2014 Influential Marylanders

Civic Leadership

Diane Bell-McKoy
President & CEO
Associated Black Charities

Jennifer Bevan-Dangel
Director
Common Cause Maryland

Elizabeth Hewlett
Chairwoman
Prince George’s County Planning Board, M-NCPP

Jerrod Mustaf
Executive Director
Take Charge Juvenile Diversion Program Inc.

Thomas Perez
Secretary
U.S. Department of Labor

Communications

Lyle Denniston
Reporter
SCOTUSblog

Sandy Hillman
Owner
Sandy Hillman Communications

Jack Murphy
Executive Director
Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association

Jeff Salkin
Host
Maryland Public Television

Marc Steiner
Host
The Marc Steiner Show

Education

Dr. Dennis Golladay
President
Harford County Community College

Carla Hayden
CEO
Enoch Pratt Free Library

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski
President
University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Karyl B. Leggio, Ph.D.
Dean
Sellinger School of Business & Management
Loyola University Maryland

Ron Weich
Dean
University of Baltimore School of Law

Finance

Andrew Bertamini
Regional President
Wells Fargo

Bert J. Hash Jr.
President & CEO
Municipal Employees Credit Union

Bill Miller
Chairman and CIO
Legg Mason

Kathleen Murphy
President & CEO
Maryland Bankers Association

Daniel J. Schrider
President & CEO
Sandy Spring Bank

Freestyle

Lynne and Victor Brick
Owners
Brick Bodies

Kathleen Lyon and James “Buzz” Cusack
Owners
The Charles Theater

Dominique Dawes
Co-chair
President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition

Jack Gerbes
Director
Maryland Film Office

Steve Phillips
CEO
Phillips Seafood

Health Care

Chet Burrell
President & CEO
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

Debra Holbrook
Forensic Nurse
Mercy Medical Center

Barry Labinger
Executive Vice President
Emergent BioSolutions

Bill Robertson
President & CEO
Adventist Health Care

Maria Trent, M.D., M.P.H.
Director of Interdisciplinary Education
Johns Hopkins Leadership in Adolescent Health Training Program

Law

Ava Lias-Booker
Partner
McGuireWoods LLP

Lauri E. Cleary
Partner
Lerch, Early & Brewer

Amy Fusting
Special Assistant
Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation Secretary

Lawrence Greenberg
Managing Partner
Greenberg Law Offices / President of Maryland Association for Justice

Barry Levin
Partner
Saul Ewing

Philanthropy

John and Cathy Belcher
CEO
Enterprise Management

Mark Furst
President & CEO
United Way of Central Maryland

Adam Jones
Centerfielder
Baltimore Orioles

Sandy Pagnotti
President & CEO
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Baltimore

Catherine F. Scott
Professor Emeritus
Montgomery College

Real Estate

Arthur Adler
Partner
Caves Valley Partners

Toby Bozzuto
President
The Bozzuto Group

David Charron
President & CEO
MRIS

Heidi Krauss
Owner
Krauss Real Property Brokerage

Ernst Valery
Founder & President
Ernst Valery Investments Corp.

Technology

Jan Baum
Director
3D Maryland

Thomas Coughlin
Senior Vice President
Beltway Region, Comcast

Jonathan Katz
Director
Maryland Cybersecurity Center at the University of Maryland, College Park

Julie Lenzer Kirk
Co-Chair
Maryland Center for Entrepreneurship, Startup Maryland

Paul Palmieri
Venture Adviser
New Enterprise Associates