Leadership Maryland names Executive Program’s Class of 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 ManagerFrederick 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 Association

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