RAWLINGS-BLAKE ANNOUNCES TRANSITION COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Committees of experts will conduct a comprehensive review of all city agencies
(BALTIMORE - January 28, 2010) - City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake enlisted the support of top Baltimore leaders to serve as committee members to assist City government during the transition process.
Rawlings-Blake assembled a team of experts to serve on committees in six key areas: Public Safety and Essential Services; Jobs and Economic Development; Education Reform and Youth Services; Community Development and Neighborhoods; Health and Human Services; and Arts and Culture.
“I am very pleased and honored to name a diverse cross-section of Baltimore excellence to lead this transition effort as committee members,” Rawlings-Blake said. “Each committee will conduct a comprehensive review of each city agency to ensure that all public and taxpayer funds are used in the most effective and efficient manner.”
Rawlings-Blake named the following Baltimore leaders to serve as committee members:
Public Safety and Essential Services Committee
Co-Chair: Mr. Bishop L. Robinson, Retired Commissioner, Baltimore Police Department and Former Secretary of Maryland Department of Juvenile Justice.
Co-Chair: Ms. Nancy Smith, Government Relations Officer, Maryland Food Bank.
• Mr. Ronald Addison, Retired Homeland Security and Emergency Manager Director, Baltimore City.
• Mr. Peter Auchincloss, President, Watermark Corporation.
• Dr. Marvin Cheatham, President, NAACP Baltimore City Branch.
• Det. Robert Cherry, President, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #3, Baltimore City Police Department.
• Ms. Brenda Clayburn, President, City Union of Baltimore (CUB).
• Mr. Tony Dawson, President, Bel-Air/Edison Community Association.
• Mr. Pierce Flanigan, President, Flanigan and Sons.
• Mr. Kirby Fowler, President, Downtown Partnership Baltimore City.
• Mr. Mel Freeman, Executive Director, Citizen Planning and Housing Association.
• Mr. Stephen G. Fugate, President, Baltimore Fire Officers Union, Local 964
• Mr. Edward Gallagher, Director, Department of Finance, Baltimore City.
• Ms. Gladys Gaskins, Director, Department of Human Resources, Baltimore City.
• Mr. Kenneth A. Goon, Associate Engineer and Planner, RKK.
• Mr. Ray Hannah, Protective Security Advisor, United States Department of Homeland Security Region III.
• Mr. Jim Marcinko, Waste Management Recycle America, Area Recycling Operations Director.
• Mr. Richard McCoy, Retired Civil Defense and Emergency Manager Director, Baltimore City.
• Mr. Glenn Middleton, Executive Director, AFSCME Maryland Council 67.
• Mr. Fred Mirmiran, President, Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson.
• V. Rev. Fr. Constantine Moralis, Cathedral Dean, Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation.
• Rev. Msgr. Damian Nalepa, Saint Gregory the Great Parish.
• Mr. Samuel Redd, Executive Director, Operation Pulse.
• Ms. Mary Roby, Executive Director, Herring Run Watershed Association.
• Mr. Robert Sledgeski, President, Baltimore Fire Fighters Union, Local 734.
• Mr. Hector Torres, President, Prosaber Consulting.
• Mr. Ralph S. Tyler, Chief Legal Counsel, Food and Drug Administration.
• Mr. Ralign T. Wells, Administrator, Maryland Transit Administration.
• Mr. Herman Williams Jr., Retired Chief Baltimore City Fire Department, Chair Board of Directors MECU.
• Mr. Nathan Willner, General Counsel for the Shomrim of Baltimore, Willner & Associates, P.A.
Jobs and Economic Development Committee
Co-Chair: Donald Fry, President and CEO, Greater Baltimore Committee.
Co-Chair: Mr. Paul Taylor, Executive Director, Small Business Resource Center.
• Ms. Helen Bentley, Consultant, Helen Bentley & Associates, Inc.
• Mr. Kwang Choi, Advisor, KAGRO of Maryland, Inc.
• Mr. Woody Collins, Executive Vice President of M&T Bank, President and COO of Mid-Atlantic Region, M&T Bank.
• Ms. Sophie Dagenais, Partner, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
• Ms. Gwen Davidson, Partner/Portfolio Manager, Brown Advisory.
• Mr. Eddie Dopkin, Vice President for Finance, The Classic Catering People.
• Mr. Rod Easter, President, Baltimore Building & Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO.
• Mr. J. P. Grant , President & CEO, Grant Capital Management.
• Mr. Bert J. Hash, Jr., President and CEO, MECU.
• Mr. Bob Hockaday, Principal, The Spenceola Group.
• Ms. Catherine L. Hughes, Founder and Chairperson, Radio One, Inc.
• Mr. Kevin Johnson, Commercial Interiors, Inc., President.
• Mr. Joe Jones, Founder, President and CEO, The Center for Urban Families.
• Mr. Steve Kearney, Principal, Kearney O’Doherty Public Affairs.
• Mr. Jon Laria, Partner, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP.
• Mr. Tom Loveland, CEO, Mind Over Machines
• Mr. Keiffer Mitchell, Small Business Banking Officer, Wachovia Bank.
• Mr. Marc Montgomery, CEO, Ports America Chesapeake.
• Mr. J. Scott Plank, Executive Vice President Business Development, Under Armour.
• Mr. Jason Perkins-Cohen, Executive Director, Job Opportunities Task Force.
• Ms. Eileen Rehrmann, President, Eileen M. Rehrmann & Associates, Inc.
• Mr. Theo Rodgers, President, A & R Development Corporation.
• Mr. Jim Smith, President, Baltimore Subway Systems.
• Mr. Jimmy Stavrakis, President, Adcor Industries.
• Mr. Paul Sugar, Shareholder, Ober, Kaler, Grimes and Shriver, PC.
• Bishop Walter S. Thomas, Sr., Pastor, New Psalmist Baptist Church.
• Mr. Craig A. Thompson, Partner, Venable, LLP.
• Mr. Stanley Tucker, President, Meridian Management Group, Inc.
• Dr. Carolane Williams – President, Baltimore City Community College.
Education and Youth Services Committee
Co-Chair: Ms. Muriel Berkeley, President, Baltimore Curriculum Project.
Co-Chair: Mr. Ralph Moore, Director, St. Frances Academy Community Center.
• Mr. Robert Bogomolny, President, University Of Baltimore.
• Mr. Luis Borunda, President, U.S. Hispanic Youth Entrepreneur Education (USHYEE).
• Mr. Jonathan Brice, Executive Director Student Support, Baltimore City Schools.
• Mr. Ronald J. Daniels, President, Johns Hopkins University.
• Mr. Chris Delaporte, Commissioner, Recreation and Parks Advisory Board.
• Mr. Bill Eberhart, Council Chair, Gwynns Falls Trail Council.
• Dr. Anne Emery, President Emeritus, The National Coalition of 100 Women.
• Ms. Marietta English, President, Baltimore Teachers Union.
• Ms. Phoebe Haddon, Dean, University of Maryland School of Law.
• Mr. Donald Hense, Chairman, Friendship School.
• Ms. Loretta Johnson, President, Paraprofessional Chapter Baltimore Teachers Union.
• Dr. Philip Leaf, Director, John Hopkins, School of Public Health, Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence.
• Mr. Rafael Lopez, Executive Director, Family League of Baltimore.
• Ms. Sandy McCrary, President, HR Strategies and Solutions.
• Ms. Sally Michel, Chair, Parks & People Foundation.
• Bishop Douglas A. Miles, Pastor, Koinonia Baptist Church in Baltimore.
• Mr. Adam Rosenberg, Executive Director, Baltimore Child Abuse Network, Inc.
• Mr. Ashley B. Stewart, Director of Community Initiatives, National Summer Learning Association.
• Mr. Omari Todd, Executive Director, Teach For America-Baltimore.
• Dr. Patricia Welch, Dean, School of Education and Urban Studies, Morgan State University.
• Ms. Anna Williams, Director of Student Life, The Seed School Of Maryland.
Community Development and Neighborhoods Committee
Co-Chair: Ms. Diane Bell-McKoy, President and CEO, Associated Black Charities.
Co-Chair: Mr. Nicholas Ramos, Owner, Arcos Mexican Restaurant and Bar.
• Mr. Art Abramson, Executive Director, Baltimore Jewish Council.
• Ms. Karenthia Barber, President, Ednor Gardens Lakeside Civic Association.
• Mr. Scherod Barnes, Northeast Baltimore community activist and civic leader.
• Ms. Martha Benton, President, Resident Advisory Board and Douglass Homes Resident Council.
• Ms. Mary Ann Cricchio, Owner, DaMimmo's Restaurant.
• Ms. Karen DeCamp, Director, Neighborhood Programs, Greater Homewood CDC.
• Mr. Jason Filippou, Executive Director, Greektown CDC.
• Ms. Mereida Goodman, Executive Director, The Garwyn Oaks Northwest Housing Resource Center, Inc.
• Mr. Anwer Hasan, Vice President, EA Engineering Science and Technology, Inc.
• Mr. J. Howard Henderson, President, Baltimore Urban League.
• Mr. Cheo D. Hurley, Director, Community and Economic Development, Park Heights Renaissance Inc.
• Mr. Jody Landers, Executive Vice President, Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors.
• Mr. Kelly Little, Executive Director, Druid Heights CDC.
• Mr. Thibault Manekin, Principal, Seawall Development Company.
• Mr. Michael Mazepik, Executive Director, People's Homesteading Group, Inc.
• Mr. Chuck Morton, Partner, Venable, LLP.
• Mr. Doug Nelson, President and CEO, Annie E. Casey Foundation.
• Mr. George Nemphos, Managing Partner, Duane Morris, LLP.
• Ms. Ruth Ann Norton, Executive Director, Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning.
• Ms. Sally Scott, Senior Program Manager, Baltimore Neighborhood Collaborative.
• Mr. Mark Sissman, President, Healthy Neighborhoods.
• Mr. Scot Spencer, Manager of Baltimore Relations, Annie E. Casey Foundation.
• Mr. Tom Wilcox, President & CEO, Baltimore Community Foundation.
• Dr. Harley Wilson, Pastor, Israel Baptist Church.
• Dr. Todd Yeary, Senior Pastor, Douglass Memorial Community Church.
Health and Human Services Committee
Co-Chair: Sister Helen Amos, Executive Chair Board of Trustees, Mercy Health Services.
Co-Chair: Dr. Levi Watkins, Associate Dean, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital.
• Dr. Richard G. Bennett, President, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
• Ms. Patricia Cassatt, CEO, Peoples Community Health Centers
• Mr. Dennis Cherot, President & CEO, Total Health Care.
• Mr. Albert “Skip” Counselman, CEO, Riggs, Counselman, Michaels and Downes, Inc.
• Mr. Vinnie DeMarco, President, Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative.
• Mr. Willie Flowers, Executive Director, Park Community Health Alliance.
• Mr. Carlos Hardy, Director of Public Affairs, Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems, Inc./Recovery
• Rev. Debra Hickman, President & CEO, Sisters Together and Reaching.
• Ms. Paula McLellan, CEO, Family Health Centers of Baltimore.
• Ms. Martha Nathanson, Vice President for Government Relations and Advocacy, LifeBridge Heath
• Ms. Marla Oros, President, Mosaic Group.
• Ms. Jane Plapinger, President & CEO, Baltimore Mental Health Systems, Inc.
• Mr. Mark Puente, Senior Vice-President, Bravo Health, Inc.
• Mr. John Reid, Executive Vice President of the Maryland/DC Region, SEIU 1199 / United Healthcare Workers East
• Dr. Samuel Ross, CEO, Bon Secours Baltimore Health System.
• Dr. Steven S. Sharfstein, M.D., President & CEO, Sheppard Pratt.
• Mr. Jeff Singer, President and CEO, Healthcare for the Homeless.
• Ms. Maria Tildon, Vice President, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
• Mr. Mark Wasserman, Vice President of Development and Corporate/Public Sector Relations, University of Maryland Medical System.
• Ms. Maria Welch, CEO, Respira Medical.
Arts and Culture Committee
Co-Chair: Ms. Leslie King-Hammond, Graduate Dean Emeritus and Founding Director for the Center for Race and Culture, Maryland Institute College of Art. Board Chair, Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History and Culture.
Co-Chair: Ms. Connie Caplan, Chair, The Time Group.
• Mr. Aaron Bryant, Curator, James E. Lewis Museum of Art.
• Ms. Edie Brown, President, Edie Brown & Associates, Inc.
• Mr. Javier Bustamante, Board Member, Baltimore Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
• Mr. Jed Dietz, Director, Maryland Film Festival.
• Mr. LaRian Finney, CEO, Visionary Marketing Group, INC.
• Ms. Margaret Footner, Executive Director, Creative Alliance.
• Dr. Carla Hayden, Director, Enoch Pratt Free Library.
• Ms. Lainy Lebow-Sachs, Senior Vice President for External Relations, Kennedy Krieger Institute.
• Mr. Tom Noonan, President and CEO, Visit Baltimore.
• Ms. Clair Zamoiski Segal, President, Clair Zamoiski Segal, LLC.
• Ms. Kathy Sher, Deputy Director of External Affairs, National Aquarium of Baltimore.
• Ms. Elaine Simon, President, Caribbean Association.
• Ms. Ferrier Stillman, Partner, Tydings & Rosenberg LLP.
• Mr. Ian Tresselt, Managing Director, Everyman Theater.
• Mr. Gary Vikan, Director, Walters Art Museum.
• Mr. Paul Wolman, CEO, P.W. Feats, Inc.
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