On the move – 6/16/11: Mann receives national award

Posted: 4:54 pm Thu, June 16, 2011
By Daily Record Staff

Accounting

Ronald D. Rudich, director of business valuation and litigation support services at Gorfine, Schiller & Gardyn, of Owings Mills, has been appointed to a three-year term on the board of governors of the Institute of Business Appraisers. Rudich is a CPA, accredited in business valuation and certified in financial forensics. He is a certified business appraiser, a business valuator accredited for litigation, a certified valuation analyst, a certified machinery and equipment appraiser, a senior business analyst, and a certified merger & acquisition advisor. He also is accredited in business appraisal review.

Architecture

Kaitlin M. Murphy has been promoted to marketing coordinator at GWWO Architects, of Baltimore. She joined the firm in 2009 as office administrator and marketing assistant with a background that included work as an event planner and public relations assistant. Murphy has a bachelor’s degree in communications from Loyola University Maryland.

Jeanne D. Taylor has been hired to work in the Salisbury office of the Becker Morgan Group as a marketing coordinator. Taylor, who has experience in marketing, sales, promotions, and event planning, will also work on behalf of the firm’s offices in Dover, Del., and Wilmington, N.C. She has a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Salisbury University, where she is pursuing an MBA.

Awards

Dylan Rebois received the 2011 University Medal at the University of Maryland, College Park commencement in May. Rebois, a mechanical engineering major, was an active member of Engineers Without Borders since his freshman year. As a project leader with the Maryland chapter he led 30 students in designing and building a sustainable youth center in Ethiopia. In 2009 Rebois worked with a team that designed and built a solar-powered drive system for water pumps in Burkina Faso. He also served as a leader on the university’s Student Sustainability Committee and an adviser with the Office of Sustainability.

John Hoey, president and CEO of the Y of Central Maryland, is an Ernst &; Young Entrepreneur of The Year 2011 Maryland Award finalist. The winner will be announced at a gala June 23 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront.

Laura Arndts was recently selected 2011 Volunteer of the Year with Carroll Hospice, of Westminster. A volunteer since 2007, Arndts was honored for her hard work and dedication to the hospice and her compassion for patients and their families. She has been a leader in the bereavement department, organizing training books and the community library, and assisting with the Camp T.R. program. Arndts also serves as a direct-care volunteer.

Ray Daue has been selected as the recipient of the inaugural “Heart of the Cup” Volunteer of the Year Award by Special Olympics Maryland. Daue, the senior vice president of Willis of Maryland, has been doing charity work, with golf as the medium, for 34 years, raising millions for a variety of nonprofits. He has helped run golf events and auctions for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the Arthritis Foundation, Believe in Tomorrow, Calvert Hall College, Catholic Charities, Dyslexia Tutoring, First Tee of Baltimore, Habitat for Humanity, Institute of Notre Dame, the Lupus Foundation, Maryland Food Bank, Pediatric Oncology, Save-A-Heart, the Sudden Infant Death Foundation, and others.

Howard H. Moffet, a partner in Gross, Mendelsohn & Associates, a Baltimore accounting and consulting firm, was honored recently at the Edward A. Myerberg Senior Center’s annual event. Moffet has served as president and treasurer of the multipurpose senior center, and now is on the board of directors. He also serves on the budget and finance committee and board of directors of Beth El Congregation, is president of the Fields of Stevenson Homeowners Association, and treasurer of the Pikesville Communities Corp. Moffet, a University of Baltimore graduate, specializes in providing tax, accounting and consulting services to a range of clients, including retail establishments, professional service firms and restaurants.

Zachary J. Greene, a supervisor for HeimLantz PC, of Annapolis, has been designated a certified fraud examiner by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. CFEs examine data and records to detect and trace fraudulent transactions, interview suspects to obtain information and confessions, write investigation reports, and advise clients as to their findings and testify at trial.

Two Maryland Public Television volunteers have been recognized by the National Friends of Public Broadcasting. On June 21 Carole Sibel will receive the Volunteer in Fundraising Award for her work as vice chair of the MPT Foundation. The University of Maryland, College Park, graduate is also an advisor for the Baltimore Zoo Capital Campaign, a member of the Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital Foundation board of directors, and founder and chair of the Cultural Arts Institute of Chizuk Amuno Congregation. George Wills, the newly selected MPT Foundation chair, will receive the Grassroots Advocacy Award for his work to rally the public and his advocacy with state and federal officials on behalf of public broadcasting. Wills has served on the board of trustees/directors for the Baltimore Museum of Art, The Kennedy Krieger Institute and the National Aquarium, Baltimore. He holds a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University.

Michael Shacklette recently received a 2011 Governor’s Service Award from the Governor’s Office on Service and Volunteerism for his work in particular with the Y of Central Maryland. Among his efforts was serving as a project manager for last year’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. tribute and a renovation of the Druid Hill Family Center Y in Baltimore. Shacklette founded The Michael Group general contractors in 2003. After graduating from the University of Maryland he had begun his career working as a laborer for Harkins Builders. He later served as vice president of the Artery Organization and project executive for Struever Bros., Eccles and Rouse. Shacklette is also a member of the board of Florence Crittenton Services.

Warschawski, a branding, marketing, public relations, advertising and interactive agency, of Baltimore, has been selected as one of “The 30 Best Agencies To Work For” in the U.S. by The Holmes Report, national publication for the communications industry. Warschawski also was ranked among the top 10 best boutique or small agencies to work for in the country.

The U.S. Army Chemical Biological Center, in Edgewood, recently received the Governor’s Service Award in recognition of its support of local schools and educators to promote science, technology, engineering and math. In 2010, staff members met with nearly 6,000 students and more than 650 teachers in nearly 80 educational outreach events.

At its June 11 annual African Americans in Corporate Leadership gala, Associated Black Charities recognized 15 black leaders. Emerging Leaders: Maria Harris Tildon, senior vice president, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield; Pia Sterling, vice president/marketing director, CitiFinancial; Carl Hairston, vice president, business banking regional manager, M&T Bank; Reco Collins, vice president, public finance, PNC Bank; Clarence Campbell, district manager, Wachovia, a Wells Fargo Company. Torchbearers: Samuel Lee Ross, CEO, Bon Secours Baltimore Health System; Kenneth Grant, vice president, general services, Johns Hopkins Medicine; Michael Ray, head trader, Legg Mason; Lori Amos Robinson, vice president of corporate communications, corporate branding & culinary marketing, McCormick & Co.; Bert Hash Jr., president & CEO, MECU of Baltimore. Icons: Anita Jackson, economic development director, BGE; Nerry Mitchell, managing director, senior compliance director, CitiFinancial; Derek Harps, vice president/team leader, not for profit banking, M&T Bank; Herman Williams, chairman of the board, MECU; and Larry Young, radio talk show host, Radio One.

Boards

The board of trustees for the Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust has gained four members: Jason Bennet, of Legg Mason Global Asset Management; Tiffani Sterrette Collins, of Parler & Wobber; Brian Doak, of UBS Financial Services; and Domonique Foxworth, founder and president of Baltimore BORN.

Christopher K. Kyanko, who manages the valuation/litigation and forensic services department of HeimLantz, a business accounting and consulting practice in Annapolis, has joined the editorial advisory board of the National Litigation Consultants’ Review, a technical journal published by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.

Scott D. Rodgville, of the Owings Mills-based Gorfine, Schiller & Gardyn accounting firm, has been elected to his second three-year term as treasurer of the board of directors of Paul’s Place Inc. The organization advocates for change and improvement of quality of life for residents of Washington Village/Pigtown and surrounding neighborhoods in Southwest Baltimore. Rodgville leads Gorfine, Schiller & Gardyn’s not-for-profit service area and focuses on not-for-profit and employee benefit plan clients. The certified public accountant has a bachelor’s degree from Towson University and a master’s degree from the University of Baltimore. Rodgville also is on the board of directors of the American Health Assistance Foundation.

Business Support

Bob Lammey has been appointed director of higher education by High Street Partners, of Annapolis. Lammey previously was director of global business compliance Harvard University. He will initially focus on the U.S. higher education market.

Construction

Bradley Klinedinst, project manager of Stormwater Maintenance, of Hunt Valley, recently received certification in pond design, management and maintenance from the Rutgers Agricultural Experiment Station Office of Continuing Professional Education. Klinedinst is responsible for client communications, estimating and bidding, assisting with project coordination and scheduling, and managing projects in the field as needed.

Education

Dan Baum has been appointed executive director of Anne Arundel Community College’s public relations and marketing department. He most recently was vice president of Crosby Marketing Communications. Before that, he was director of marketing and then president of the Building Owners and Managers Institute, a nonprofit educational organization that provides certification and training to commercial real estate professionals. Baum has taught continuing education courses at AACC. He has completed master’s degree-level courses in marketing at Johns Hopkins University.

Katie Vota, who is studying fiber at the Maryland Institute College of Art, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to work with the Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco, Peru. She will learn from villages of artisans practicing traditional Andean methods of weaving and natural dying while helping the weavers and dyers of the region market their products so they are better able to preserve these traditions.

Finance

The Washington Group, a general agency of MassMutual headquartered in Bethesda, has added two executives: Rob Klingensmith will serve as a senior vice president; he previously was vice president and senior relationship manager for Premier Corporate and Professional Services. Christie Judith is the agency’s new director of development, responsible for recruiting agents. She previously was an associate financial adviser and representative with Northwestern Mutual.

Woody Derricks, president of Partnership Wealth Management, of Baltimore, has been authorized by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. as a Certified Financial Planner.

Health Care

Dr. Anita Bhushan has joined the medical staff of the Center for Inflammatory Bowel and Colorectal Diseases, a division of The Melissa L. Posner Institute for Digestive Health and Liver Disease at Mercy Medical Center, of Baltimore. Her areas of interest include all aspects of inflammatory bowel disease and general gastroenterology. Dr. Bhushan is board-certified in internal medicine.

Dr. James E. Wood Jr. has been appointed chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery of Harbor Hospital, of Baltimore. Wood, who is board-certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, had served as chief of the Division of Orthopaedics at the hospital for nearly 10 years. He also has served as director of the Orthopaedic Faculty Practice at Sinai Hospital, of Baltimore, and chairman of orthopaedic surgery at St. Luke’s Hospital in San Francisco. Dr. Wood earned his bachelor’s degree from Morgan State University and his doctor of medicine degree from the University of California, Irvine.

Music

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra recently made two senior-level appointments: Beth Buck is the BSO’s new vice president and chief financial officer, and Carol Bogash will fill a new position in September as vice president of education and community engagement. For the past two years Buck has served as vice president and chief accounting officer for Kelson Energy. She also has been chief financial officer at Ingenium Corp. and RWD Technologies. She is a Certified Public Accountant. Bogash will manage the BSO’s education and community engagement projects. She is director of education for the Washington Performing Arts Society. From 1994 to 2006, she was director of educational and cultural programs at the Smithsonian Institution’s Associates Program. Bogash taught in the Baltimore public school system before becoming orchestra manager of the BSO and then associate director in the Division of Liberal Arts at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Continuing Studies. She has a master’s degree from the Peabody Institute and a Maryland teacher’s certificate from Loyola College Maryland and Towson University. Bogash has been awarded the Palmes Academiques by France.

Real Estate

Bill Inskeep has been hired as project manager by Continental Realty Corp., a Baltimore-based commercial and retail development company. He previously was a construction consultant for T. Rowe Price in Owings Mills. Inskeep also has worked for Riparius Construction, Atlantic Builders Group and McCormick Construction Co.

Mann receives national award

Jean Tucker Mann, of Baltimore, recently received the National Association of Social Workers’ National Lifetime Achievement Award. Mann now is in private practice and teaches in at the University of Maryland Graduate School of Social Work. She retired in 2005 as director of social work and human services at the University of Maryland Medical Center, where she led the effort to establish the Palliative Care Program for patients with life-altering or terminal illness. Mann also co-founded UMMC’s Diversity Council. Before then she held positions in the administrations of Baltimore Mayor William Donald Schaefer and Maryland Gov. Harry Hughes. She also served as deputy regional director with the Maryland Juvenile Justice Administration, having begun work as a probation officer.

Jean Tucker Mann

Education: Undergraduate — Coppin State University prepared me for my first “real” job — teaching elementary school children; Graduate — University of Maryland School of Social Work (double major — administration and clinical concentrations)

Resides in: Pikesville, Md.

Daily commute: To any organization for which I am providing consultation/training.

Most recent vacation: London and Paris.

Hobbies: Reading mystery novels with deep, dark plots; playing keyboard; traveling.

Favorite books: “Passages” by Gail Sheehy; “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee.

Most recently read: “The Warmth of Other Suns” by Isabel Wilkerson.

Favorite food: Everything that is delicious and not on the nutritionist’s list of “Best Foods to Eat.”

Favorite quotation: “Each of us has the right and the responsibility to assess the roads which lie ahead, and those over which we have traveled, and if the future road looms ominous or unpromising, and the roads back uninviting, then we need to gather our resolve and, carrying only the necessary baggage, step off that road into another direction. If the new choice is also is unpalatable, without embarrassment, we must be ready to change that as well.” — Maya Angelou