We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with a lens for community building in Northeast. We manage two Main Street programs; the Rhode Island Avenue Main Street (since 2014) and Bladensburg Road Main Street (established in the Fall of 2019). The DC Main Street Program, run out of the Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD), and are one of DC’s 26 commercial corridor Main Streets. See our amazing work from 2022 in our FY22 DC Squared Annual Report!
Distinct Corridors. Developing Communities., also known as DC Squared or DC², is dedicated to supporting, promoting, and growing small businesses in neighborhood corridors, as well as preserving and promoting community
history through art, culture, and architecture.
Our vision is to be THE destination for the authentic DC experience of culture, creativity and community
Executive Committee
Carlos Davis, Chair
Jack Sterne, Vice Chair
Monica Leibovitz, Treasurer
DC Squared Board of Directors
Carlos Davis, Chair
President of the Woodridge South Civic Association
Mr. Davis is Executive Vice President of MJ Synergy Group, LLC, providing architectural design; planning; programming; project management, construction management; inspection and facilities management services. A retired federal executive and life-long resident of Washington, DC, Mr. Davis, currently serves as President, Woodridge South Community Association Ward 5, board member Rhode Island Avenue Main Street; Deputy Board Chair of a non-profit organization She Still Smiles, LLC; and, President of SOLRAC Enterprises, LLC.
Mr. Davis served as Chairman, CIA Fine Arts Commission, expanding the Agency’s historical intelligence permanent exhibits, art and sculpture collections. He conceived and directed the development of the book, Inside the CIA, The Architecture, Art and Atmosphere of America’s Premiere Intelligence Agency. Mr. Davis served two terms as Chairman of the CIA Black Executive Board and is Member Emeritus to the Advisory Board of Directors, International Spy Museum. Mr. Davis achieved the ranks of the prestigious CIA Senior Intelligence Service.
Mr. Davis received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Howard University and a Master of Science in Engineering Management from the Catholic University of America. He completed graduate studies in Intelligence Assessment & Policy Forums from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; and holds Federal Executive Certification from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Mr. Davis has completed post graduate doctoral studies in Leadership and Organizational Development with the University of Phoenix.
Jack Sterne, Vice Chair
Jack Sterne is the Co-Founder and President of Lumenant, an energy efficiency company which transforms buildings in the senior living industry. He is an environmental lawyer and entrepreneur with 30 years of leadership experience in the energy and environment arena. He has a J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School and a B.A. from the University of Virginia. His wife Sunyatta Amen is the owner of award-winning teahouse Calabash Tea & Tonic, with locations in Brookland and Shaw. Jack is an active outdoor nut, spending whatever free time he has fishing, snowboarding, surfing, biking, or hiking.
Monica Leibovitz, Treasurer
Monica Leibovitz is a Brookland resident with a 20 year career in advocacy, community development, and government.
She was the founding Director of Community Development for Cooper University Hospital in Camden, NJ, where she worked to develop three community parks, create a neighborhood special services district, and secure state and philanthropic funding for housing rehabilitation and community programs. Monica also served in various policy, research, and communications leadership roles for presidential, U.S. Senate and gubernatorial campaigns. She is a graduate of Yale University.
In recent years, Monica has worked for the Downtown DC Business Improvement District, the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, and The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Monica, her husband, and their two children live on Kearny Street NE.
Chloe Fedyna (bio coming soon)
Malik Edwards (bio coming soon)