Col. Rose M. Forrest was named the top winner in the Leadership in Law awards during The Daily Record’s Leadership in Law online celebration Thursday.  Forrest was selected by a vote of the other Leadership in Law winners. Forest is the first female National Guard judge advocate for Maryland. She’s served as a senior legal adviser ...

McSherry was sworn in during the MSBA Legal Summit & Annual Meeting on June 11 for the 2021-2022 bar year. McShery has more than 40 years of experience in commercial litigation, health care law, and alternative dispute resolution. For her competence, professionalism, civility, and commitment to public service, she has received numerous awards, including the Daily Record Leadership ...

Alexa Bertinelli was promoted to managing attorney at Civil Justice Inc. Bertinelli joined Civil Justice in 2018 where she has overseen the Economic Justice Program and leads Civil Justice’s in-house consumer litigation. She handles both individual and class cases that challenge a variety of abusive business practices, including wrongful evictions and auto-fraud. As managing attorney, ...

Sloane Brown talks with Terri Lambert, president of the Maryland LGBT Chamber of Commerce, which is celebrating its fourth anniversary.

Harford Community College Foundation announced Denise Dregier was appointed the foundation’s first executive director. She previously served as director for college and alumni development for Harford Community College since 2010. Dregier is an active member of the Harford County community. She serves on the board of directors of the Harford County Chamber of Commerce and ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Yum Brands has partnered with the University of Louisville to launch a business program that will focus on franchise opportunities for underrepresented minorities and women, officials announced Wednesday. The Yum Center for Global Franchise Excellence will create the first business program of its kind at a public university, a joint statement from ...

Howard County General Hospital: A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine announced the appointment of Sue Manning as director of strategic planning. As such, she will lead HCGH’s annual strategic planning process in support of hospital priorities, directing planning efforts for new business development opportunities, as well as the hospital’s community health needs assessment and community ...

The Maryland Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MD MEP) announced that Marjie Cota has joined the organization as director of business development and marketing. In this role, she will further MD MEP’s ongoing efforts to strengthen manufacturing in Maryland by identifying motivated small- to medium-sized manufacturers across the state and connecting them with MD MEP services to help meet their growth ...

Lalissie Eteffa first became passionate about volunteerism and mentoring as a way to pass on the kindness, love and advice others have given to her. “I feel like I’ve got to do that for somebody else because I know how much that meant to me,” she said. “Even the smallest things can make someone’s day.” ...

BALTIMORE — Lindsay Schanzer went to bed Saturday night confident about her plans to produce NBC’s Preakness broadcast. Then word emerged that Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a postrace drug test. “I probably went to sleep with a smile on my face and then woke up to a couple texts and then that smiled ...

Read the digital edition of the Top 100 Women 2021 awards publication.

When Catherine Cook LaCour first joined Blackbaud’s executive leadership team in 2014 as vice president of corporate marketing, she was the only woman on a team of all men to directly report to the CEO. It wouldn’t be until about a year later when she would be joined by a female chief technology officer. Fast ...

As an adventure traveler and long-distance walking enthusiast, Tracy Pawelski wants you to know she is just like you, with perhaps a slightly overactive sense of adventure. “I’m not an elite athlete,” she said. “I’m not out there breaking world records. The adventures I take are attainable.” Pawelski, who is the senior communications counsel at ...

Executive Alliance, which promotes women leaders in Maryland, extended the application deadline for the organization’s yearlong mentoring program, Effective Impact, to May 31. The mentoring program, held in-person this year, provides individual guidance and professional skills to help midlevel professional women achieve their career goals. The application is available online at ExecutiveAlliance.org/programs/mentorship. Executive Alliance will select ...

Janet Currie, the new president of Bank of America Greater Maryland, join Sloane Brown to talk about her new position and how she’s handling the helm of the financial institution as the COVID pandemic continues to affect employees and clients.

Judy Weidel owned an acclaimed salon with 50 employees in Mount Washington, but when the lease came due she knew she wanted something different and new. Joining with six other female employees who had gone through the salon’s apprenticeship program, they started Form Salon in October 2014. “It was an opportunity to create something where ...

  I am a rower and if you know any of us, you know that many people consider us to be a little crazy. We get up before the sun rises and put in an hour or more of intense physical exercise before most people have had their coffee. Then we go to work and ...

Whether they grew up or moved here, many residents love to show their pride for the state of Maryland. One of the most popular ways to show their affection is through clothing. Maybe it’s wearing a Maryland flag scarf around their neck, a Natty Boh’s T-shirt or an Old Bay face mask. Many have turned ...