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Congratulations to Our Members
• Benjamin Rosenberg received the Equal Justice Council’s 2011
Executive Director Award.
• R. Dane Rianhard was named Person of the Year by the Maryland
Association of Health Underwriters.
• Thomas S. Bozzuto was inducted into the Maryland Chamber of
Commerce’s Maryland Business Hall of Fame.
• John k. Hoey and Raymond A. “Chip” Mason were winners of Ernst
& Young’s 2011 Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Thomas R. Mullen
and Bruce kirby were named finalists. Sheela Murthy, karyl B.
Leggio and J. Randall Thompson served as judges.
• Eddie C. Brown was added to the Baltimore Community Foundation’s
Professional Advisors Recognition Society.
• Louis Cestello and Barry Gossett were given the 2011 Henry A.
Rosenberg, Sr. Distinguished Citizens Award by the Baltimore Area
Council, Boy Scouts of America.
• Carol Quirk was appointed to the President’s Committee for People
with Intellectual Disabilities.
• Jeffrey Hargrave and Louis Cestello were named to SmartCEO’s
Circle of Excellence.
• Sen. francis X. and Janet kelly received the Cal Sr. Award from the
Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation for their work in the community.
• Scott Gibson was named one of the 20 in Their Twenties by
The Daily Record.
• The United Way of Central Maryland honored p.J. Mitchell’s
commitment to and indelible impact in the community by creating
the “Patricia J. Mitchell Diamond Society.”
• Nancy Grasmick was named to The Daily Record’s Influential
Marylanders’ Circle of Influence.
• The Md. Washington Minority Contractors’ Association, Inc. honored
Christian S. Johansson, Stella M. Miller, Content McLaughlin and
kevin Johnson at their annual spring breakfast.
• Sheela Murthy was a moderator and Tanesha Boldin and Ellen
Yankellow were speakers at the World Trade Institute’s Women
Spanning the Globe event.
• Cidalia Luis-Akbar was named the 2011 Woman of the Year
and KatzAbosch was named Corporate Partner of the Year
by NAWBO-BRC.
• Michael Shacklette received a 2011 Governor’s Service Award
from the Governor’s Office on Service and Volunteerism for his
work in particular with the Y of Central Maryland.
• Gregory Devou climbed down the Canton Crossing Tower to raise
money during the National Kidney Foundation of Maryland’s second
annual Rappel for Kidney Health.
• Randy and Jennifer Thompson recently launched Big Cork Vineyards
in Washington County, planting 22 acres of 12 grape varieties.
• David Nevins received the Towson Hillel Gesher Award for
his significant impact on both Towson University and the
Jewish community.
• Monyka Berrocosa, patty Brown, Cynthia Egan, Marianne fishler,
Julie Mercer, ferie Mirmiran, Sheela Murthy and Bonnie Stein are
members of the 2011 American Red Cross of Central Maryland’s
Tiffany Circle Society of Women Leaders.
• Deborah flateman and Adrienne kirby were winners of SmartCEO’s
Brava Awards. Mary Ann Scully and Y. Maria Welch were members of
the 2011 Brava Committee.
• Julie A. freischlag, M.D. has been elected the first female vice
president of the Society for Vascular Surgery.
• Dr. Brian Berman has been appointed to the Advisory Council for the
NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
• Sheela Murthy was recognized as a leading international corporate
immigration lawyer in the 2011 edition of Corporate Immigration.
• Mimi Roeder Vaughan and Mary Ann Scully were named part of the
2011 Enterprising Women by the Baltimore Business Journal.
Honored as African Americans in Corporate Leadership
by Associated Black Charities
• Reco Collins, PNC Bank
• ken Grant, Johns Hopkins
• Bert Hash, Jr., MECU
• Samuel L. Ross, Bon Secours
Named a Heavy Hitter by Baltimore Business Journal
• David J. Downey, Cassidy Turley
• Jon Laria, Ballard Spahr LLP
• Robert Manekin, Manekin LLC
• John f. Schulze, Jr., Cassidy Turley
• Matthew L. Seward, Cassidy Turley
• Mike Wallace, M&T Bank
Named to the Successful by 40 VIP List by The Daily Record
• Eric Brotman, Brotman Financial Group Inc.
• Anthony Butler, Butler & Associates
• Kevin G. Hroblak, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP
• Julie Rubin, Astrachan Gunst Thomas and Rubin PC
• Lori A. Villegas, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
New Board Appointments
• Lynn k. Argenbright – Board, SMEI Baltimore/Washington
• Diane Bell-Mckoy – Secretary, Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers
• Stephanie Beran – Board, United Way of Central Maryland
• Barbara Bozzuto – Board of Directors, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
• George L. Bunting Jr. – Board of Trustees, Baltimore Community Foundation
• John H. Cammack – Chair of the Board, United Way of Central Maryland
• Joseph DeMattos – Board, Har Sinai Congregation
• Janine Dipaula Stevens – President, NAWBO-BRC
• Susan flanigan – Board of Directors, Everyman Theater
• Betty Hines – Board of Directors, Women Presidents’ Organization
• patricia H. Joseph – Board of Trustees, Baltimore Community Foundation
• francis X. kelly, III – Board, Maryland Business for Responsive Government
• Stephen L. Owen – Board of Directors, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum
• Gina Ramsey – Corporate Partner Chair, NAWBO-BRC
• Jennifer Reynolds – Chair of the Board of Directors, National Aquarium Institute
• R. Christopher Rosenthal – Secretary, Baltimore Estate Planning Council
• Bill Riley – Chair of the Board of Directors, Maryland Chamber of Commerce
• Mary Ann Scully – Chair, Maryland Bankers Association
• Anna L. Smith – Chair of the Board, National Aquarium Foundation
• Darlene Brannigan Smith – Board, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship,
Baltimore affiliate
• Steve Tiller – Board, Fort Meade Alliance
• Y. Maria Welch – Board of Trustees, Baltimore Community Foundation
• David Wilson – Board, United Way of Central Maryland
• Steven L. Wiseman – Chair, Harford County Chamber of Commerce
• Vernon Wright – Treasurer, Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers
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