There’s still time to nominate local icons for Best of D.C.
Earlier today at D.C. Wire, David Nakamura posted a list of the folks Mayor Adrian M. Fenty will be competing with in a 200-mile relay race next month in April. Allow LL to annotate the list (in itals):
- Michelle Harburg, elite triathlete
- Jeff Horowitz, trainer, coach, author (“My First 100 Marathons,” Skyhorse Publishing 2008)
- James Byles, president of Byles & Associates, media consultant—-and nominated by Fenty to Public Employee Relations Board
- James “Skip” Walker, real estate appraiser and developer—-and nominated by Fenty to Board of Real Property Assessment Appeals
- George “Ty” Simpson, ironman triathlete and real estate developer—-and nominated by Fenty to Public Employee Relations Board (withdrawn), D.C. Housing Finance Agency Board of Directors, and University of District of Columbia Board of Trustees
- Maya Ellis Brown, elite runner
- Lloyd Henry, ironman triathlete, coach and owner of On-Point Fitness
- William Walker, real estate developer—-and nominated by Fenty to Water and Sewer Authority board
- Milani Hom, elite runner
- Steuart Martens, elite swimmer, gourmet foods entrepreneur
- Omar Nour, triathlete—-and nominated by Fenty to Board of Elections and Ethics; also brother of Diaa Nour, nominated to Public Employee Relations Board