Kent Boese is the Executive Director of the Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions. Mr. Boese was confirmed in his role at the OANC by the Council of the District of Columbia on November 1, 2022, and oversees the direction and management of the agency’s statutory mandate “to provide technical, administrative, and financial reporting assistance to the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions.”
Prior to Director Boese’s appointment, he served as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner for 12 years on ANC 1A, where he served for 2 ½ years as secretary and 8 ½ years its chairperson. He also brings 15 years of professional management experience within the legal community and 27 years of experience in research and law libraries, with an emphasis in technical services. This experience makes him well suited to address the challenges and changing needs of ANCs as they seek support and guidance from the OANC in issues of policy, technology, and logistics.
Among his many priorities for the OANC are increasing economies of scale and improving support for ANCs through centralized technical services and processes in partnership with the Commissions. Results of this focus include centralized Zoom and Box accounts for ANCs, the development of a strategic vision for the OANC, and the establishment of the OOANC Advisory Board.
Mr. Boese earned a Masters of Library and Information Science from the Catholic University of America and a M.S. in Design from the Arizona State University.