23 Feb, 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 Click here to view this article from The Daily Record.