AMORETTA HOEBER
This August, artist Amoretta Hoeber is featured in a solo exhibition. Ms. Hoeber has been an artist all her life. Her early artwork was in watercolor where she specialized in florals. For the past fifteen years she has been a glassblower as well and for the past three years she has become a painter of acrylic abstracts. Both her glass and her acrylic paintings have been in juried shows, and she also donates some of her art pieces to charity and political auctions.
In addition to her work as an artist, Ms. Hoeber is President of AMH Consulting, a Potomac, Maryland company and since 1991 she has provided consulting on a wide range of defense matters. Prior to founding her consulting company, Ms. Hoeber held several senior management positions at TRW’s Federal Systems Group in Fairfax, VA. Before joining industry in 1986, Ms. Hoeber served as Deputy Under Secretary of the Army in President Reagan’s Administration. Earlier she was on the staff of several defense think tanks, including the Rand Corporation, and was a leader in several professional groups including the Council on Foreign Relations and the NBC Industry Group. She has authored and co-authored numerous books on military strategy and other national security issues.
Ms. Hoeber was a member of the Board of Directors of Versar, Inc., and was Chairman of the Board of EAI Corporation. She was also on the Board of the House of Ruth Maryland for more than a decade and was a co-founder of CLONE, an organization that focuses on mentoring young women in the defense business, both uniformed and civilian.
She was the Republican nominee for Congress in Maryland’s Sixth Congressional District in 2016 and 2018. She was also recently appointed by Governor Larry Hogan to be a Member of the Montgomery County Board of Elections.
This exhibition at Compass Gallery will be open from August 5 through 29. A Meet The Artists Reception is scheduled for Friday, August 16th from 7-9pm. Food and wine available. Open to the public. Running in conjunction with Friday The ART-teenth, Kensington’s new hot night for art running in conjunction with Girls Who Paint, Adah Rose Gallery, and The Gallery at Chesapeake Framing.