2019 Education Health Care General Law Business Finance Freestyle Philanthropy Communication Real Technology Estate Civic Leadership CONGRATULATES SHERRY PERKINS, PHD, RN, FAAN President and Chief Executive Officer University of Maryland Capital Region Health AS AN INFLUENTIAL MARYLANDER! THANK YOU Connect to something for your leadership greater at and commitment. umcapitalregion.org 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS LETTER FROM THE EDITOR .........................4 FINANCE CHARLES MONK ...................................38 JUDGING PROCESS .................................4 CHRISTOPHER HOLT ...............................22 ALAN RIFKIN ........................................39 CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE BRIAN KRONEBERGER ............................23 PAUL TIBURZI .......................................39 RONALD DANIELS ...................................6 JEFFREY ROSEN ....................................24 PHILANTHROPY NEIL MELTZER ........................................8 WILLIAM STROMBERG ............................24 FAGAN HARRIS .....................................40 SHEELA MURTHY ....................................9 LORI VILLEGAS .....................................25 RACHEL GARBOW MONROE ....................42 CREIG NORTHROP .................................10 FREESTYLE CAL RIPKEN JR. ...................................42 CIVIC LEADERSHIP TERRY HASSELTINE ................................26 REAL ESTATE JEAN ACCIUS .......................................12 MONICA REINAGEL ................................27 BRIAN GIBBONS ...................................43 KIRBY FOWLER .....................................13 ALICIA WILSON ....................................28 SPENCER LEVY .....................................44 MARY HASTLER ....................................13 GENERAL BUSINESS ODETTE RAMOS ...................................44 ARCHBISHOP WILLIAM E. LORI ................14 TOM GEDDES ......................................29 ALLAN RIORDA .....................................45 COMMUNICATION WES GUCKERT ....................................30 TECHNOLOGY RAYMOND CROSBY ...............................15 MARILLYN HEWSON ...............................30 GEORGE DAVIS ....................................46 RICK HUTZELL ......................................16 KELLY SCHULZ .....................................31 ANGIE LIENERT .....................................47 MARY MCLAUGHLIN .............................16 GARY SMITH ........................................32 RALPH SEMMEL ....................................47 APRIL RYAN .........................................17 HEALTH CARE JOHN SHETRONE ..................................48 STAN STOVALL .....................................17 KIM HORN ..........................................33 CHRISTY WYSKIEL .................................48 EDUCATION SHERRY PERKINS ..................................34 THERESA ALBAN ...................................18 BRIAN PIENINCK ...................................36 SPONSORS ROGER CASEY .....................................19 KEITH VANDER KOLK .............................36 LEADERSHIP SPONSOR ...........................49 LINDA GOODEN ....................................20 LAW RECEPTION SPONSORS ..........................50 SAMUEL HOI ........................................20 DONALD DEVRIES ................................37 TABLE SPONSORS .................................50 MARIA THOMPSON ................................21 MICHELE HOTTEN ..................................38 PAST WINNERS LIST ................51 If you would like to order a reprint from this publication, contact Erin McLaughlin at [email protected] Suzanne E. 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He has worked to transform the organization into an Since its launch integrated health care delivery system, developing partnerships in 2007, the Infl uential and alliances with organizations that provide services such as Marylanders awards have medical transportation, retail pharmacy, urgent care, health recognized those who not insurance and assisted living. only demonstrate professional Sheela Murthy has been a national trailblazer in the fi eld of excellence in their fi elds immigration law. Since the mid-1990s, she has used the fi rm she but who enrich and improve founded to educate the public on immigration law as well as to their communities. They are serve the fi rm’s broad array of clients. leaders whose commitment Murthy’s extensive philanthropic endeavors include is unshakeable and whose programs funded by her family foundation to help with children’s contributions will stand the test of time. and women’s health and educational needs and to support This year, we have four honorees who join our Circle of disaster relief efforts, among many undertakings. Infl uence, which is reserved for those who are recognized three Creig Northrop’s ubiquitous presence on the real estate times: Ronald J. Daniels, president of Johns Hopkins University; scene refl ects the drive and innovation that propelled his fi rm to Neil Meltzer, president and CEO of LifeBridge Health; Sheela be the top real estate team in the nation. His engagement in the Murthy, founder and president of Murthy Law Firm; and Creig industry started early in life, as he worked alongside his mother in Northrop, president and CEO of Northrop Realty, a Long & Foster his youth. Company. Today, not only is his fi rm expanding into new markets but It would be easy to recognize Ronald J. Daniels, now in his his commitment to local philanthropies has Northrop Realty 10th year as Hopkins president, for his substantial contributions supporting more than 50 charities and causes every year. in the area of education, where he has been recognized as an Profi les of Daniels, Meltzer, Murthy and Northrop -- as well Infl uential Marylander in the past. Instead, we have chosen to as biographies of all our honorees -- are in this section. We salute acknowledge him in the category of civic leadership because of them for their contributions to our communities and to our state. his visionary role in improving the lives of city residents. We hope our choices inspire a greater awareness of Among those many endeavors is HopkinsLocal, which the value of service and stimulate a discussion about the was launched by the university and medical system in 2015. achievements of others who deserve this recognition. If you would The program has exceeded its goals in hiring hundreds of city like to nominate someone for next year’s awards, please go to the residents, buying tens of millions of dollars in locally generated Events section of our website, www.TheDailyRecord.com, or email products, and supporting women-owned and minority-owned me at [email protected]. design and construction fi rms. At LifeBridge Health, Neil Meltzer has steered the strategic Thomas Baden Jr. Those categories are civic leadership, to include some very infl uential JUDGING communications, fi nance, education, Marylanders who did not fi t neatly into general business, health care, law, any of the other categories. PROCESS philanthropy, real estate and technology. Because they are infl uential by Choosing the annual honorees for We received the names of more defi nition, no elected offi cials were Infl uential Marylanders is a gratifying than 150 possible honorees in all of included among the winners. but imposing task because of the those categories from the community In each category, special impressive