Leadership Maryland names Executive Program’s Class of 2024
Leadership Maryland announced the Executive Program’s Class of 2024, consisting of 52 business and community leaders from across the state chosen to participate in the professional development program dedicated to building a better Maryland.
The Class of 2024, the Executive Program’s 31st class, reflects a cross-section of the state, including diversity of geographic location, profession, ethnicity, and gender. The program will run from April to December, and include five, two-day sessions focused on Maryland’s five main geographic regions and the most vital issues impacting economic development, education, health and human services, criminal justice, the environment and multi-culturalism/diversity across the state.
More than 100 experts representing Maryland’s business, government, education, and nonprofit communities will serve as panelists and guest speakers.
Leadership Maryland’s flagship Executive Program is open to senior-level executives with significant achievements in either their careers and/or their communities. Ideal Leadership Maryland members have a desire to learn more about Maryland’s most critical issues and a personal commitment to be a force for positive change in their organizations, their communities, and their state.
Leadership Maryland Class of 2024 participants:
OluwaTosin Adegbola, Ph.D.
Executive Director of the Clara I. Adams Honors College, Morgan State University
Tiffany C. Ahalt
Director of Sales & Community Engagement, Visit Hagerstown & Washington County CVB
George J. Arendt III
Project Executive, Southway Builders Inc.
Sonya L. Bigelow-Smith
Director, Business Development, The Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council
Stephen M. Blair
President, Lyceum Insurance Services LLC
Ted L. Book Jr.
Vice President, Easton Velocity, Easton Utilities
Adam W. Borden
Vice President Digital Marketing, Live Casino & Hotel
Kim L. Bradley
Vice President, Total Rewards, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
John P. Brennan II
Assistant Secretary, Maryland Department of Disabilities
Kenneth S. Clash
Chief Operating Officer, Enoch Pratt Free Library and State Library Resource Center
Dr. Lorena I. de Leon
Senior Director, Population Health and SDoH, Maryland Physicians Care
Vineet K. Dhar
Clinical Professor and Chair, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Nicki Fiocco
Director of Programs and Communications, Transform Mid-Atlantic
Julia A. Glanz
Deputy Secretary, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development
Garrick R. Good
President, North East Housing Initiative
Pam Gregory
President/CEO, United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore (UWLES)
Brian T. Hammond
Owner/Chief Learning Officer, Bedford Louis & Ellicot, LLC – BLE Training
Ian Hartman-O’Connell
Senior Director, Policy Integration, AARP
Starlet “Star” Hunter
Director, Community Engagement, MGM National Harbor
Jennifer D. Jones
CEO, Howard County Economic Development Authority (HCEDA)
Paul T. Kappel Jr.
President and CEO, Junior Achievement of Central Maryland
Heidi N. Keeney
Special Projects Manager,Frederick County Government – Division of Emergency Management
Damon L. Krieger
Vice President, Legal Affairs, Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Jennifer C. LaHatte
Managing Director of Policy, Research & Government Affairs, Maryland Department of Commerce
Cailey E. Locklair
President, Maryland Retailers Alliance
Jacqueline K. Lopez
President, Premier Enterprise Solutions, LLC
Victoria L. Miele
Supervisor of Public Relations/Public Information Officer, Somerset County Public Schools
Tereance R. Moore
Principal Owner, Tereance Moore Consulting, LLC
Yonelle Moore Lee, Esq.
Vice Chair, Charles County Board of Education
Linda A. Myers
Vice President, School Programs, Kennedy Krieger Institute
Benjamin R. Nichols
President & CEO, Harkins Builders, Inc.
Yanni M. Niebuhr, CFP
CIO, BFG Financial Advisors
Melissa A. Noel
CEO/Business Owner, Noel’s Fire Protection, LLC
Brian R. Ott
Senior Vice President, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
Tara A. Owens
Vice President of Athletics and Recreation, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
Dr. Maarten L. Pereboom
Dean, Fulton School of Liberal Arts, Salisbury University
Stephen J. Pereira
CIO, Calvert County Government
Joseph L. “Terry” Rauh III
Chief Finance & Operations Officer, Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO)
Paul W. Ruppert
President & CEO, Baltimore Public Markets Corporation
Daniel E. Schneckenburger
Executive Director, Upper Shore Workforce Investment Board
Adrienne M. Somerville
Acting Director, Command Operations Group, Naval Air Systems Command
Carolyn Teigland, Ed.D.
CEO, Maryland Coalition for Inclusive Education
Heather R. Tinelli
Director of Economic & Tourism Development, Queen Anne’s County
Andrae J. Townsel
Superintendent, Calvert County Public Schools
Hon. Todd M. Turner, Esq.
Executive Director, Prince George’s County Office of Ethics & Accountability
John D. Urbach II
Director, Government Strategic Business Unit, Edward Performance Solutions
Laura E. Weeldreyer
Executive Director, Maryland Family Network
Jeffrey D. Weiss
Chief Financial Officer, Qlarant
Dawn C. White
Vice President, Gas, Baltimore Gas and Electric
Sonya A. Whited
Senior Director of Product and Innovation, Perdue Farms
Portia Wu
Secretary, Maryland Department of Labor
Amanda C. Zinn
President & CEO, Leadership Baltimore County
