Welcome the new members of the University of the District of Columbia’s Board of Trustees

On September 19, the DC Council voted to approve Lamont Akins and Warner H. Session as the newest members of the University of the District of Columbia Board of Trustees. Read More

Lamont Akins

Lamont Akins is the Senior Manager for Strategic Initiatives and External Engagement at Pepco. He also serves as the Interim Senior Manager for the Pepco Holdings Community Engagement team within Corporate Community Impact (CCI).

Akins was the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs (MOCA) for Mayor Muriel Bowser before working for Pepco. There, he led community partnerships, orchestrated initiatives and oversaw 13 constituent service offices and 12 DC government boards or commissions.

Before working for the mayor’s office, Akins served as Director of Constituent Services for At-Large DC Councilmember Anita Bonds.

He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and a Master of Science in Community Development  from Delta State University. Akins is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Step Afrika!

Warner H. Session

Warner H. Session, Esq., is the owner and principal of Session Law Firm, a business law practice built on the pillars of law, business and public policy.

Session’s clients include a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company, a healthcare software management company, an international infrastructure financing firm, an international airport advertising display firm, a transportation company for disabled persons, small business airport food and beverage operators, two major U.S. airports, affordable housing real estate developers and publicly traded real estate investment trusts.

He is the owner and principal of Session Title Service, a full-service title insurance, escrow and settlement company. He is also the owner and principal of Aviation Business Partners, a consulting firm that advises airports and commercial tenants on air service development, display advertising, car rental, merchandising and food and beverage concessions.

Prior to these business ventures, he worked in the U.S. House of Representatives as Staff Director and Counsel to the Government Activities and Transportation Subcommittee of the Government Operations Committee.

He served as Staff Attorney to the Judiciary Committee for the DC Council, where he drafted legislation on matters affecting multiple executive agencies. Before that, he was an Associate at Harmon & Wilmot, PC.

Session serves on the Board of Directors for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.

He holds the following bar memberships: United States Supreme Court, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, United States Claims Court, United States Tax Court and US District Court for the District of Columbia.

His other affiliations include Aero Club, DC Bar Association, DC Building Industry Association, DC Chamber of Commerce, DC Land Title Association and National Association of Corporate Directors.

Session earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Stanford University and a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center.