandimplementationofstrategicplan
ExpansionofpartnershipsanddonorbaseRelationshipwithNationalAfter-SchoolAll-Starsofficeandimplementationof
nationalinitiatives

June2008-December2015
ManagerofExternalRelationsforAfterschool,InterimCo-Director(March2012toJanuary2014),OfficeofOut-of-SchoolTimePrograms,DC PublicSchools
Responsibleforcoordinatingafterschoolprogrammingineligibleelementaryandmiddleschoolsandafterschoolactivitiesinhighschools
LiaisonwithCommunityBasedOrganizationsbringingservicestoafterschoolprogramming;responsibleforvettingprocessoforganizationsMonitorafterschoolprogramminginschoolsthroughtheDistrictSupportsummerschoolprogrammingandcoordinateersummerschool
LiaisonwiththeOfficeofPartnershipandGrantServicesintheCity‘Administrator’sOfficeforrelationshipwithCommunityBasedOrganizationsLiaisonwithDC cityagenciesLiaisonwithotherDCPSdepartmentsforSTEMservices,arts,youthengagement,reproductivehealth,nutritionandwellness
Responsibleforcreatingnewpartnershipswithhighereducationandculturalinstitutions,cityagenciesandnewnon-profitorganizations

2006-2008
 Project Manager, Education Strengthens Families Public Charter School, DCPS
 Responsible for the coordination of all reporting aspects of the charter school
including working with staff to collect data
 Responsible for the preparation of materials for the monitoring site visits
conducted by the charter school authority and auditors
 Responsible for communication from and with the Public Charter School Board
and for communicating upcoming meetings and reports due to staff
 Assist director in identifying funding sources; build and maintain existing funder
relationships
 In collaboration with program staff, develop and write new funding proposals;
work with partner organizations to develop proposals and budget for joint work
 Maintain funder lists with dates that reports are due
 Assist in note taking at staff meetings
 Attend internal and external meetings representing the school
 Assist in the development of annual strategic plan, in collaboration with the
Director, the Board of Directors, and the staff members
 Assist in recruiting families who qualify according to established guidelines
 Assist in tracking student immunization needs to charter requirements
 Assist in planning student recognition and graduation ceremonies
1998-2006
 Project Manager, PRIME DC Project, DC Public Schools.
 Responsible for statistical data collection, organization of training sessi9ons for
teachers and paraprofessionals, organizations of Spanish language courses for
teachers and school administrators, scheduling of monitoring class visits, testing
schedules, and supervision of PRIME DC personnel. Prepared and presented
outcome results of the program at national and international educational
conferences.
2001-2008
 School Without Walls SHS (DCPS). President of the HSA (2001-2004; 2007-
2008). Vice-President of the HSA (2005)
1995-1998
 Program monitor, International Student Center for Orientation and Assessment.
DC Public Schools. Language assessment of language minority incoming
students; grade placement; parent orientation; ESL teacher trainer; local school
support for Language Assessment testing. Federal compliance monitoring of
DCPS ESL services.
1994-1997
 PTA-School Improvement Team (LSRT) Chairperson. Janney Elementary
School (DCPS). 1996-97.
 PTA-School Improvement Team Liaison. Janney Elementary School. 1994-95
1994-1995
 Translation, editing and transcription of news articles for publication in Il
Giornale, major Milanese newspaper. With Mr. Alberto Pasolini-Zanelli,
produced an anthology of articles published as Gli Americani.
1993-1994
 Co-President of the Janney E.S. (DCPS) PTA.
1989-93
 Translation Service Company
 Translation of videos clips and interviews for the RAI (Italian National Television
network).
 Translation of weekly radio program from English to Italian for the BBC (Ms.
Tricia Peters)
 Translation from English to Italian of a nursing textbook (Medical Informatics in
Nursing); Il Pensiero Scientifico Publishing Company, Rome, Italy.
1984
 Medical Assistant in OB-GYN medical practice. (Professor Luciano Paparatti).
Rome, Italy.
1983-1985
 Medical-legal translation for McDermott, Will & Emery, Washington DC.
 Medical and litigant documents translated as friend of the Court.
Publications/Presentations:
“PRIME DC: Using Proven Math Programs to Increases Student Achievement and Parent
Involvement.” Conference of the National Association for Bilingual Education.
Albuquerque, NM. February 2004.
References and Additional Publication available upon request.
Languages spoken
Native Italian, Fluent English, Emergent Spanish
E
xecutive Office of the Mayor – Mayor’s Office of Talent and Appointments
John A. Wilson Building | 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 600 | Washington, DC 20004
Dr. D
aniela Grigioni
D
r. Daniela Grigioni currently serves as the Executive Director for After-
School All-Stars DC. A physician by training, she worked in education
for over 25 years, starting as project manager for a comprehensive grant
that helped Latino parents support thei r children’s education, later
transitioning to an adult education charter school as the project manager,
and finally, joining DCPS central administration as the Manager of
External Relationships in the Out of School Time Office. In this role, she
worked with afterschool and summer school enrichment providers to
match need and availability between DCPS schools and hundreds of
providers.
Dr. Grigioni is a very passionate about serving our youth in an equitable
and just way that advance youth outcomes for all. She has become familiar with the needs of
families and communities in DC and, in response, has actively participated in promoting service
providers as partners of the school system. Her current work with After-School All-Stars fills a
specific niche of need, and it is informed by her past work in schools.
A Ward 3 resident, Dr. Grigioni earned her Doctor of Medicine from Catholic University of the
Sacred Heart in Rome, Italy.

GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Executive Office of Mayor Muriel Bowser
Office of the General Counsel to the Mayor
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The John A. Wilson Building • 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW • Suite 300 • Washington, D.C. 20004 • Office (202) 724-7681
To: Tomas Talamante, Steve Walker
From: Betsy Cavendish
Date: October 31, 2025
Subject: Legal sufficiency review of Resolution s nominating Matthew Hanson , Joanne
Lamparter, Danielle Schmutz, Ricardo Cooper, Stephanie Foo, Cambridge
Worrell-Smith, Levi Eckman, Rohan Young, Daniela Grigioni, Sybil Davis,
GeNita Finley, Reginald Mathis, and Leandro Travieso as members of the
Commission on Out of School Time Grants and Youth Outc omes
This is to Certify that this office has reviewed the above -referenced resolution s and
found them to be legally unobjectionable. If you have any questions in this regard, please do not
hesitate to call Erika Satterlee, Deputy General Counsel, Executive Office of the Mayor, at 202-
724-1303, or me at 202-724-7681.
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Elizabeth A. (Betsy) Cavendish