EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

John W. Ashworth III
BWIB Chairman
Senior Vice President
Network Development,
University of MD Medical System, Associate Dean University of MD School of Medicine

Susan Butta
BWIB Vice-Chair & Youth Council Chair
Director of External Affairs
Verizon Maryland, Inc.

Patrice M. Cromwell
Co-Chair – Workforce System Effectiveness Committee
Senior Fellow
Family Economic Success
The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Melanie Styles
Co-Chair – Workforce System Effectiveness Committee
Program Officer of Workforce Development
The Abell Foundation

Pamela Paulk
Co-Chair - Training & Postsecondary Education Committee
VP Human Resources
The Johns Hopkins Hospital & Health System

Dr. Carolane Williams
Co-Chair - Training & Postsecondary Education Committee
President
Baltimore City Community College

Larry Walton
Chair – Public Policy Committee President
United Way of Central Maryland

John Stewart
Co-Chair - Mature Worker Task Force
Executive Director
Commission on Aging & Retirement Education

Rosetta Kerr-Wilson
Co-Chair - Mature Worker Task Force
Vice President-Government & Public Affairs
Comcast Baltimore City


Karen Sitnick
Workforce Investment
Area Director
Director
Mayor’s Office of Employment Development

BOARD MEMBERS

Andres Alonso
Chief Executive Officer
Baltimore City Public Schools

Michael Breeden
Regional Director
Baltimore City Region III,
Maryland State Department of Education, Department of Rehabilitation

Jay Brodie
President
Baltimore Development Corporation

Jane Brown
Executive Director
The Robert Deutsch Foundation

Herb Buchanan
Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
University of MD Medical CenterVerizon Maryland, Inc.

Anthony D'Agostino
Taste Restaurant

Danielle Copeland
Regional Director, Training & Upgrading Fund MD/DC
SEIU-1199

Barry Dunkin
Baltimore City Chamber Representative
University of Baltimore

Mark Eckstein
Plumbers & Steamfitters
Local Union #486

Christopher Eddings
Publisher & President
The Daily Record

Robert C. Embry, Jr.
President
The Abell Foundation

Donald C. Fry
President
Greater Baltimore Committee

BOARD MEMBERS
(cont.)

Elaine Garven
Assistant Deputy Mayor
Mayor's Office

Paul Graziano
Baltimore Housing Commissioner
Baltimore Housing

Ernie Grecco
President
Metropolitan Baltimore AFL-CIO

Sharon Grinnell
Vice President
Doracon Development, LLC

Joseph Jones
President & CEO
Center for Urban Families

Robert J. Kimmons
Division Vice President
Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.

Deborah Knight-Kerr
Director of Community &
Educational Projects
The Johns Hopkins Hospital & Health System

Shirley Bigley LaMotte
Chief Executive Director
Baltimore Reads, Inc.

Molly McGrath
Director
Baltimore City Department of Social Services

Neil Meltzer
President
Sinai Hospital - A LifeBridge Health Center

Robert Moore
President
Service Employees
International Union - 1199

Valerie Myers
Administrator
Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation

Joanne Nathans
Job Opportunities Task Force

Mike Newstead
Director of Operations
America Works of Maryland, Inc.

Douglas Perry
Attorney

Wendy Ramsey
Human Resource Director
Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel and Inner Harbor Camden Yards

Avis Ransom
Morgan State University -
School of Engineering

James Rzepkowski
Director, Workforce Development
Constellation Energy

Gail Smith-Howard
General Manager
Hyatt Regency on the Inner Harbor Baltimore

Paul Taylor
Executive Director
Small Business Resource Center

Marge Thomas
President & CEO
Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake

Pegeen Townsend
Senior Vice President
Legislative Policy
Maryland Hospital Association

Robert Wallace
President & CEO
The BITHGroup Technologies

John Weiss
Executive in Residence
University of Baltimore

Yolanda Maria Welch
Chief Executive Officer
Respira Medical

Garland Williamson
President
Information Control Systems Corp.

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Jeffrey W. Smith
jwsmith@oedworks.com