Past Winners : 2007 Honorees

• CIVIC LEADERSHIP

• Peter Angelos
  The Law Offices of Peter Angelos
• William Baker
  Chesapeake Bay Foundation
• M.J. “Jay” Brodie
  Baltimore Development Corporation
• David Edgerley
  Department of Business and Economic Development
• Kweisi Mfume
  NAACP

• COMMUNICATIONS

• William Roberts
  Verizon
• Marc Steiner
  WYPR
• Catherine Hughes
  Radio One
• Andrew Buerger
  Alter Communications
• David Simon
  HBO’s ‘The Wire’

• EDUCATION

• Freeman Hrabowski
  UMBC
• Nancy Grasmick
  Maryland State Schools
• William Brody
  Johns Hopkins University
• C.D. “Dan” Mote Jr.
  University of Maryland College Park
• Douglas Becker
  Laureate Education Inc.

• FINANCE

• James Kennedy
  T. Rowe Price
• Stanley Tucker
  Meridian Capital Management Group
• Ed Hale
  1st Mariner Bank
• Raymond “Chip” Mason
  Legg Mason
• Joseph Haskins Jr.
  Harbor Bank of Maryland

• FREESTLYE

• Marin Alsop
  Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
• Cal Ripken Jr.
  Ripken Baseball
• Anirban Basu
  Sage Policy Group
• Debbie Yow
  University of Maryland College Park
• Kevin Plank
  Under Armour

• HEALTH CARE

• Sister Helen Amos
  Mercy Health Services
• E. Albert Reece
  University of Maryland Medical Center
• Dr. Elias Zerhouni
  National Institutes of Health
• Linda Powers
  Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission
• Benjamin Carson
  Johns Hopkins University

• LAW

• Alison Asti
  Maryland Stadium Authority
• John C. Murphy
  Office of John C. Murphy
• Alan M. Rifkin
  Rifkin, Livingston, Levitan & Silver LLC
• Ralph S. Tyler
  Office of the Governor
• Karen Rothenberg
  University of Maryland School of Law

• PHILANTHROPY

• Douglas Nelson
  Annie E. Casey Foundation
• Eddie & Sylvia Brown
  Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Family Foundation
• Bob Embry
  Abell Foundation
• Shale Stiller
  Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
• Penny Anderson
  United Way of Central Maryland

• REAL ESTATE

• David Cordish
  Cordish Co.
• Bill Struever
  Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse
• Michael Beatty
  H&S Properties
• Creig Northrop
  Creig Northrop & the Northrop Team, Long & Foster
• Edward St. John
  St. John Properties

• TECHNOLOGY

• Martha Connolly
  University of Maryland
• Ellen Hemmerly
  UMBC Research Park Corporation
• Jennie Hunter-Cevera Ph.D.
  University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
• Robert Struble
  iBiquity Digital Corporation
• Linda Gooden
  Lockheed Martin