Board Member

Glenn Marcus has been a documentary filmmaker, press freedom advocate, federal grants administrator, school teacher and university professor, and community activist.  He has made four PBS national primetime programs, and taught documentary film history at the University level, science in middle school, and GED studies in a correctional institution. 

Mr. Marcus was on the Press Freedom Team of the National Press Club, is on the board of his community association, and was Vice Chair of the Citizens Advisory group to the 2nd District of the DC Police Dept.  His grants work included 13 years at the National Endowment for the Humanities and 12 years at PBS headquarters. He has lectured at several national conferences, and at universities from UC Santa Barbara to Penn, and locally has presented at the Library of Congress, the National Archives, and the National Gallery of Art.
  
A DC resident for five decades, he is a native of Baltimore, and received his university degree from Johns Hopkins, under the tutelage of legendary history professor Stephen Ambrose. Mr. Marcus was appointed by Mayor Muriel Bowser on April 20, 2026, and confirmed by the DC Council on July 14, 2026, for a term ending on January 12, 2029.