Advisory Council Membership

Council Members By Group

Business Advisory Council

Victor Akinnagbe | Director, Rebirth Development

Stephanie Bagley | CEO, SCB Management Solutions Inc.

Christine Bergmark | President and CEO, St. Mary's County Chamber of Commerce

Tiffany Bethea | Executive Director, Baltimore City Chamber of Commerce

Dr. Michael Galiazzo | President, Regional Manufacturing Institute of Maryland

Stephanie Geller | Director, Community Wealth Builders

Jonathan Genn | Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Percontee, Inc.

Brian Gottschalk | Executive Vice President, Chief Lending Officer, Hebron Savings Bank

Iulia Griffin | CEO, The Cactus Group

Pat Hall Jaynes

Will Holmes | Founder and CEO, Will Holmes Consulting (WHC)

Clarence Horst | Owner, Hagerstown Builders, Real Estate Innovations, ProTek Fiber

Bree Jones | CEO and Founder, Parity Homes

Jeffry Kahn | President & CEO, CAM Technologies, Inc

Surya Kolluri | Associate Director, Accenture LLP

Barbara B Lang | Managing Principal and CEO, Lang Strategies, LLC

Carmen Larsen | President, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Montgomery County

Vhonda Lewis | Early Career and Campus Program Manager, McCormick & Company, Inc.

Juli McCoy | President and CEO, Allegany County Chamber of Commerce

Blane Miller | President, BH Miller Group, LLC

Mia Millette | CEO, Skyline Technology Solutions

Christopher Moyer | President, Bluefin Strategies

Anthony Onianwah | President/CEO, Apex Petroleum, Corp

Zina Pierre | President and CEO, Reyarp Strategies Group, LLC

Barbara Quaye | Business Development Director, Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation

Cynthia Rivarde | Chief Executive Officer, Rockville Economic Development, Inc. (REDI)

Emmett Roberts | Founder, President, and CEO | Maryland Veterans Chamber of Commerce

Jonathon Rondeau | President and CEO, Fello

Joe Said | Executive Director, Pinball EDU

Imran Siddiqui | President, Alliance Global Tech Inc

Kristi Simon | President and CEO, Howard County Chamber of Commerce

Timothy Smoot | Executive Vice President, Meridian Management Group, Inc

Aaron Solar | Chief Financial Officer, Chief Information Officer, Adaptic LLC

Paul Tiburzi | Retired Partner, DLA Piper Law Firm

Jennifer Walsh | Senior Associate Vice President, Division of Advancement and Regional Engagement Frostburg State University and The Greater Cumberland Committee

Eric Wargotz | ES Wargotz, PA

Kenneth White | President and CEO, Maryland Black Chamber of Commerce

Costello Wilson | Chairman and Treasurer, Creating Opportunities for Our Community

Jianning Zeng | President, Four Season Farm LLC

Devin Zitelman | Director of Scientific Real Estate Advisory Services, Scheer Partners, Inc.

Climate Advisory Council Members

Aten "A.C." Alrey | Healthy Homes Program Manager, Cit of Cambridge, Maryland

Karin Berardo | Chief Executive Officer, Capital Continuum Advisers

Jim Brown | Policy Director, Audubon Mid-Atlantic

Allie Cavanagh | Policy Advisor Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth

Christopher Clavin | Senior Advisor for Resilience, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Hector Corrales | Lead Public Affairs Specialist, SBA, U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience

Andrea Crooms | Legislative Director, Prince George’s County Council

Dante Davidson-Swinton| Executive Director, Our Zero Waste Future

Sonia Demiray | Executive Director, Climate Communications Coalition

Andrew Der | Principal and Environmental Consultant, Andrew T Der & Associates LLC

Dave Ferraro | Executive Director, Friends of Patapsco Valley State Park

Laura Gillam | President, ResilientPath Strategies

Amy Grossi | Associate Attorney, Smith, Gildea & Schmidt LLC

Mohinder Gulati | Former Chief Operating Officer, United Nations Sustainable Energy for All Anthony Gyasi | Senior Environmental Specialist, AECOM

Kristen Harbeson | Political Director, Maryland League of Conservation Voters

Cari Harris | Founder and CEO, The Claude C. Thornton Foundation, Inc.

Cynthia Herrera | Senior Director of Climate, Energy and Equity, Green and Healthy Homes Initiative

James Hollywood III | Founder, Executive Director, Together for You, Inc

Anne Klase | Sr. Manager, State Legislative Affairs, Pepco Holdings

Timothy Lattimer | Administrator, Office of Community Sustainability, Howard County, MD

Susan Miller | Senior Attorney, Earthjustice

Jennifer Mizrahi | Co-founder/Director, Mizrahi Family Charitable Fund

David J. Smith | President/Adjunct Professor, Forage Center for Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Education George Mason University

Dee Strum | CEO, Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation, Inc.

Tamara Toles Olaughlin | CEO and President, Environmental Grantmakers Association

Eric Wachsman | Director and Distinguished University Professor, Maryland Energy Innovation Institute, University of Maryland

Kacey Wetzel | Vice President of Programs, Outreach, and Education, Chesapeake Bay Trust

Lisa Woll | Consultant/ Board Member

Fatima Yousofi | Senior Research Officer, The Pew Charitable Trusts

Faith Leaders Advisory Council Members

Jameel Aalim-Johnson | President, Prince George's County Muslim Council

Cleis Abeni | Executive Director, Wisdom Projects

Teslim Alghali | Imam, Sierra Leone Muslim Jamaat

Shawn Bell | CEO, Paradise International Fellowship

Sumayyah Bilal | Owner, Codetta Bake Shop

Radwan Chowdhury | Chair of the Board, UDiON Foundation, AA Global Solutions, Early Bloom Academy

Margo Gross | Pastor, The Remnant of Hope International Church

Matt Hoffman | Director, Center for Religion, Spirituality, and Pluralism University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Barbara Holt Streeter | Chief Engagement Officer, POWER2Move, LLC.

Rev. Dr. C Anthony Hunt | Senior Pastor and Professor of Theology Epworth Chapel United Methodist Church, Baltimore, MD and St. Mary's Seminary and University, Baltimore

Marc Israel | Rabbi, Tikvat Israel

Khristine " Kacy" Leach | Executive Director, BeMoreCaring

Erinn Mansour | Quaker Advocate and Educator, Patapsco Friends Meeting, Baltimore Yearly Meeting

Sarah Mersky Miicke | Deputy Director, Baltimore Jewish Council

Deborah Miller | Director of Maryland Government and Community Relations, Jewish Community RC of Greater Washington

Kenneth Nelson | Senior Pastor, Seneca Community Church

Stephanie Powell | CEO, TH2 GLOBAL LLC

| Consultant, Shorelight Strategies

Shazia Shah | General Manager/Partner, RMV Hospitality

Hermia Shegog Whitlock | First Lady/Executive Minister, Reid Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church

Surinder Singh | Chairman, Sikhs of USA

Dr. Paul Steeger | Pastor, Abundant Life Church

Archana Thakker | Staff Pharmacist, CVS Health

Larry Lee Thomas | Sr. Apostle, United Black Clergy of Anne Arundel County

Financial Literacy Advisory Council Members

Andrea Berstle | Executive Director, Carroll County Public Library

Pablo Blank | Director, Immigrant Integration, CASA, Inc.

John Bratsakis | President and CEO, MD|DC Credit Union Association

Carla Cash | Executive Director, Mid Atlantic Food Resilience and Access Coalition

Briayna Cuffie | Program Management Analyst, United States Department of State

Adebola Daramola | Research Assistant/ Ph.D. Public Policy Candidate School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Patricia Davis | Managing Director, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

John Dixon | President, Legionnaire Pest Control

Gregory Dunlap | Principal Insurance Broker, Dunlap Financial Services LLC

Renee Graves | Supervisory Management Analyst, Health Resources and Services Administration

Yvette L. Gray | Administrative Director, Agape Deliverance Ministries, Inc.

April Green | Founder & Principal Consultant, The Real Evolution LLC

Ruth Griffin | Housing Counseling Coordinator, Community Development Network of Maryland

Andrea Hall | Senior Vice President/Chief Integration Officer, Educational Systems Federal Credit Union

Cynthia Harrell | REALTOR®, NextHome Mims Realty Group

Shannan Herbert | CEO, Washington Area Community Investment Fund

Angelica Jackson | Chief Executive Officer, Phoenix International Incorporated

Shomari James | CEO, Equity Now, Inc.

Robert Kinzer | President, Literacy Institute for Financial Enrichment (LIFE)

Rebecca Lange-Thernes | Executive Director, Stocks in the Future

Derrick Ollinger | Founder, Clear Mind Money, LLC

Robert Paxton | Retired Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Senate

Jennifer Poulsen | President and CEO, Hebron Savings Bank

Danielle Quinn | Pharmacy Program Director, Chesapeake Employers Insurance

Evan Richards | Head of Government and Community Relations, Maryland Bankers Association

Darin Simmons, Jr. | Chief Operating Officer, Gradient Learning

Tiffany Sims | Financial Education Coordinator, Invest York Road

Jerray Slocum | Business Banking Relationship Manager, Shore United Bank

Candace Smith-Tucker | Founding CEO/President, Share Life Gifts, Inc.

Debbie Staples | Retired CPA

Lisa Sun | Independent Volunteer

Maureen Wambui | Financial Coach, International Rescue Committee (IRC), Baltimore

Darvincia Warren | CEO/Founder, CORE DMV

Julie Weaver | Executive Director, Maryland Council on Economic Education

Keisha Whaley | Supervisor, Ellin & Tucker, Chartered Ltd

Patrice Williams-Johnson | President, MGP Community Development Corporation

Pamela Willison | Associate Financial Advisor, Thrivent Financial

Labor Advisory Council Members

Greg Akerman | President, Baltimore / DC Building and Construction Trades

Jason Ascher | Political Director, Mid-Atlantic Pipe Trades Association

John Barber | Senior Representative, EAS Carpenters

Diamonte Brown | President, Baltimore Teachers Union

Jeffrey Buddle | President, Professional Fire Fighters of Maryland, IAFF Local A-19

Ricardo Campos Alfaro | Political Director, SEIU 32BJ

Michael Conner | Senior Council Representative, Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters

Donna Edwards | President, Maryland and DC AFL-CIO

Sam Epps | President, Metro Washington Labor Council AFL-CIO

Joshua Fannon | President, IAFF Local 964 Baltimore Fire Officers

John Gaines | President, ATU LOCAL 689

LaBrina Hopkins | Secretary and Treasurer, AFT - Maryland

Courtney Jenkins | President, Metropolitan Baltimore Council AFL CIO

Tracy Lingo | President, UNITE HERE

Larry Luis | Business Agent, Ironworkers Local 5

Danyela Marks | Secretary and Treasurer, IATSE Local 913

Michael McHale | Business Manager, IBEW Local 24

Michael McMillan | President and Business Agent, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1300

Amy Millar | Special Assistant to the President, UFCW Local 1994

Patrick Moran | President, AFSCME

James Morrow | Executive Board Member, OPEIU Local 2, AFL-CIO

David O'Ferrall | Business Agent, IATSE

Shannon Opfer | President, Communications Workers of America Local 2107

Rod Rice

Travis Simon | Executive Director, SEIU Local 500

Herb Smith | Political and Legislative Representative, American Federation of Government Employees

Local Government Advisory Council Members

McNeal Brown | Capital projects Program Manager, Howard County Government

Megan Cook | Mayor, Town of Easton

Cashenna Cross | City Councilwoman At-Large, City of Glenarden

Maureen Evans | Director of Government Affairs, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball

Justin Fiore | Director of Advocacy and Public Policy, Maryland Municipal League

Yamil Hernández | Council Member, City of Gaithersburg

Adam Hibb | Council President, City of Aberdeen

H. Alan Hobbs | Commissioner, Town of Poolesville

Julie Hummer | Chair, Anne Arundel County Council

Kevin Kinnally | Legislative Director, Maryland Association of Counties

Denise Mitchell | Mayor Pro-Tem, City of College Park

Scott Nicewarner | City Administrator, City of Hagerstown

Greg Pecoraro | Councilman, City of Westminster

Christina Rigby | Councilwoman, Howard County Council

Robert Sandlass | Treasurer, Harford County Government

Phillip Thompson | Finance Officer, Worcester County Maryland

Vanetta Van Cleave | Chief Financial Officer, St. Mary's County Government

Ingrid Watson | Prince George’s County Council Member, District 4

David Weiskopf | County Administrator, St. Mary's County Government

New Americans Advisory Council Members

Kemi Adetola | President, African Diaspora Affairs of Anne Arundel County

Garry Aime | Executive Director, Komite Ayiti, Inc

Jason Avila | Executive Director, Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus

Rustam Biswas | Teaching Assistant, R.H. Smith Graduate School of Business, University of Maryland

Candace M Boykins | President, C&J Migrant Solutions Foundation, Inc

Elizabeth Chung | Executive Director, Asian American Center of Frederick

Megan Gislea Bautista | Program Manager for Tax Partnerships, CASH Campaign of Maryland

Nkechi Ilechie | Policy Director, Nigerian Center

Thai Nguyen

Harry Salmoran | Owner and Operator, Senor's Chile

Fafali Sant'Anna | Owner, Nelia African Market LLC

Niti Srivastava | Executive Director, Indian Cultural Association of Howard County, Inc.

Pilar Torres | Executive Director, LUNA-Family Support Services

Yang Yu | Interim, Dean of Liberal Studies, Howard Community College

Tax Practitioners Advisory Council Members

Rob Bader | Director of Tax Operations, CASH Campaign of Maryland

Stephen Bell | Managing Director, State and Local Tax BDO USA

Benjamin Dadzie | CPA, Gold Coast Financial Group LLC

Tiffany Davis | CEO, Washington & Co Inc.

David De Jong | Attorney and CPA, Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll PC

Stephanie Drane | Partner, Jones Advisory, LLC

Angela Floyd | Federal Tax Practitioner, Intelligent Tax Solution

Michael Ginski | Partner, State & Local Tax Practice Leader, Citrin Cooperman

John Hardt | Low Income Tax Clinic Director, Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service

Giavante Hawkins | Executive Directo, Maryland Society of Accounting and Tax Professionals

Stephen Kauffman | Attorney/CPA, Skeen & Kauffman, LLP

Victoria Kelly | Owner, Victoria Eve Kelly, LLC

Lourdes Mars | Associate Attorney, The Law Offices of Beverly Winstead, LLC

Megan McKnew | Senior Manager, CohnReznick LLP

Matt Preller | CPA Tax Manager, BSC Group LLC

Kimberly Royster | CEO/CFO, Kimberly Services LLC

Catherine Wright | Owner, Wright Way Tax Solutions LLC

Women’s Economic Empowerment Council

Scherazade Agurto | Owner, Koi Advocacy Group

Kim Alfonso | CEO, Results One LLC

Gabriela Argoti-Fernandez | Commercial Portfolio Manager, DC Green Bank

Nell Callahan | Founder, Frontwood Strategies

Annie Conderacci | Founder and Executive Director, Center for the American Family

Pamela Curtis | Director of Community and Merchant Engagement, Maryland State General Assembly (State Senator Dalya Attar)

Beverlee (BJ) Dawkins | CEO/Founder, HHELP-Helping Hands Empowering & Lifting People

Armani Diggs | Founder/Principal Consultant, F.A.C.E. The Agency

Virginia Dinzey-Taveras | Founder, AdaptiveCon

Christine DiSalvo | Vice President, Maryland Financial Investors, Inc.

Tisha Edwards | President/CEO, Maryland Bankers Association

Diana Emerson | Executive Director, Emerge Maryland

Harris Floyd | Principal Owner, The Harmonsi Group

Marcella Franczkowski | AVP, Early Childhood Strategy, Kennedy Krieger Institute

Kaprece James | Founder & CEO, Stella's Girls, Inc

Qiana Johnson

Melinda Kelleher | Small Business Development and Main Street Manager, Cumberland Main Street

Ariana Kelly | Executive Director, Maryland Commission for Women

Sushma Kulkarni | President, e-Sci Corporation

Tammira Lucas | CEO, The Cube Cowork

Gracelyn McDermott | Vice President, Kaiser Permanente

Cristy Morrell | Executive Director, Critchlow Adkins Children's Centers

Benjamin Orr | President & CEO, Maryland Center on Economic Policy

Karen Sippel | Managing Director, Rockville Economic Development. Inc.

Jennifer Staley | Senior Operations Advisor, Shoulder 2 Shoulder, Inc.

Chrissy Thornton | President and CEO, Associated Black Charities

Claudia Tsas | Founder and Owner, Kharis Lavender Fields

Tiffany Turner-Allen | Executive Director, Human Services Coalition of Prince George's County

Julie Weber | Vice President, Accounting, Skyline Technology Solutions, LLC

Diedre Windsor | Founder and CEO, Windsor Group LLC