In The Community

Dembo Jones Senior Manager Nancy Guerra (right) joined other volunteers from the Greater Bethesda Chamber of Commerce to distribute Thanksgiving meals for clients of Nourishing Bethesda, the not-for-profit organization addressing food insecurity in Montgomery County, Maryland. Nancy is on the Chamber’s Board of Directors.

Dembo Jones team members Tina LaLuna, Oana Turton and Clare Colleli took the fall to raise funds for Special Olympics Maryland – Howard County. They rappelled down 12 floors of a Columbia, Maryland office building – the tallest in Howard County – at the Over the Edge fundraiser in September. Dembo Jones was a sponsor of this annual event.

Dembo Jones was the title sponsor of First Tee – Howard County’s 23rd Annual Golf Tournament on August 16 at Fairway Hills Golf Club in Columbia. Directors Brent Croghan, Jim Green, Chris Andracsek and Dan Geehreng hosted clients and colleagues at the sold-out event, named this year in memory of former First Tee Treasurer and Dembo Jones Director Bob Cardoni. First Tee  Howard County integrates the game of golf with a life skills curriculum that enables kids to build strength of character. Jim Green is the organization’s Treasurer.

Dembo Jones Director David Sherdel, Senior Associate TJ Rigg, and Senior Managers Christina Xenochristos and Suzanne Taylor were recently taken out to the ballgame as guests at a corporate networking event at Nationals Park. It was a beautiful evening and a great opportunity to meet other DC-area business leaders, but a tough one-run loss to the Minnesota Twins for the Washington Nationals.

Dembo Jones’ Administrative Assistant Clare Colleli (on the right) took the plunge – to raise money for Special Olympic Maryland during its annual Polar Bear Plunge event in early February. Pictured with Clare are Mimi Goodman and Tracy O’Connor from Special Olympics MD Howard County. Clare is the Coordinator and Head Coach of the Special Olympics MD Howard County Alpine Ski Team.

It’s become an annual tradition: Dembo Jones’ sponsoring the Police Pace event to benefit the Howard Council Police Foundation, and our Director Dane Nettelbladt running the 5K with his daughter Adley. This year’s race on September 10 funded police department programs and scholarships for officers’ continued education and training.

As part of the professional development program he attended at Harvard University for accounting firm leaders, Dembo Jones’ Managing Partner Brent Croghan and his classmates made dinner at the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts.

In May 2023, our employees volunteered at the Silver Spring and Baltimore locations of Leveling the Playing Field. We helped the non-for-profit organization move to its new Silver Spring warehouse and sorted the equipment that it donates to youth.

Dembo Jones friends and clients joined Director Jim Green (second from left) and Managing Director Brent Croghan (far right) at the 2023 Greater Bethesda Chamber of Commerce Golf Classic in May 2023. Dembo Jones was a Classic-level sponsor and the sponsor of a Closest 2 Pin contest.

Brrrrr!!!!! Dembo Jones Administrative Assistant Clare Colleli (pictured on the left) took the plunge…in the cold waters of the Chesapeake Bay in February to raise money for Special Olympics Maryland. Clare has participated in the annual Polar Bear Plunge for 16 years.

More than 70 colleagues from both Dembo Jones offices, as well as many working remotely, celebrated the holiday season at a festive December luncheon at the Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, MD.

It was a soggy slog but it was for a good cause! Dembo Jones Director Dane Nettelbladt and his daughter Adley braved the non-stop rain to participate in Police Pace on September 11. Dembo Jones was a sponsor of the annual event that benefits the Howard County Police Foundation.

Our staff enjoyed good crabs, good weather and good company at the firm’s annual Summer Outing in August.