Leadership Howard County announces Leadership Premier class of 2020

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Leadership Howard County, which seeks to empower leaders to strengthen and transform the community, accepted 49 professionals from Howard County businesses and nonprofits into the Leadership Premier program’s class of 2020.

Leadership Premier is a 10-month exploration of the Howard County community, during which participants visit Howard County businesses, meet with local leaders and learn about issues in the county.

The members of the class of 2020 are:

• Helaine Barry, M&T Bank
• Regina Barry, BB&T
• Mae Beale, community volunteer
• Chetana Bhat, Personal, Professional Relationship Development
• Shelly Brown, Shelly Brown Law
• Angela Cabellon, Office of the Howard County Executive
• Wendy Cartagena, Bridgeway Community Church
• Sonia Chapin, Berkshire Associates Inc.
• Elizabeth Crammond, Bright Minds Foundation
• Hung-bin Ding, Loyola University Maryland
• Katherine DiSalvo-Thronson, Howard County Library System
• Phillip Dodge, Downtown Columbia Partnership
• Brenda Doles, HealthCare Resolution Services Inc.
• Denise Donohue, Cisco Systems
• Trala Downer, Accenture Federal Services
• Ivy Gales, SECU
• Michael Garzon, Baltimore Gas and Electric
• Robin Goble, Raytheon
• Robert Gray, YMCA
• David Greisman, Columbia Association
• Louis Hutt III, The Hutt Company LLC
• Alicia Jones-McLeod, Ellicott City Partnership
• Dave Lazas, Atapco Properties
• Suzanne Lea, Red Dot Foundation Global
• Peter Mathieson, Abrams Development Group
• Brooke McCauley, Howard County Library System
• Sarah McMahon, Sandy Spring Bank
• Lisa Myers, Howard County Police Department
• David Nitkin, Howard County General Hospital
• Andrea Pelletier, Revere Bank
• Tanya Rapacz, Arthur Stein Financial
• Helene Raynaud, Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Maryland and Delaware
• Adam Rickey, KCI Technologies
• Peter Schaaf, Harkins Builders
• Patricia Lins Silva, community volunteer
• Jean Silver-Isenstadt, community volunteer
• Denise Smith, Pump It Up of Elkridge
• Jennifer Smith, Howard County General Hospital
• Peter Spann, The Spann Law Firm
• Donna Sturdivant, Howard County Housing Commission
• Chantelle Taylor, Athelas Institute Inc.
• Christine Uhlhorn, Howard County Fire and Rescue
• Peter Vasco, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
• Gudell Ward, IMEC Group LLC
• Kim Watters, GovRealm
• Minah Woo, Howard Community College
• David Woodruff, APL Federal Credit Union
• Jean Xu, Chinese American Parent Association of Howard County
• Jiabin Zhao, Washington Investment and Management

The Leadership Premier program was launched in 1985 to develop capable, well-informed individuals committed to devoting their time and resources for community improvement. The program addresses countywide issues in monthly, daylong seminars where paticipants meet with established leaders in business, government and community services.

Since its inception, more than 1,200 individuals have graduated from Leadership Premier and now lead nonprofit boards and civic organizations serving Howard County.