Past Winners : 2009 Honorees

• CIVIC LEADERSHIP

• Frederick Bealefeld III
  Commissioner, Baltimore City Police Department
• Seth Goldman
  Co-founder, Honest Tea
• Jan Houbolt
  Executive Director, The Leadership
• Michael Steele
  Chairman, Republican National Committee
• Laura Neuman Volkman
  Founder, Laura Neuman Foundation
• Anna Sowers
  Creator, ZachSowers.com

• COMMUNICATIONS

• Andy Malis
  President, MGH Inc.
• Jayne Miller
  Chief Investigative Reporter, WBAL-TV
• David Nevins
  Founder, Nevins & Associates
• William Roberts
  Regional State President, Verizon Maryland & D.C.
• Ron Smith
  Radio Show Host, WBAL-AM 1090
• Marcie Jones Brennan
  Creator, BaltimoreCrime.blogspot.com

• EDUCATION

• Susan Aldridge
  President, University of Maryland University College
• Andres Alonso
  CEO, Baltimore City Public School System
• Phillip Closius
  Dean, University of Baltimore School of Law
• Sydney Cousin
  Superintendent, Howard County Public School System
• Nancy Grasmick
  Superintendent, Maryland State Department of Education
• William Thomas
  Teacher, Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School, Prince George’s County Public School System

• FINANCE

• Gary Gensler
  Nominated Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• James Kennedy
  President & CEO, T. Rowe Price Group
• Kathleen Murphy
  President & CEO, Maryland Bankers Association
• Charles Newhall III
  General Partner, New Enterprise Associates
• Hunter Hollar
  Non-executive Chairman, Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc.
• Matthew Dent
  Vice President, D.F. Dent & Company Inc.

• FREESTLYE

• Doreen Bolger
  Director, Baltimore Museum of Art
• Brian McTernan
  Owner/Founder, Salad Days Recording Studio
• Michael Phelps
  Eight-Time Gold Medalist, 2008 Olympic Games
• Paul Reed Smith
  Founder, PRS Guitars
• Eugene Sutton
  Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Maryland
• Joe Flacco
  Quarterback, Baltimore Ravens

• HEALTH CARE

• Peter Beilenson
  Health Officer, Howard County
• Benjamin Carson
  Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Curt Civin
  Director of the Center for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine
• John Lowe
  President & CEO, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for Advancement of Military Medicine
• Laurence Merlis
  President, Greater Baltimore Medical Center
• Trisha Fronczek
  Coordinator of the Clinical Scholars, University of Maryland Medical Center

• LAW

• Kirk Bloodsworth
  Program Officer, The Justice Project
• Francis Burch Jr.
  Partner, Chairmain of the Global Board & Co-Chairman of DLA Piper LLP U.S., DLA Piper
• Lisa Fairfax
  Professor of Law & Director of the Business Law Program, University of Maryland School of Law
• David Rocah
  Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union
• Craig Thompson
  Partner, Venable LLP
• Jeffrey Nusinov
  Managing Partner, Fisher & Winner LLP, Of Counsel, Law Offices of Arnold M. Weiner P.A.

• PHILANTHROPY

• Greg Cantori
  Executive Director, Marion I. and Henry J. Knott Foundation
• Marc Maurer
  President, National Federation of the Blind
• Diana Morris
  Director, Open Society Institute – Baltimore
• Patricia Rouse
  Co-founder, Vice President & Secretary, Enterprise Community Partners Inc.
• Harold Smith
  Executive Director, Catholic Charities
• Heather Harvison
  Executive Director, My Sister’s Circle

• REAL ESTATE

• Thomas Bozzuto
  CEO, The Bozzuto Group
• David Cordish
  President & Chairman, The Cordish Cos.
• Scott Dorsey
  President, Merritt Properties LLC
• Patrick Turner
  President, Turner Development
• Otis Warren
  Owner, Otis Warren & Company Inc.
• Christopher Janian
  Assistant Development Manager, H&S Properties

• TECHNOLOGY

• Vlatko Andonov
  President, Bethesda Softworks LLC
• Scott Ferber
  Founder & Chairman, TidalTV
• Jennie Hunter-Cevera
  President, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
• Tom Loveland
  Co-creator, CEO, Maryland Computer Services Association, Mind Over Machines Inc.
• Sid Meier
  Director of Creative Development, Firaxis Games Inc.
• Angela Singleton
  President, Pique Inc.