Board of Directors

Officers
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CHAIR
Kenneth L. "Ken" Brannan '05 (LM)
Owner
Saucy Salamander Catering Co.
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VICE CHAIR 
​Jean C. Accius, Ph.D. '14 (LM)
Senior Vice President
Global Thought Leadership
AARP
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SECRETARY
Miriam "Mindy" Lehman '14
Chief Government Relations & Policy Officer
Maryland Technology Development Corp. (TEDCO)
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TREASURER
J. Robert "Bob" Frazee '09 (LM)
President & CEO
J.R. Frazee Strategic Consulting LLC
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President & CEO
David A. Fike '16 (LM)
Leadership Maryland
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IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Jeanne Forrester Singer, Esq. '07 (LM)
Attorney at Law
Law Offices of Jeanne F. Singer
Directors
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Christopher J. "Chris" Borgal, CSM '16
AVP
Asset Management & Operations
Peterson Companies
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Robert C. " Bob" Brennan '04 (LM)
Retired
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Derryck Fletcher
Chief Strategy Officer
Y in Central Maryland
Maryland Leadership Workshops Representative
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Charles “Charlie” Gayle
Head of Policy and Engagement, Office of Consumer Practices 
​Wells Fargo​
Maryland Leadership Workshops Representative
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Rhea L. Harris, Esq. '13

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Melanie M. Heuston, D.N.P., R.N., N.E.A.-B.C. ’19
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Chris D. Hoyson '17
Senior Vice President
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
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Kori Jones
Supervisor
Howard County Recreation and Parks Maryland Leadership Workshops Representative
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Andrea E. Mansfield '19
Lobbyist
Manis Canning & Associates
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Meredith M. "Merry" Mears '17 (LM)
Principal, M3 Synergies
Principal, NAI Coastal
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Dr. César E. Palacios '14
​Executive Director
Proyecto Salud Clinic  
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Erin J. Roth '19 (LM)
​Deputy Assistant Secretary
Maryland Department of Labor
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Pamela J. "Pam" Ruff '98
Executive Director
Maryland Economic Development Association
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Dr. Patricia W. "Patty" Saelens '19
Superintendent
Queen Anne's County Public Schools
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Anna Leake Smith '10
Group Vice President
M&T Bank
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Blair Brennan Slaughter, Ph.D. ’19
Executive Coach and Principal
Delve Consulting
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Reggie Turner ’21
President
Turner Wealth Management
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John M. Wasilisin '05
Retired
Past Chairs
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Richard E. Hug
Deceased
Chair 1993-1994
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James T. Brady ‘93 (LM)
Deceased
Chair 1996-1998
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John W. Dillon '93
Retired
Chair 2000-2002
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Dr. Catherine R. Gira '93 (LM)
Deceased
Chair 2004-2006
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Sharon R. Pinder '98
President and CEO
Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council
Chair 2010-2012
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William B. "Bill" Grant '02 (LM)
Retired
Chair 2014-2016
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Howard B. Miller, Esq. '93 (LM)
Partner
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP
Chair 1994-1996
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Wayne A. Mills '98
Retired
Chair 1998-2000
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Henry E. Posko, Jr. '93
Principal
Aequitas Consulting Group
Chair 2002-2004
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Stephen A. Horvath '98
Retired
Chair 2008-2010
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Ralph W."Buddy' Emerson, Jr. ‘03 (LM)
Retired
Chair 2012-2014
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Eric D. Brotman, CFP, AEP, CPWA '09 (LM)
President & Managing Principal
Brotman Financial Group, Inc.
Chair 2016-2018
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Dr. Memo F. Diriker '12 (LM)
​Associate Professor/Management & Marketing​
BEACON at Salisbury University
Chair 2018-2020
Ex Officio Members
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Diane J. Devaney '16
President
Devaney & Associates, Inc.
Ex Officio Member
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Eliot Pfanstiehl (LM)
Founder/CEO Emeritus
Strathmore Hall Foundation, Inc.
Ex Officio Member
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PRESIDENT EMERITA
Nancy Minieri (LM)
1992-2013
Deceased

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Michael Burgan
Program Committee Chair
2021-2022
Maryland Leadership Workshops
Ex Officio Member
“Leadership Maryland was one of the most rewarding experiences in my professional life. As head of Government Affairs for a leading corporation in Maryland, learning about the state’s most critical public policy issues and working with the leaders who make a difference on those issues has been invaluable. I have been affiliated with LMD since 1996, and I am still impressed with the diversity of its membership and the passion of its members”
Sean M. Looney ‘96
Vice President  |  Government Affairs
Comcast Annapolis

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