Marin Alsop • Katherine Bays Armstrong • Thomas Bozzuto • Betty Buck • James Constable Frances Draper • Robert Embry • Wandas

Marin Alsop • Katherine Bays Armstrong • Thomas Bozzuto • Betty Buck • James Constable Frances Draper • Robert Embry • WandaS. Johnson William Kirwan Frances Draper • Robert Embry Keyes Heard Sandy Hillman Ed Hord Charles Jacobs Harry Peggy Naleppa • Christopher Nicholson • Jim Perdue • Ronald Shapiro Arne Sorenson • Paul Tiburzi • John Waters • Arnold Williams Peggy Naleppa • Christopher Nicholson Jim Perdue Ronald Shapiro Arne Sorenson Paul Tiburzi • John Waters

Raymond Mason • Aris Melissaratos • Kweisi Mfume • Mike Miller • Thomas R. Mullen TABLE OF CONTENTS

Marin Alsop ...... 4 Ed Hord ...... 16 Peggy Naleppa ...... 28 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Hord Coplan Macht Peninsula Regional Medical Center

Katherine Armstrong...... 5 Charles H. Jacobs Jr...... 17 Christopher Nicholson...... 30 Heritage Financial Advisors LLC Harford Bank Turnbull, Nicholson & Sanders, P.A.

Thomas Bozzuto...... 6 Harry S. Johnson...... 18 Jim Perdue ...... 32 The Bozzuto Group Whiteford Taylor & Preston Perdue Farms William Kirwan ...... 19 Betty Buck ...... 8 Ronald Shapiro ...... 33 Buck Distributing Company University System of Maryland Shapiro Sher James Constable...... 10 Raymond Mason...... 21 Arne Sorenson ...... 34 Wright, Constable & Steen LLP Legg Mason Marriott International Frances Murphy Draper...... 12 Aris Melissaratos...... 22 AFRO-American Newspapers ArMel Scientifics LLC Paul Tiburzi ...... 36 DLA Piper Robert C. Embry Jr...... 13 Kweisi Mfume ...... 24 Abell Foundation Morgan State University, NAACP John Waters ...... 37 Artist Judge Wanda Heard ...... 14 Thomas ‘Mike’ Miller Jr...... 26 Baltimore City Circuit Court Maryland General Assembly Arnold Williams...... 38 Abrams, Foster, Nole & Williams PA Sandy Hillman ...... 15 Thomas R. Mullen...... 27 Sandy Hillman Communications Mercy Health Services

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2 Icon Honors 2019 THE DAILY RECORD Publisher’s Note How the e are proud to a major American orchestra when she was appointed honorees present our music director of the Balti more Symphony Orchestra. Wthird annual She started two community programs -- OrchKids, a year- were chosen Icon Honors awards. round music educati on program for children and BSO Many of the 26 men Academy, a summer fantasy camp for adults. She was The Icon Honors and women you’ll meet also the only conductor to be honored as a MacArthur awards recognizes Mary- in these pages are well- fellow. land business leaders known to you. A few Rev. Dr. Frances Murphy Draper has had an impact over the age of 60 for you’ll be meeti ng for the in Balti more in various ways. She is the chairman of the their notable success and fi rst ti me. But they all board and publisher of The AFRO newspaper, which was demonstrati on of strong have some qualiti es in common: founded by her great-grandfather in 1892. She is also leadership both within • They have left an indelible mark on their the founding pastor of the Freedom Temple A.M.E. Zion and outside of their cho- chosen fi elds. Church in south Balti more and has served 24 years on sen fi eld. • They have displayed sustained leadership and the Morgan State University Board of Regents. Eligibility Require- integrity. Raymond A. “Chip” Mason started an investment fi rm • They have withstood the whims and caprices in 1962 when he was 25. A decade later he merged it to ments: Must have a of the moment to build what is lasti ng and form Legg Mason, which by 2005 was the fi ft h-biggest long-standing commit- durable. investment house in the country, with $830 billion in as- ment to the Maryland • They have the vision to see what is meaning- sets. He served as the chair of the board of directors for business community; ful and the drive and determinati on to achieve Johns Hopkins University and was the chair of the board Must have a sustained those goals. for the Archdiocese of Balti more’s Partners in Excellence, commitment to commu- • They have lift ed up their colleagues and which off ers scholarships for inner-city children to att end nity service and mento- displayed selfl ess community service. Catholic schools. ring; Must be 60 years Honorees come from the fi eld of educati on, These are just some of the remarkable stories you’ll old or more to qualify; politi cs, law and business. Each stands out in his read about in this magazine. We hope you fi nd them not May currently be in the or her own way, and they care about the commu- only informati ve but inspirati onal. workforce or reti red; niti es around the state. We want to honor them for what they have meant and Must hold or have Thomas V. Mike Miller is the longest-serving to our state. And we also want to thank all of you who held a senior manage- Senate president in Maryland and the country. took the ti me to make nominati ons for the Icon Honors. ment-level positi on with Although health issues are forcing him to leave his Your suggesti ons truly represent not only the best and signifi cant authority in leadership post this upcoming legislati ve session, brightest among Maryland leaders but those who have decision-making for their Miller will conti nue to represent Prince George’s passed the test of ti me. County. He said part of his greatest success is organizati on. making the Senate more collegial, inclusive and Suzanne Fischer-Huett ner Winners were selected representati ve of the people. by The Daily Record. Marian Alsop became the fi rst woman to lead

Marin Alsop • Katherine Bays Armstrong • Thomas Bozzuto • Betty Buck • James Constable

Frances Draper • Robert Embry • Wanda Keyes Heard • Sandy Hillman • Ed Hord • Charles Jacobs • Harry S. Johnson • William Kirwan

Suzanne E. Fischer-Huett ner, Publisher Darice Dixon, Senior Account Manager Thomas Baden Jr., Editor Gail Clough, Account Executi ve Patrick Brannan, Special Products Editor Erin McLaughlin, Events & Marketing Coordinator Hope Keller, Legal Editor Kara Iannantuono, Digital Marketing Specialist Sean Wallace, Assistant Editor Oliver Stein, Administrative Assistant Jason Whong, Digital Editor Laura Black, Designer Maria Kelly, Comptroller Gina Gallucci-White, Christi ne Hansen,

Peggy Naleppa • Christopher Nicholson • Jim Perdue • Ronald Shapiro Arne Sorenson • Paul Tiburzi • John Waters • Arnold Williams Arnold • Waters John • Tiburzi Paul • Sorenson Arne Shapiro Ronald • Perdue Jim • Nicholson Christopher • Naleppa Peggy Tracy Bumba, Audience Development Director Brian Pappalardo, Meg Tully, Contributi ng Writers

Raymond Mason • Aris Melissaratos • Kweisi Mfume • Mike Miller • Thomas R. Mullen To order additi onal copies of this publicati on, please contact Oliver Stein at 443-524-8184 or [email protected].

THE DAILY RECORD Icon Honors 2019 3 arin Alsop became the ﬁ rst woman to lead a major American orchestra when she was Mappointed music director of the Balti more Symphony Orchestra in 2007. Born in New York City to parents who were professional musicians, the famed conductor was the driving force behind starti ng two popular BSO community programs: OrchKids, a year-round program in Balti more that provides music educati on, instruments and performance and mentorship opportuniti es free of charge to children during and aft er school; and BSO Academy, a summer music fantasy camp for adults. Her tenure with BSO was recently extended unti l 2021. A student of Leonard Bernstein and the only conductor honored as a MacArthur fellow, Alsop made her professional debut in 1991 and has worked with the Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, London Symphony and Los Angeles Philharmonic, as well as many others. She was also the ﬁ rst woman to

“I encourage women to fi nd a job that doesn’t feel like a job. I never feel like I am going to work. It’s a privilege, and I feel that way every day.”

lead a major orchestra in South America and Britain, and recently became the fi rst female chief conductor of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra in Austria. In 2020, Alsop and two other female conductors will be featured in “We Conduct,” a documentary that shows her working with professionals and MARIN ALSOP students. Alsop refl ects on her career in the movie, saying, among other things, “Conducti ng is unlike Music Director anything else in music. I have to fi gure out how to Baltimore Symphony Orchestra moti vate people with my gestures.” She also talks about sharing her passion for music with children: “My goal is to try and give that joy to as many young people as I can.” Alsop told The Balti more Sun she hopes the documen- inated society were the subject of the it when I was 9 years old,” she said. “I tary inspires women to challenge themselves and fi ght for fi lm.” encourage women to fi nd a job that what they want. “I never felt that I was the subject of the Alsop said in a 2018 interview that doesn’t feel like a job. I never feel fi lm, but rather the art of leadership, the importance of she didn’t intend to be a trailblazer. “I like I am going to work. It’s a privi- mentorship, and the struggle of women in our male-dom- just wanted to be a conductor. I knew lege and I feel that way every day.”

4 Icon Honors 2019 THE DAILY RECORD KATHERINE ARMSTRONG Certiﬁ ed Financial Planner Heritage Financial Advisors LLC.

atherine Bays Armstrong took the leap child,” Armstrong said. “It has proven to be 15 years ago to start her business, a powerful dynamic in building this legacy.” Kfinancial planning practice Heritage Armstrong is deeply committed to im- Financial Consultants, and has never proving the Maryland business community. “I work hard to take the looked back. The certified financial planner She currently sits on the board of directors ti me to understand my clients’ said her experience, integrity and respon- of the Better Business Bureau of Greater dreams, concerns and challeng- siveness to all of her stakeholders are the Maryland; on the women’s advisory board es. They deserve this investment cornerstones of her practice. with the Greater Baltimore Committee; of my ti me, and I take pride in “I work hard to take the time to under- on the governing board of the Maryland stand my clients’ dreams, concerns and Transportation Authority; and has been this approach.” challenges,” she said. “They deserve this president and board chair of the Executive investment of my time, and I take pride in Alliance. She is also president and board this approach.” chair of the Junior League of Baltimore. One significant highlight for Armstrong She serves as a mentor to numerous came in 2010, when her daughter, Eliz- young executives, counseling the next Maryland. Regarding the success abeth Paal Goss, joined the practice. generation of financial planners to find a of her financial planning practice, Armstrong teamed up with Goss on the passion they care about and to make an she said, “It’s extremely gratify- complicated issue of planning the passing impact in the world. ing to recognize that most of my of wealth from parents to adult children. Armstrong feels fortunate to have had growth in new clients comes from “We utilize an intergenerational ap- the opportunities during her lifetime to referrals from existing clients. proach to working with families to achieve make a difference in the lives of countless This tells me that my approach is financial independence, looking at it from individuals, whether for her individual greatly appreciated.” the perspective of the parent and adult clients or to the citizens of the state of

THE DAILY RECORD Icon Honors 2019 5 THOMAS BOZZUTO Chairman and Co-founder The Bozzuto Group

homas S. Bozzuto, chairman and co-founder of The Bozzuto Group, takes Tpride in knowing that his 31-year-old company has improved many communiti es, “A company we started with an idealisti c com- and the lives of the people who live in those communiti es, by focusing on its customers’ mitment to our core values – concern, creati vity, needs. passion and perfecti on – remains today, led by its “A company we started with an idealisti c commitment to our core values – concern, second generati on, not only fi nancially success- creati vity, passion and perfecti on – remains today, led by its second generati on, not only ful but as strongly committ ed to those values as fi nancially successful but as strongly committ ed to those values as ever,” said Bozzuto, ever.” who became chairman in 2015 when his son, Toby, took over as president and chief emoti onally,” he said. Among his refl ecti ons: that others have been there and they can sti ll executi ve offi cer. Push yourself out of your comfort zone at come out ahead.” The Bozzuto Group develops, builds and least once every day. Your reputati on is the Bozzuto is pleased that the company’s manages homes, apartment communiti es loudest sound in the very small room that is customer-focused approach is evident in and retail locati ons. Its employees manage your universe. every project. The quality of their homes has more than 75,000 apartments and 2.2 Bozzuto was a fi rst-generati on college been a key to improving neighborhoods, and million square feet of retail space in multi ple student in his family in the 1960s, earning their management services have provided a states. a bachelor’s degree in English from Hobart comfort level – a sanctuary for residents – in Bozzuto published a book, “Refl ecti ons of and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New their apartment communiti es, he said. an Ordinary Man,” in 2018. “Forcing myself York. He now feels compelled to help other “And we have created a company where to think about what I was seeing and learn- fi rst-generati on students. “They deserve our people not only enjoy working, but ing each day, and trying to put the import- and frequently need help because they are where they also have the opportunity to ant stuff down on paper in just a few words, learning to deal with academic challenges grow and enjoy a sense of purpose,” Bozzuto allowed me to grow intellectually and and new social situati ons. They need to know said.

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ett y Buck has been breaking down barriers in the male-dominated beer industry since Bshe took over Buck Distributi ng Company, the alcoholic beverage supplier and distributor, from her father and its founder, William Irwin Buck, in 1985. Named president in 1986, Buck was only in her late 20s but ready to lead the family business. “I grew up at Buck,” she said. “My father started it with one truck in 1946, and I watched what he did.” Buck has more than 100 employees now, and she said she operates the business as a big family. “I never ask anyone to do anything that I haven’t already done or sti ll do, including driving a truck, building a display, or if we have a hard week, cook a lunch.”

“We don’t sell beer to get people drunk. It is a legal product that needs to be controlled and consumed responsibly. In the schools, the sooner we start the message the bett er, and coming from me that catches their att enti on.”

In 2008, she became the fi rst female chairperson of the Nati onal Beer Wholesalers Associati on, and the next year, she became the fi rst female chairperson of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce. Buck has been struck twice by drunk drivers, fi rst when she was 7 years old, as her mother witnessed it, and four years ago. She has had both knees re- placed as a result. She is acti ve with Mothers Against Drunk Driving and the Training for Interventi on Pro- cedures (TIPS) program, which is designed to prevent intoxicati on, drunk driving and underage drinking. She trains others in-house and in local schools. “We don’t sell beer to get people drunk,” she said. “It is a legal product that needs to be controlled and consumed responsibly. In the schools, the sooner we start the message the bett er, and coming from me that catches their att enti on.” Buck is also on the board of the Anne Arundel Medical Center Foundati on, where she has BETTY BUCK been co-chair of its Denim and Diamonds fund- raiser in support of its new mental health hospi- President tal, which is being constructed and is expected Buck Distributing Company to open next spring. Buck credits her father for her interest in community involvement. “The core driver for our family has been we make our living from the community, we live in it, and we owe something back,” she said.

8 Icon Honors 2019 THE DAILY RECORD Baltimore Development Corporation Congratulates Chair Emeritus ARNOLD WILLIAMS On Being Nomited as a 2019 ICON Award Honoree!

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The University System of Maryland and University System of Maryland Foundation congratulate The Daily Record 2019 Icon Honor Award Recipients Harry Johnson William “Brit” Kirwan

THE DAILY RECORD Icon Honors 2019 9 JAMES CONSTABLE Partner Wright, Constable & Skeen LLP

ames Constable comes from a long clients on educati on and environmental family line of lawyers, judges and matt ers, with a special interest in land and Jelected representati ves. The partner historic preservati on. He has had leader- with Wright, Constable & Skeen is the fi ft h Do not practi ce law for money. It is ship posts with a number of nonprofi ts, generati on of Constable to practi ce law, “ including as a trustee with the Maryland and there are more on the way, he said. all about the client, sati sfying the client Historical Society, Preservati on Maryland Constable fondly remembers the advice with advice that best meets the client’s and The Preservati on Society, and as the his father gave him, which he now passes founder and chair of the Manor Conser- along to the next generati on: “Do not needs is your reward. You will never vancy. practi ce law for money. It is all about the starve.” He urges young lawyers not to spe- client, sati sfying the client with advice cialize too early in their careers but to that best meets the client’s needs is your gain experience in many disciplines. He reward. You will never starve.” also encourages young professionals to Constable’s business law practi ce has get involved in civic acti viti es and move included working as local counsel for into leadership positi ons to become Fortune 500 companies and guiding the well-rounded and respected. growth of small to midsize companies on Eff ecti ve leaders, Constable said, under- issues like taxes, contracts, mergers and quarterback. I need to know the client’s stand human nature, develop people skills acquisiti ons, human resources, real estate decision-making processes, prioriti es and and are good listeners. “They must be and regulatory matt ers. tolerance for risk. I try to be prompt and civil and practi cal, capable of identi fying “My clients have not been interested accessible at all ti mes and get the client talent in others and helping it blossom. in jumping from one att orney to anoth- to the goal line as quickly and cost-eff ec- Do not rob the spotlight; instead recog- er when the subject matt er changes,” ti vely as possible.” nize the team. Most important, focus on he said. “Rather, they look to me as a Constable also works with nonprofi t the goal line.”

10 Icon Honors 2019 THE DAILY RECORD James W. Constable

We at Wright, Constable & Skeen congratulate Jimmy and all the honorees of the Icon Honors award. Jimmy truly is an icon in the legal industry and community. It is well earned and well deserved!

The team at Sandy Hillman Communications Proudly Congratulates our leader, mentor and friend SANDY HILLMAN on being named a 2019 Daily Record Icon Honoree he Rev. Dr. Frances Murphy Draper has been an inﬂ uenti al community leader in her nati ve Bal- Tti more for decades, with leadership positi ons in journalism, a church she founded and educati on. In February 2018, Draper was named chairman of the board and publisher of AFRO-American Newspa- pers, which was founded in 1892 by her great-grandfather. She was president of the company from 1987 to 1999. “The AFRO has been at the forefront of the ever-changing media landscape for 126 years,” she said last year. “Today, we oﬀ er a wide variety of platf orms to get the word out, including a robust array of social media products. However, our basic mission of championing our people, our causes, our hopes, dreams and aspirati ons are likely stronger than ever. Black lives have always matt ered and conti nue to matt er to us.” In 2002, Draper became the founding pastor of the Freedom Temple African Methodist Episcopal Zion

“The AFRO has been at the forefront of the ever-changing media landscape for 126 years. … However, our basic mission of championing our people, our causes, our hopes, dreams and aspirati ons are likely stronger than ever. Black lives have always matt ered and conti nue to matt er to us.”

Church in south Balti more. She received a doctor of ministry degree in preaching and leadership from the United Theological Seminary in Ohio in 2006. Draper received a bachelor’s degree in Span- ish language educati on in 1969 from Morgan State University and was on the university’s Board of Regents for 24 years before stepping FRANCES MURPHY DRAPER down in June. Her class celebrated its 50th Chairman, Publisher anniversary in May. Draper also has master’s degrees in edu- AFRO-American Newspapers cati on, business administrati on and pastoral counseling. Draper said her mother, Frances L. Murphy II, helped inspire her to be a community leader. “She Now it’s Draper’s turn to inspire order to survive and thrive,” she encouraged me to honor God, treat people the way the younger generati on. “I tell said. “When people are healthy you want to be treated and surround yourself with them it’s important to give back economically, socially, and spiritual- younger people who can keep you up to date on the to your community because many ly, communiti es are healthy.” latest trends and technologies.” people need a genuine hand up in

12 Icon Honors 2019 THE DAILY RECORD obert C. Embry Jr. is best known in Maryland as the longti me president Rof the Abell Foundati on, where he has been ﬁ ghti ng to improve the lives of all state residents, especially the disenfran- chised, since 1987. But for the Balti more nati ve, his work, oft en behind the scenes, dates back to the mid-1960s. Aft er graduati ng from Balti more City Col- lege (1955), he earned a master’s degree in foreign service at Williams College (1959) and then it was on to Harvard Law School (1964). Embry was on track for a career in foreign service, but his heart remained in Balti more. While working as a tax lawyer for a law ﬁ rm in Balti more, Embry won the Third District City Council seat in 1967, and he was also named a member of the Balti more City Planning Commission. A year later, he

“I always wanted to run for mayor, but I didn’t really want to be mayor. It is a job that is too much in the public eye.”

moved behind the scenes as the fi rst commissioner of the Department of Housing and Community Develop- ROBERT C. EMBRY JR. ment for Balti more City. President Under two mayors, Thomas D’Alesandro III and William Donald Abell Foundation Schaefer, Embry has been credited as the key to developing many projects, including the Nati onal Aquarium, the Maryland Science Center and the subway system. He was named president of the Balti - on chronic health and housing problems. In 1977, he brought his urban planning more school board in 1985, but resigned It also invests millions in promising young experti se to Washington as President a year later as he weighed his politi cal companies. Jimmy Carter’s assistant secretary of the opti ons. “I always wanted to run for mayor, In 2013, when the foundati on was U.S. Department of Housing and Urban but I didn’t really want to be mayor,” Embry honored for its philanthropic work, Embry Development for Community Planning and said in 2004. “It is a job that is too much in quietly tried to defl ect att enti on. “Really, Development. He returned to Balti more in the public eye.” I’m just the person who signs the checks. 1981 as a partner with Cordish Embry & Under Embry, the foundati on has been I’m giving away somebody else’s money.” Associates, where he worked on downtown fi ghti ng for positi ve changes in the city, real estate projects. including improving schools and taking

THE DAILY RECORD Icon Honors 2019 13 JUDGE WANDA HEARD Chief Judge Baltimore City Circuit Court

on. Wanda Keyes Heard, the first cause she gave each case her consid- female chief judge in the Balti- ered judgment, treated everyone in her Hmore City Circuit Court, is looking “A trial att orney wants to know the court with respect and remembered forward to her retirement at the end judge is listening, prepared, familiar what it was like to be a litigator for 17 of the year. Heard, in reflecting on her with the case, read the law and will ren- years. “A trial attorney wants to know career last year, said it was her father, der a prompt and well-reasoned order.” the judge is listening, prepared, familiar Sterling S. Keyes, the first African-Amer- with the case, read the law and will ren- ican superintendent of the Baltimore der a prompt and well-reasoned order.” City Public Schools, who provided most creating a program that identified the Heard plans to volunteer in the com- of her support when she was growing strengths and weaknesses of proba- munity once she’s retired, something up. tioners. “Sometimes they need drug she has done as a judge. “The commu- “There were no African-American treatment, education or training in nity needs to hear from members of the women lawyers that I knew of,” Heard order to get a job or keep it. I sought judiciary, and not just around election said. “But yet he encouraged me and employers and job training programs time. I have volunteered to speak in told me that I could do anything I want- willing to help my probationers and schools, churches and youth programs. ed to do with an education. I put my decreased the number who reoffended We are responsible to the community head to the grindstone, I worked hard, by focusing on reentry programs. I am we serve, and we hold in our hands the I took opportunities to do things in the really proud of those who are taxpaying ability to encourage and motivate young law.” and law-abiding citizens now.” people to dream.” One of her key accomplishments was Heard said she was successful be-

14 Icon Honors 2019 THE DAILY RECORD SANDY HILLMAN President Sandy Hillman Communications

ong before Sandy Hillman was president tles to accommodate the outside world, in- of Sandy Hillman Communicati ons, she ternally there is virtually no hierarchy. Each Learned her reputati on as a pioneer of “I think I bring passion to every proj- team member feels a sense of responsibility urban marketi ng. In the 1970s and ’80s, Hill- ect and care deeply about our clients. I to the other and to the organizati on.” man was the founder and executi ve director have a keen sense of responsibility – we Hillman is involved with a number of of the city of Balti more’s Offi ce of Tour- are the stewards of people’s livelihoods clients and manages its new business out- ism and Promoti on under Mayor William and their reputati ons. I take all of that reach and general business oversight. “And Donald Schaefer, a criti cal ti me during which seriously, as do my colleagues.” I regularly serve as a sounding board and she helped transform the city into a tourism go-to resource for team members.” desti nati on with att racti ons like Harbor- Hillman, who has been working since place, the Nati onal Aquarium and Pier 6. 1962, sti ll loves the daily challenges. “I think She left the city in 1984 to join the public communicati ons,” Hillman said. I bring passion to every project and care relati ons and adverti sing fi rm Trahan, Hillman is proud of the culture of collab- deeply about our clients,” she said. “I have Burden & Charles, where she represented orati on and respect that she has created a keen sense of responsibility – we are the clients from the tourism, hospitality and at her fi rm, which has represented a stewards of people’s livelihoods and their entertainment industries for 23 years. diverse roster of big-name clients, including reputati ons. I take all of that seriously, as do She was vice chairman and CEO when she Walmart, Caesars Entertainment, World my colleagues.” jumped 12 years ago into her own PR fi rm Series of Poker and the Nati onal World War Hillman remembers a key piece of advice in Towson. II Museum. from Schaefer, whom she considered a “I had been part of a large, very success- “We are a team of people who are mentor. “He always said, ‘Exceed expecta- ful company and I wanted to do something personally and professionally committ ed to ti ons.’ That has been central to the DNA of smaller, more narrowly focused on strategic each other,” she said. “Although we have ti - our company.”

THE DAILY RECORD Icon Honors 2019 15 ED HORD Founder and Senior Principal Hord Coplan Macht

d Hord, a founder of Hord Coplan Macht hoods, nonprofi ts and universiti es has brought (HCM), is getti ng ready to reti re at the our experti se to many people in the communi- Eend of the year, ending a 42-year career “At the ti me, I didn’t fully understand ti es where we work.” with the Balti more architecture and landscape what architects did, but I was fasci- In a 2016 interview with Community Archi- architecture fi rm he created in 1977 with fellow tect Daily, Hord recalled getti ng interested in nated that design could improve the architect Lee Coplan and landscape architect architecture at 17 years old when his father Carol Macht. quality of life and buildings. I loved the met with an architect about an additi on to Hord, the senior principal, said his proudest idea of designing places for people and their house in Abilene, Texas. “At the ti me, I accomplishment has been the culture he’s es- didn’t fully understand what architects did, but buildings that could change people’s tablished at HCM. “We care a great deal about I was fascinated that design could improve the our people and the projects we’ve produced lives.” quality of life and buildings,” he said. “I loved in communiti es around the country,” he said. the idea of designing places for people and “We emphasize balancing work and family life.” buildings that could change people’s lives.” replacement hospital boosted its health care He is also proud of HCM’s diverse and inclusive In reti rement, Hord plans to remain acti ve studio. The Union Wharf Apartments kicked off workplace, with 49% of its employees female, on nonprofi t and government boards, including HCM’s push into the mixed-use podium and and many of its female and minority employees as chair of Jubilee Balti more and the Maryland wrapper-style apartments in Balti more and in key leadership roles. State Elevator Review Board and commissioner Washington. Hord said three projects were important of the Balti more County Landmarks Preserva- “I would like to think that HCM has made to the growth and development of HCM. The ti on Commission. the neighborhoods where we have designed transformati on of the Old Southern High School “The biggest thing I will miss will be the faciliti es bett er places to live, work and play,” into Harbor Hill Apartments on Federal Hill in people,” he said. “We have a fantasti c group of Hord said. “Our mixed-use communiti es have the 1970s kicked off HCM’s Adapti ve Reuse professionals who are producing award-win- enlivened the street life of communiti es in and Housing studios. HCM’s work on the $160 ning projects in a collaborati ve and creati ve positi ve ways. Our volunteer work in neighbor- million Western Maryland Health System manner.”

16 Icon Honors 2019 THE DAILY RECORD CHARLES H. JACOBS JR. Senior Advisor Harford Bank

ft er 43 years at Harford Bank, Charles H. Jacobs Jr. said his moti vati on to Asucceed comes from routi nely setti ng personal goals and aspiring to learn some- “Get educated and stay educated. Stay acti ve in volunteering in your thing new each day. community. Always keep your word to others, it is a refl ecti on of your inten- Jacobs stepped down as president and ti ons and integrity. Show up to work every day and be ready to work.” CEO of Harford Bank in July and conti nues to serve as the bank’s senior advisor unti l “As a result, the bank remained relevant Show up to work every day and be ready to his reti rement on Dec. 31. He will remain on and became stronger,” he wrote. work.” Harford Bank’s board of directors aft er his At the close of 20 years as president, Jacobs is a member and past chairman of reti rement. Jacobs said Harford had $368.7 million in as- the Aberdeen Economic and Development He started at Harford Bank as a note sets and seven branches in Harford County Committ ee and a member and past pres- teller in October 1976, a few months aft er and one in Cecil County. He developed and ident of the Aberdeen Lions Club. He has earning a business degree from the Univer- managed a succession plan for his replace- chaired the Aberdeen Centennial Commit- sity of Maryland, College Park. At the ti me, ment and is confi dent in the bank’s future. tee and served on the Harford Community the bank had two branches and $8.4 million Jacobs, who wrote that it’s humbling to College Foundati on Board as chairman of in assets. be considered an icon, shared advice for the fi nance committ ee. He is a past pres- Jacobs worked his way up and was success: “Get educated and stay educated. ident of the Harford County Chamber of appointed president in 1999. The bank Stay acti ve in volunteering in your commu- Commerce. survived the great recession from 2007 to nity. Always keep your word to others, it is 2009; Jacobs considers it one of his greatest a refl ecti on of your intenti ons and integrity. successes.

THE DAILY RECORD Icon Honors 2019 17 HARRY JOHNSON Partner Whiteford Taylor & Preston

hile Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP partner Harry S. Johnson Wclaims many fi rsts — the fi rst Afri- To me, a legacy is determined not so much by what you do, but the can American to preside over the Maryland “ people that you culti vate and organizati onal changes you help implement to State Bar Associati on and the GBMC Health- care board — it’s his victories for others that help an organizati on grow, prosper and be inclusive aft er your ti me is over.” have propelled his career in product liability liti gati on. Johnson was the principal att orney for Balti more for more than 10 years in the Year in 2012 by the law school’s Black Law as the Fourth Circuit representati ve on its federal civil rights acti on, Thompson V. HUD. Students Associati on. federal judiciary standing committ ee and In 2003, Black Enterprise magazine named He is the treasurer of the Maryland as the chair of its standing committ ee on him one of America’s Top Black Lawyers and Hospital Associati on, a member of the public educati on for his fi nal two years. The Daily Record gave him a Leadership in GBMC Healthcare board of directors and a He has served on the boards of Center- Law award. He earned a Lifeti me Achieve- member of the executi ve committ ee of the Stage, the Offi ce of the Public Defender and ment award from The Daily Record in 2018. University System of Maryland Foundati on. the Balti more Community Foundati on. “My moti vati on comes from trying to He has been a member of the American “To me, a legacy is determined not so make a positi ve contributi on in each acti vity Bar Associati on House of Delegates since much by what you do, but the people that that I undertake, and not being afraid to 2003, and in August he was elected to its you culti vate and organizati onal changes take on diffi cult challenges,” Johnson wrote. standing committ ee on scope and correla- you help implement to help an organizati on Johnson, who earned his bachelor’s ti on of work. He served the American Bar grow, prosper and be inclusive aft er your degree and law degree from the University Associati on in many roles: as a member of ti me is over,” Johnson wrote. of Maryland, was named Practi ti oner of the its commission on racial and ethnic diversity,

18 Icon Honors 2019 THE DAILY RECORD illiam “Brit” Kirwan, a national authority on critical issues facing higher education, Wremains committed to helping others gain access to high-quality schools after 13 years as the University System of Maryland’s chancellor. “In today’s world education is not just an option,

“In today’s world education is not just an option, it is essential for career success and a high quality of life. Eliminating barriers to education is, so to speak, what ‘drives my engines.’”

it is essential for career success and a high quality of life,” Kirwan wrote. “Eliminating barriers to education is, so to speak, what ‘drives my engines.’” Under Kirwan’s leadership, the University Sys- tem of Maryland, which includes 11 universities, was lauded for incorporating advanced computer interaction into undergraduate instruction, and the University of Maryland University College became the nation’s largest online public university. In 2017, Kirwan was inducted into the Baltimore Sun’s Maryland Business and Civic Hall of Fame. In 2002, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Kirwan taught mathematics at the University of Maryland, College Park for 24 years before serving as its president for 10 years. Its mathematics building is named after him. He left Mary- land to become president of Ohio State University for four years before returning to Maryland as chancellor. WILLIAM KIRWAN In 2010, Kirwan received the TIAA-CREF Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for Leadership Chancellor Emeritus Excellence. In 2009, he earned the Carnegie Corporation Leadership Award, including a University System of Maryland $500,000 grant to support USM academic priorities. Kirwan sits on boards for the University of Maryland Medical Center, University of His advice to young profession- He received his bachelor’s Maryland School of Medicine, Institute of Human als: “Whatever your profession, degree in mathematics from the Virology, University of Maryland Foundation and when you look back on your University of Kentucky and his the Strathmore Hall Foundation. He also served as career, be sure you can answer master’s and doctoral degrees chair of the state’s Commission on Innovation and in the affirmative whether or not from Rutgers, The State Universi- Excellence in Education and considers it the most you made a profoundly positive ty of New Jersey. difficult and important work he’s done. difference in the lives of others.”

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20 Icon Honors 2019 THE DAILY RECORD ince reti ring as leader of the ﬁ nancial giant Legg Mason, Raymond A. “Chip” Mason con- S ti nues to work hard, investi ng throughout the region. “Hard work is the only thing that I know that

“Hard work is the only thing that I know that delivers. Al- most everyone I know who has done well or is doing well has worked hard, a lot more than eight hours a day and also has had the desire to be the best.”

delivers,” Mason said. “Almost everyone I know who has done well or is doing well has worked hard, a lot more than eight hours a day and also has had the desire to be the best.” Mason founded the Balti more-based investment fi rm, Mason & Company, in 1962 when he was 25 years old. Ten years later, he merged the fi rm, with roots selling stock tracing to 1899, to form Legg Mason, which went public in 1983. In 2005, at the close of Mason’s 43 years as its leader, Legg Mason had $830 billion in RAYMOND MASON assets and was the fi ft h-biggest investment house in the country. Taking his company Retired from zero to a major worldwide fi nancial company is what Mason considers his greatest Legg Mason feat. “Unti l we were the best, we hadn’t accom- plished our goal,” he said. “There was always something or some company or someone out there who was bett er, and we had to keep working.” He also served as chair of the Mason said that he appreciates In 2005, the College of William & Mary in Virginia board of directors of Johns Hop- being considered an icon, adding named its business school, The Mason School of kins University and was chair of that he hopes he deserves the Business, aft er Mason, who graduated from the the board for the Archdiocese of honor. university. Balti more’s Partners in Excellence, “I always strove to make Mary- He has served as chair of the Securiti es Industry off ering scholarships for inner-city land bett er and be inclusive of Associati on and as chair of the board of governors children to att end Catholic everyone, and I think I did that,” for the Nati onal Associati on of Securiti es Dealers. schools. he said.

THE DAILY RECORD Icon Honors 2019 21 ARIS MELISSARATOS Founder ArMel Scientiﬁ cs LLC

echnology guru Aris Melissaratos says and development. He also worked as CEO complete unless you spend ti me in aca- that it’s his work mentoring and de- of Coleman Research Corporati on, Thermo demia, industry and government,” Melissara- Tveloping employees under his various Coleman Corporati on and Thermo Informa- tos said. He spent 35 years in industry, 12 leadership roles that has brought him the ti on Soluti ons. years in academia and four years in govern- most career sati sfacti on. In 2001, Melissaratos founded ArMel ment. “It’s been a phenomenal, fun ride,” he Scienti fi cs, a technology incubati on ven- Before reti ring in June, he served as dean of the school of business and leadership at Stevenson University. He was Maryland’s I had a mentor a long ti me ago at Westi nghouse who said that secretary of business and economic devel- “ opment from 2003 to 2007, followed by a your career is not complete unless you spend ti me in academia, fi ve-year post as director of Johns Hopkins University’s Technology Enterprise, where industry and government.” he advised college presidents on technology commercializati on. He also served as secre- said. ture capital enti ty investi ng in more than tary of business and economic development In 1966, Melissaratos joined Westi nghouse 30 technology ventures. He also chairs the for Maryland’s Base Realignment and Closure Electric Corporati on and soon began work as ArMel Scienti fi cs Center for Technology and (BRAC), helping to bring 60,000 military jobs its chief operati ng offi cer for defense elec- Public Policy and wrote “Innovati on: The Key to the state. tronics and aerospace. He left Westi nghouse to Prosperity — Technology and America’s Melissaratos earned his bachelor’s de- as its vice president of science and technolo- Role in the 21st Century,” which he considers gree in engineering from Johns Hopkins and gy aft er 32 years with the company. a great accomplishment. his master’s in engineering management In 1998, he became Thermo Electron “I had a mentor a long ti me ago at West- from George Washington University. Corporati on’s vice president of research inghouse who said that your career is not

22 Icon Honors 2019 THE DAILY RECORD Kudos and Felicitations to ARIS MELISSARATOS for your Exemplary Leadership Visionary Brilliance Selfless Generosity Gentle Humility

Your friends at Regional Manufacturing Institute and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation love you and think you are the best human being on the planet! KWEISI MFUME Charirman of the Board of Regents, Morgan State University, Former President, NAACP

ormer NAACP President and Con- a prescripti on for failure and yet I was gressman Kweisi Mfume says that fortunate enough not to fail,” he said. Fpublic service is in his DNA and that “Educati ng myself was my greatest suc- “At the age of 16, when there are problems to solve, he cess because educati on taught me not can’t back down. what to think, but how to think.” “I keep trying to make everything I can Mfume earned his bachelor’s degree I was a high school a litt le bett er than how I found it,” he from Morgan State University in 1976 said. and his master’s from Johns Hopkins dropout, confused, The Balti more Democrat and elder University in 1984. He was elected to the statesman recently announced a bid Balti more City Council in 1978. to regain his former congressional seat He is chair of the Board of Regents at motherless and liv- vacated by his friend, the late U.S. Rep. Morgan State University and vice chair- Elijah Cummings. man of the board for Research!America. ing in abject poverty. Mfume represented Maryland’s Mfume said he doesn’t consider seventh district in the U.S. House for fi ve himself an icon because he considers his terms aft er his 1986 electi on, leaving work unfi nished. Democracy is threat- That descripti on is a Congress in 1996 to serve as NAACP ened and the country is divided, Mfume president for nine years. In 2006, Mfume said, adding that his ability to collabora- prescripti on for failure ran for electi on to the U.S. Senate but ti vely solve problems can help. lost in the primary. “There is such a great need to heal The Balti more nati ve said that earning communiti es and bring people togeth- and yet I was fortu- his educati on was his greatest achieve- er,” he said. “At the center is where the ment. conversati ons take place and where they “At the age of 16, I was a high school have to take place to fi nd a way forward.” nate enough not to dropout, confused, motherless and living in abject poverty. That descripti on is fail.”

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for being named one of The Daily Record’s 2019 Icon Honors Award Winners!

THE DAILY RECORD Icon Honors 2019 25 s the eldest of 10 children in a family of retail merchants, Maryland Sen. Thomas A V. Mike Miller Jr. said that he learned the power of hard work and that he had to set an example for his younger siblings.

“When you’re speaking, you’re not learning. Every view is important. In order for you to lead, you have to hear from all sides of the issue.”

“You do the best you can and sometimes it breaks you to your knees,” Miller said of achieving success. Miller, who became Maryland Senate president in 1987, recently announced that he was stepping down from his post after a record-breaking three decades leading the chamber. Miller, who has been battling cancer, said that the disease forced him to quit and that its severity became apparent in January 2018 as the legislative session began. “The (legislative) body fought with me and allowed me to attend chemo. I was losing weight and I’m sure I was irritable at times, but not a single member let me down,” he said. Miller, a Democrat, is the country’s and the state’s longest-serving Senate president, with Maryland’s Senate office building named for him. He plans to continue representing Prince George’s County for the remaining three years of his Senate term. Miller was elected to the state’s House of Delegates in 1970 and to its Senate in 1974. Making the Senate more inclusive and representative of the people of Maryland THOMAS V. MIKE MILLER JR. and keeping the body collegial are what Miller considers his greatest successes. Maryland Senate He received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University Maryland General Assembly of Maryland and his juris doctorate from its law school. Miller lives in Chesapeake Beach and continues to work in private practice from his offices in Prince George’s and Calvert counties. “When you’re speaking, you’re you to lead, you have to hear He said young professionals looking to succeed not learning,” he said. “Every from all sides of the issue.” should listen more than they speak. view is important. In order for

26 Icon Honors 2019 THE DAILY RECORD THOMAS R. MULLEN President and CEO Mercy Health Services Inc.

s the fi rst lay president and CEO Mullen serves on the Maryland Hos- of Mercy Health Services and its pital Associati on’s executi ve committ ee Asubsidiaries, Thomas R. Mullen and on the board of Mercy Ridge, a senior “Conti nue to conti nues to be moti vated by the mission living community in Timonium. He is vice and values of the Sisters of Mercy and chair of the Avalon Foundati on and serves make incremen- their health care service to the Balti more on the Greater Balti more Committ ee. region, he wrote. In 2004, he received the Maryland Stars tal improvement Mullen was selected in 1999 to lead of Life Award from the Maryland Insti tute each year. Even- the downtown Balti more hospital, which for Emergency Medical Services Systems is ranked highly by U.S. News & World for his help saving two teen kayakers from tually you will Report and America’s 100 Best. Under freezing waters in Oxford. In 2016, he was Mullen’s leadership, the hospital opened named by this newspaper as an Infl uen- reach your desti - the Mary Catherine Bunti ng Center in ti al Marylander. 2010, the Harry and Jeanett e Weinberg Mullen earned his bachelor’s degree nati on.” Center in 2003, repurposed McAuley from the University of Maryland, Col- Tower as offi ce space and helped revital- lege Park and a master’s in fi nance from ize Preston Gardens. Loyola College. Mullen wrote that he considers his He wrote that he’s honored to be greatest success working with Sister named an Icon. His advice to young Helen Amos “to develop a pathway for professionals is to stay focused on their Mercy to conti nue its mission in Balti - long-term plans to achieve success. more through establishing strong clinical “Conti nue to make incremental im- programs of excellence and investment provement each year,” Mullen wrote. in new faciliti es to meet the needs of our “Eventually you will reach your desti na- pati ents.” ti on.”

THE DAILY RECORD Icon Honors 2019 27 eggy Naleppa says real leaders see opportuniti es, which is why the reti red president and CEO of PPeninsula Regional Medical Center and Peninsula Regional Health System has started coaching executi ves on leadership. Naleppa, a registered nurse, began her 40-year health care career as director of neurosurgical services at George Washington University Medical Center in Washington and reti red as president and CEO of what was the eighth-largest health system in Maryland. She shares what she’s learned with leaders to boost their conﬁ dence, moti vati on and authenti city. “My observati ons, studies and research show that real

“My observati ons, studies and research show that real leaders have a consistent edge … all have unrealisti c expectati ons, they believe that every problem has a soluti on … they do not accept the concept that they are powerless to change things.”

leaders have a consistent edge … all have unrealisti c expectati ons, they believe that every problem has a soluti on … they do not accept the concept that they are powerless to change things,” she wrote. Naleppa received the American College of Healthcare Executi ves’ Maryland Chapter Senior Leadership Regents award for her lifelong contributi ons to health care in the state. She has been PEGGY NALEPPA named Businesswoman of the Year by the Salis- bury Area Chamber of Commerce and joined The Daily Record’s Maryland’s Top 100 Women Circle Retired President and CEO of Excellence, having been selected as a Top 100 Peninsula Regional Medical Center Woman three ti mes. In 2016 she joined the Circle of Leadership when she was named by The Daily Record as one of Maryland’s Most Admired CEOs for the third ti me. Success comes from embracing change, building inter- Maryland Chapter of the Healthcare and a doctorate in management and dependence and leading ﬂ exibly, she wrote. Financial Management Associati on process engineering from the Univer- “Declare a war on cynicism, it’s a dangerous enemy and several leadership roles with the sity of Maryland University College. that clouds your clarity, compromises your integrity, low- Maryland Hospital Associati on. Naleppa was appointed to the ers your standards, chokes your empathy and challenges She received her bachelor’s degree Maryland General Assembly’s Work- your faith,” she wrote. from Saint Joseph’s College, a master’s place Harassment Commission in Naleppa’s career includes posts as president of the degree from Johns Hopkins University 2018.

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P. SearS power plants located in five neighbor- trator Scott Pruitt, said the lawsuit is hearing on the matter, despite its legal [email protected] ing states. being considered because federal regu- obligation to do so,” Grumbles wrote. The agency notified the agency of lators have failed to act on a complaint “Consequently, the State of Maryland is Maryland’s Department of the En- the intent to sue in a letter released to filed by Maryland in November. writing to provide notice that it intends vironment moved closer Thursday to the media. “To date, the EPA has not taken ac- to file suit against the administrator and suing the Environmental Protection State Environment Secretary Ben tion on Maryland’s ... petition nor has the EPA for failing to perform a nondis- Agency over pollution emitted by 36 Grumbles, in a letter to EPA Adminis- the EPA scheduled or held a public SEE EPA 3A It’s the hottest show in town CareFirst goes on the offensive in dispute with AAMC on fees Insurer, hospital at odds over reimbursement rates

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The head of CareFirst Thursday fired back at officials of Anne Arundel Medical Center after the hospital announced publicly that it was seeking to end its contract with the insurer over a dispute about reimbursement rates. Chet Burrell, president and chief

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THE DAILY RECORD Icon Honors 2019 29 urnbull, Nicholson & Sanders, P.A. Principal Att orney Christopher W. Nicholson said that The gets his moti vati on to succeed from the families he serves who need compassionate legal services. “Knowing that I can provide the service, support and advocacy that they need to move forward in their lives is humbling, and I do the best I can to be that person for them,” he wrote. The Towson-based family law att orney has received numerous honors, including Maryland State Bar Associati on’s 2016 Beverly Groner Family Law

“Practi cing law should take you out of the oﬃ ce and into the community, and it’s the most successful lawyers who embrace these opportuniti es.”

Award, a 2011 Leadership in Law award from The Dai- ly Record and the Balti more County Bar Associati on’s 2009 J. Earle Plumhoff Professionalism Award. Nicholson has been recognized as one of Maryland’s top 10 att orneys as a fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers where he serves on the board of governors. He has been recognized as a Super Law- yer each year since 2008. “My life’s work has not only been in being the best att orney I can be for each of my clients but in being a strong leader for both my fi rm and my community,” he wrote. He is past president on the boards for People Aiding Travelers and the Homeless and the Maryland State Golf Associati on, and is past chair of the Maryland State Bar Associati on Family and Juvenile Law Secti on Council. Nicholson is a former adjunct faculty member at the University of Balti more School of CHRISTOPHER NICHOLSON Law, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1982. He teaches summer family law courses at Principal Attorney the University of Maryland Francis King Carey Turnbull, Nicholson & Sanders, P.A. School of Law and frequently teaches family law for judicial programs and bar associati ons. Nicholson encourages young lawyers to include community service in their visions for success. “Practi cing law should take you out of the offi ce and into the community, and it’s the most successful lawyers who embrace these opportuniti es,” he wrote.

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THE DAILY RECORD Icon Honors 2019 31 hen Perdue Farms sends out their fresh meat products to grocery stores across the Wcountry, they want each customer to know they will be getti ng a fresh, tender, tasty meal. Frank Perdue made this promise to his customers decades ago and it is a legacy that his son, Jim Perdue, has conti nued as chairman and adverti sing spokesman for the Salisbury-based AgriBusiness. Begun as a backyard table egg business in 1920 by Arthur Perdue, Jim is the third generati on to lead the company. Initi ally, he wanted to be a marine biologist and earned a master’s degree in the ﬁ eld from the

“ One thing I try to insti ll in the company is to be a learning organizati on, try to learn something every day.”

Source: Delaware Business Times.

University of Massachusett s at North Dartmouth and a doctorate in ﬁ sheries from the University of Wash- ington. He came to the family business in 1983 and worked in various positi ons including as vice president of quality improvement unti l he was named chairman in 1991. Under his leadership, the company has grown from an East Coast label for fresh chicken to a nati onal brand for protein products including turkey, pork, beef, lamb and, of course, chicken. The Perdue AgriBusiness also went from a regional grain and oilseed company to an internati onal business. The company became one of the ﬁ rst in the poultry industry to move its chickens to no-an- ti bioti cs-ever protocols. Perdue also oversaw JIM PERDUE the implementati on of the company’s Commit- ments to Animal Care, an initi ati ve dedicated Chairman to changing their approach to raising chickens Perdue Farms such as having them eat an enti rely vegetarian diet with no animal byproducts, raised cage-free with room to move about and not given hormones or steroids. Acti ve in the community, Perdue is a board member for the Oyster Recovery Project.

32 Icon Honors 2019 THE DAILY RECORD onald Shapiro notes the theme of his life, thus far, is he is sort of an accidental guy. “I acciden- Rtally became a lawyer,” he said. “Accidentally I became an agent. I fell into things along the way and also ended up falling in love with doing them.” His career did not begin the way he had planned. “I lost my father when I was in my ﬁ rst year in college,” he said. “I had thought I was going to be in business with him and law school was just a stopping place. It turned out to be a career.” Beginning as a civil rights att orney desegregati ng housing in Balti more, he began doing corporate and

“I accidentally became a lawyer. Accidentally I became an agent. I fell into things along the way and also ended up falling in love with doing them.”

securiti es law to bring in more income to the fi rm. In 1972, he founded the Balti more-based law fi rm Sha- piro Sher and was named Maryland State Securiti es Commissioner, a positi on he served in unti l 1974. He received a fateful call from Balti more Orioles owner Jerold Hoffb erger in 1975 asking him to help Brooks Robinson with some fi nancial and investment trouble. “I helped Brooks and Brooks said ‘Why don’t you help others?’ ” he said. “I had no intenti on of being a sports agent. I just wanted to help people stay out of fi nancial trouble because the money was start- ing to get big in sports.” The call lead to a more than 40-year career as an agent representi ng baseball legends such as Cal Rip- ken Jr. and Eddie Murray through his sports management fi rm Shapiro, Robinson & Associates. A respected negoti ator who helped sett le the Balti more Symphony Orchestra strike, he also founded the Shapiro Negoti ati ons Insti - tute, a seminar and consulti ng fi rm and Shapiro RONALD SHAPIRO Advisors LLC, a negoti ati on deal coaching and Founder consulti ng fi rm. He is driven by a love of people. Shapiro Sher “I probably have spent as much ti me in the nonprofi t world working on community causes as I have in the corporate sports world,” he said. “Each of those worlds allows me to connect with diff erent kinds of people and help solve problems for them.” “Those are words att ributed to them,” he said. “We can all go out In his offi ce, he has a pillow gift ed to him from one (Winston) Churchill, but I hope that and make livings but it is how we of his children reading “We make a living by what we my life and anything I have done use that and give back to others get. We make a life by what we give.” inspired people to think about that makes a diff erence in life.”

THE DAILY RECORD Icon Honors 2019 33 orking as a partner at Latham & Watkins, Arne M. Sorenson ﬁ rst met Bill Marriott , executi ve Wchairman of Marriott Internati onal, in 1992 while representi ng the company in a lawsuit. “It was clear to me that Bill and his father had built an incredible company and a rare culture that emphasizes providing opportuniti es and taking care of its associates,” Sorenson said. “A few years later, he invited me to join Marriott and I accepted on the conditi on that I don’t join as a lawyer.” In 1996, he started his career at Marriott as the head of the mergers and acquisiti on team. “It was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made,” he said. Aft er holding a number of top ti er positi ons, Sorenson was named CEO in 2012, making him the ﬁ rst to hold

“A love of learning and an appeti te for risk will take you further than you ever thought.”

the ti tle without the Marriott name. One of his biggest accomplishments was overseeing the acquisiti on of Star- wood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in 2016. During his tenure, Sorenson has been a champion for diversity and inclusion eﬀ orts. “At Marriott Internati onal, diversity and inclusion are ingrained in our culture as a global company,” he said. “There are more than 730,000 people in 134 countries and territories who wear a Marriott name badge and over a million guests from all of those places that stay with us every night. For us, welcoming all is criti cal to our business.” Sorenson is driven because he has a job he loves. “Most years, I travel about 225 nights a year around the world, meeti ng people of every race and background at our properti es mostly listening and learning from them,” he said. “I am grateful ARNE SORENSON that I am able to conti nue a practi ce that began in President and CEO 1927 with the founders of the company, creati ng opportuniti es for our associates and serving the Marriott International communiti es in which we operate and live. It’s a true privilege.” Sorenson said his father used to always tell him that the farther he got away from what is familiar to him, the more he would learn. “He was right,” he said. “A love of learning and an appeti te for risk will take you further than you ever thought.”

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THE35 Icon DAILY Honors RECORD 2019 THE Icon DAILY Honors RECORD 2019 35 PAUL TIBURZI Attorney DLA Piper

aul A. Tiburzi wanted to be an FBI agent, inspired by his father, Sal- P vatore, who was a sergeant in the Baltimore Police Department. He told I’ve been blessed with many, many great clients over the years him to go to law school after graduat- “ ing from Loyola College. and I really enjoy working with (them) and helping to solve their Graduating second in his class from problems.” the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, Tiburzi decided to pursue a career in the legal field joining Piper and Marbury. great clients over the years and I really city so much. The GBC historically has Focusing on public and sports law enjoy working with (them) and helping always helped deal with those prob- and administrative litigation at the to solve their problems,” he said. lems and so it is an honor to be part firm which later became DLA Piper, Tiburzi was his firm’s representative of it.” Tiburzi has served as Maryland legis- to the Greater Baltimore Committee He is driven by a love of what he lative counsel to multiple Fortune 500 for nearly a decade before he was does daily and a dedication to help companies. elected chair less than two years ago. others. “I enjoy attacking the day every He was a managing partner at the “I love the city,” he said. “I was born day and coming into the office or going firm for 14 years and is chair of their and raised in Baltimore. I like dealing to Annapolis or going downtown to be state public policy and administrative with the problems that my city faces. … with my friends at the GBC,” he said. law practice. I could have gone someplace else but “It is all very challenging and stimulat- “I’ve been blessed with many, many I chose to stay here because I love the ing.”

36 Icon Honors 2019 THE DAILY RECORD hen looking at the entertainment industry, folks would be hard-pressed to fi nd a Wbigger champion for Balti more than fi lm director, author and arti st John Waters. “Because I was born here, inspired here, shocked here, respected here (that) proved to me there is a here here,” he said. Drawn to movies at a young age, Waters began his career performing puppet shows for children’s birthday parti es and started making 8-mm under- ground movies in his teens. His early movie career focused on pushing boundaries in the fi lms “Pink Flamingos,” “Female Trouble” and “Desperate Liv- ing.” His career moved toward the mainstream with hits such as “Hairspray” and “Cry-Baby” which were

“Because I was born here, inspired here, shocked here, respected here (that) proved to me there is a here here.”

both later turned into Broadway musicals. The one constant in all his fi lms was having Balti more as the setti ng. Aft er 2004’s “A Dirty Shame,” Waters moved toward a career as an author. “The book business is healthier than the world of independent movies these days and I can tell stories with a much smaller crew,” he said. This year, he released “Mr. Know-It-All, The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder.” Waters said he came up with the term “fi lth elder” “the same way I come up with all my ideas — going into my offi ce and thinking up something that makes me laugh.” Waters is also a noted photographer with his JOHN WATERS work shown in galleries around the world. The Artist Balti more Museum of Art hosted a retrospec- ti ve of his art, “Indecent Exposure,” earlier this year which included more than 160 provoc- ati ve photographs, sculptures, video and sound works. When people look at his career, Waters said he hopes people take away that “I made bad taste a ti ny bit more respectable.”

THE DAILY RECORD Icon Honors 2019 37 efore going to college, Arnold Wil- liams att ended a church program Basking parti cipants to write down their career goals. He wrote that he wanted to a certi fi ed public accountant. While att ending Balti more City College, he earned his highest grades in bookkeep- ing and accounti ng courses. He knew the fi eld was his preferred career path while earning an accounti ng degree from the University of Balti more. Aft er working for Johns Hopkins Hospi- tal and the Maryland General Assembly and becoming a partner at a private fi rm, Williams decided to open up his own fi rm in 1983. Today, the full service Balti - more-based CPA fi rm is known as Abrams, Foster, Nole & Williams PA. For more than 20 years, Williams has been a board member on the Balti more Development Corporati on including serving as its chairman. He also gives his ti me to a number of area organizati ons including the Greater Balti more Commit- tee, the United Way of Central Maryland and Associated Black Chariti es. This year, Williams was honored by the University of Balti more as a legend during the school’s annual celebrati on of leaders in the areas of real estate and economic development. While doing an onstage talk with University of Balti more President Kurt Schmoke, he told the audience the best advice he ever received was “The ARNOLD WILLIAMS only way that you can make a diff erence is to be at the table.” Managing Director “I would just tell anyone coming out Abrams, Foster, Nole & Williams PA of school that you must be in a room to make change,” he said. “You don’t just go in a room because it is a room. You have to be invited in and to get invited in you have to work. You start at a lower level. … You have to work the board and working the board teaches you what the books are saying. You don’t get it without the work and that is the most valuable lesson I would just tell anyone coming out of school that you must be in a room to I learned in my enti re career.” “ make change. You don’t just go in a room because it is a room. You have to be invited in and to get invited in you have to work. You start at a lower level.”

38 Icon Honors 2019 THE DAILY RECORD A COMPLETE LISTING OF WINNERS 2017-2019 Timothy Adams 2018 Karen-Ann Lichtenstein 2017 Marin Alsop 2019 Robert Manekin 2017 Peter Angelos 2017 Raymond A. Mason 2019 Katherine Bays Armstrong 2019 M. Natalie McSherry 2018 Ronald Att man 2017 Aris Melissaratos 2019 Norman R. Augusti ne 2018 Neil Meltzer 2017 Joseph Baker 2018 Kweisi Mfume 2019 Robert M. Bell 2017 Barbara Mikulski 2018 Diane Bell-McKoy 2017 Howard B. Miller 2018 Doreen Bolger 2018 Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. 2019 Thomas S. Bozzuto 2019 Patricia J. Mitchell 2017 M.J. “Jay” Brodie 2018 Charlie Monk 2017 Bett y Buck 2019 Thomas R. Mullen 2019 Chet Burrell 2017 William H. “Billy” Murphy 2017 Robert Caret 2017 Peggy Naleppa, Ph.D. 2019 Dr. John Chessare 2018 David Nevins 2018 James W. Constable 2019 Christopher W. Nicholson 2019 David Cordish 2018 Jim Perdue 2019 Andre Davis 2018 Dr. Jay Perman, MD 2018 Rev. Dr. Frances Murphy Draper 2019 Deborah Phelps 2018 Amy Elias 2017 Dr. E. Albert Reece 2017 Robert C. Embry Jr. 2019 Henry A. Rosenberg Jr. 2017 John Frisch 2018 Dr. Kim Schatzel 2018 Donald C. Fry 2017 Charles Scheeler 2018 Mike Gill 2017 Kurt Schmoke 2017 Susan Goering 2018 Mary Ann Scully 2018 Nancy S. Grasmick 2017 Ronald M. Shapiro 2019 Mary Hastler 2018 Lyle E. Sheldon 2017 Carla Hayden 2018 Dr. Paula M. Singer 2017 Hon. Wanda Keyes Heard 2019 Arne M. Sorenson 2019 Bonnie Heneson 2017 Edward St. John 2018 Sandy Hillman 2019 Bill Stuever 2017 Ed Hord 2019 Kenneth Thompson 2018 Freeman A. Hrabowski, III 2018 Paul A. Tibuurzi 2019 Charles H. Jacobs Jr. 2019 Larry D. Unger 2017 Harry S. Johnson 2019 Byron L. Warnken 2018 Wilhelm H. Joseph, Jr. 2017 John Waters 2019 Alvin Katz 2018 Arnold Weiner 2017 William “Britt ” E. Kirwan 2019 Hon. Alexander Williams Jr. 2018 Dr. Sandra Kurti niti s 2018 Arnold Williams 2019 Laurie Lessans 2018 Dr. Ellen H. Yankellow 2018

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The Sisters of Mercy and Mercy Medical Center proudly salute THOMAS R. MULLEN President and CEO

Leader. Visionary. Healthcare Strategist.

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