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

Robert Kimmons
BWIB Vice-Chair
Division Vice President
Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.

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

Gregory Derwart
Chair – Youth Council Committee
Chief Operating Officer
The Arc of Baltimore

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

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

BOARD MEMBERS

Adrienne Alberts
Manager – Talent Acquisition, College Relations and Diversity Constellation Energy Group  

Andres Alonso
Chief Executive Officer
Baltimore City Public Schools

Marlon K. Bates
Acting Area Vice President
Veolia Transportation
Northeast Region

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

Jay Brodie
President
Baltimore Development Corporation

Herb Buchanan
Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
University of MD Medical Center

Karen Campbell
Vice President & Chief Policy Officer
Verizon-Maryland/DC

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

Ms. Patrice Cromwell
Senior Fellow, Family Economic Success
The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Barry Dunkin
Baltimore City Chamber Representative
University of Baltimore

Mark Eckstein
Financial Secretary, Plumbers & Steamfitters
Local Union #486

Christopher Eddings
Publisher & President
The Daily Record

Robert C. Embry, Jr.
President
The Abell Foundation

Mark Foster
President
Second Chance Inc.

BOARD MEMBERS
(cont.)

Donald C. Fry
President
Greater Baltimore Committee


Paul Graziano
Executive Commissioner
Baltimore Housing

Ernie Grecco
President
Metropolitan Baltimore AFL-CIO

Sharon Grinnell
President & Managing Member
sGRINNELL ENTERPRISES, LLC

Joseph Jones
President & CEO
Center for Urban Families

Molly McGrath
Director
Baltimore City Department of Social Services

Neil Meltzer
President & Chief Operating Officer
Sinai Hospital - A LifeBridge Health Center

Valerie Myers
Manager, One Stop Services
Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation

Joanne Nathans
Job Opportunities Task Force

Marsha Netus
Director of Operations
America Works of Maryland, Inc.

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

Avis Ransom
Morgan State University -
School of Engineering

Laurie Schwartz
Consultant
LS Consulting, Inc.

Marty Schwartz
President & Chief Executive Officer
Vehicles for Change

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
Corporate Vice President, Government Affairs
MedStar Health

Peter Van Buren
President
TerraLogos Energy Group

John Weiss
Executive in Residence, UB
Merrick School of Business

Yolanda Maria Welch
Chief Executive Officer
Respira Medical, Inc.

Garland Williamson
President
Information Control Systems Corp.

Rosetta Kerr Wilson
Consultant
Comcast Baltimore City

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