ALT R B IMO TE R A E E R G th ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY 65Anniversary 1955–2020 E C E OMMITT BALTIMORE CITY GREATER BALTIMORE COUNTY BALTIMORE CARROLL COUNTY COMMITTEE HARFORD COUNTY HOWARD COUNTY MEMBER DIRECTORY Regional business leaders creating a better tomorrow . today. A THRIVING WATERFRONT NEIGHBORHOOD UNDERGOING AN INCREDIBLE TRANSFORMATION Port Covington is a mixed-use waterfront community in South Baltimore that is undergoing an incredible transformation. The neighborhood will include residences, oces, hotels, shops, restaurants, event spaces, marinas, public parks, and piers. The current phase of 1.1 million square feet begins delivering in 2021. The neighborhood will o er amazing waterfront experiences, incredible visibility and unparalleled accessibility directly to I-95. The development area stretches across 235 acres of land, with 2.5 miles of waterfront on the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River. WWW.PORTCOVINGTON.CITY BALTI R MO TE R A E E R G th The Greater Baltimore Committee 65Anniversary Member Directory 1955–2020 E C E OMMITT Contents Message to Members .......................................................................................................... 3 2020 Board of Directors ....................................................................................................... 4 GBC at a Glance .................................................................................................................. 10 Vision, Mission and Regional Perspective ............................................................................ 10 Core Pillars for a Competitive Business Environment ............................................................. 10 Delivering Value to GBC Members ...................................................................................... 11 Committees .................................................................................................................... 12 Stop the Bleed ................................................................................................................ 13 Navigator Program .......................................................................................................... 13 Awards .............................................................................................................................. 14 Year in Photos .................................................................................................................... 17 Year in Review .................................................................................................................... 23 2020 Member Directory ....................................................................................................... 26 65 Years of Vision ................................................................................................................ 63 2019 Event Sponsors ........................................................................................................... 77 Advertisers’ Index .......................................................................................... Inside Back Cover Inspiration for the cover designs of the Greater Baltimore Committee Staff Member Directory and Retrospective section. Donald C. Fry President and CEO The cover designs for the Jennifer Paglia Executive Assistant and Office Manager Member Directory and Brian Levine Senior Vice President of Government Affairs the 65-year Anniversary Mark Guidera Vice President of Communications and Marketing Retrospective Amanda Krotki Digital Communications Manager section found inside the directory are inspired Zoe Adams Public Relations Associate by the cover design of Adrea Turner Director of Strategic Initiatives an Annual Report that and Senior Policy Advisor the Greater Baltimore Teresa Milio Birge Senior Policy Analyst and Special Assistant Committee published Lisa Byrd Director of Events and Business Development during one of its Jeremy Rosendale Director of Member Engagement formative years—1956. and External Affairs As the Annual Report Daniel Isang Vice President of Finance and Business Services from that year notes, the GBC was just two years old but was deeply Rachel Gray Senior Staff Accountant involved in helping Baltimore modernize. Among the economic drivers Karen Parrish Data Management Specialist mentioned were: accelerating the construction schedule of the Jones Tara Harris Committee Coordinator Falls Expressway, ensuring that a Port Authority for the Port of Baltimore Dot Colvin Administrative Assistant was established and supporting bond funding for a Civic Center. These projects were each highlighted in artist renderings on the 1956 Member The Leadership Staff Directory cover. The 65-Year Anniversary Retrospective cover of the spe- David Sachs Executive Director cial section inside this year’s directory includes these past drawings and similar drawings that pay homage to key drivers of the regional economy Sindee Ernst Manager the GBC supports today —medicine, higher education, financial service Jennifer Cathro Manager and convention and tourism business. Tauren Robinson El Bey Program Assistant www.gbc.org | 1 CHANGE the GAME. ORIOLE PARK AT CAMDEN YARDS IS WHERE BIRDLAND SUMMERS LIVE. CONNECT WITH YOUR AUDIENCE THROUGH CUSTOM PARTNERSHIP AND HOSPITALITY OPPORTUNITIES. RADIO PUBLICATIONS SIGNAGE PROMOTIONS ACTIVATIONS SCOREBOARD HOSPITALITY TICKETS FOR CUSTOM ADVERTISING AND CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, CALL 410-547-6073 OR EMAIL [email protected]. FOR ORIOLE PARK SUITE PACKAGES, CALL 410-547-6173 OR EMAIL [email protected]. THE ORIOLES ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT THE GBC AND ITS MEMBERS. CHANGE the GAME. Message to Members The first year of the new decade will be an active and exciting time affordable; and access to employment centers throughout the both nationally and locally. The 2020 national election will garner the region. The GBC has long held that a key pillar of a competitive attention of a politically divided country that wrestles with the type of business environment is the existence of a superior transportation leadership that it desires from the White House and halls of Congress. infrastructure that provides reliable and efficient options to move Meanwhile, in Baltimore City, dozens of candidates are vying to lead people, goods and services. As our region grows, so does the the city as the next mayor and city council. urgency to address this challenge. The business community and residents of Baltimore are in search • The GBC’s Regional Workforce Development Initiative was launched of strong, transformational city leadership that will set forth a bold, to support efforts to ensure that regional employers in high-growth aggressive vision focused on public safety, equity and economic industry sectors will have an educated and skilled workforce mobility, quality education and workforce training, neighborhood to meet their employment needs over the coming years. This stability and growth, inclusive economic development, and data-driven Initiative will yield recommendations to strengthen job creation. the alignment of education and workforce systems with projected While the residents of the country and city debate and decide on industry needs and to prioritize resources accordingly. This effort the direction for the future, the Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC) is based on the understanding that a highly skilled workforce is an celebrates a milestone—its 65th Anniversary. essential component for a competitive economy. In January 1955, eighty-three business leaders joined together to • Advocacy on behalf of the business community has always been form the Greater Baltimore Committee, an organization to provide a vital role of the GBC, and this year will be no different. The GBC leadership and direction to the growth of the city. Created to be an will actively engage in policy matters in the Maryland General “action committee dedicated to developing solutions to chronic Assembly, Baltimore City Hall, and county council chambers problems impeding the city’s business growth,” its founders throughout the region to advance policies that are favorable to recognized that “problems of civic improvement in Baltimore are so economic competitiveness and oppose those that will hinder complex, urgent and diversified” that neither government nor the inclusive growth and prosperity. The GBC will support the visionary ORIOLE PARK AT CAMDEN YARDS IS WHERE BIRDLAND SUMMERS LIVE. private sector could address the challenges alone so both must be a proposal of the City of Baltimore and Maryland Jockey Club to part of the solution. redevelop the Pimlico Race Course to preserve the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore and provide year-round community benefits The GBC was born out of an awareness that many proposals that would to the Park Heights area. Policy and budgetary proposals to reform CONNECT WITH YOUR AUDIENCE THROUGH contribute to economic, cultural or social vitality fail not because the delivery of public education in the state to provide future the opposition was so strong, but because the support was so weak. generations with quality education that prepares them for career The GBC’s role is to identify and champion the ideas that may lack a CUSTOM PARTNERSHIP AND HOSPITALITY OPPORTUNITIES. opportunities will be another key area of focus. strong voice but have a significant meaning for the development of a greater Baltimore. • The 2020 elections in Baltimore City are pivotal to the future of the City and the region. As an independent, non-partisan