Participants
Next Level Leaders participants come from multiple leadership levels and from across professions and job sectors. As the program continues to evolve and grow, so does the network and the opportunities for networking and mentoring.
2024–2025 PARTICIPANTS
- Trey Fisher, Army Emergency Relief
- Bernard Sims, Associated Black Charities
- David Moses, Baltimore City Police Department
- Lauren Cohen, Baltimore Magazine
- Russell Bunn, Baltimore County Public Schools
- Jessica Normington, Blind Industries and Services of Maryland
- Beverly Donovan, Chesapeake Lighthouse Foundation
- Alisen McKechnie, First Financial Federal Credit Union
- Randy Radcliffe, Giant Food
- James Olver, Itineris Baltimore
- Sharon Borshay, The Kennedy Krieger Institute
- Deeannah Taylor, The Kennedy Krieger Institute
- Bradley Norwood, Make a Wish Mid-Atlantic
- Alisha Gomez, Maryland Aviation Administration
- Chanda Floyd, MDOT Maryland Transit Administration Mobility
- Jasmin Perry, Meg Fox Aesthetics
- Jaimie Clark, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- Ben Larson, Ruffed Grouse Society
- Richard Metzgar, The Salvation Army
- Stefanos Tsapalas, SC&H Group
- Danielle Allen, Sinclair Broadcast Group
- Ethan White, Sinclair Broadcast Group
- Victoria Chahanovich, University Maryland St. Joseph's Medical Center
- Amanda Rowe, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
- John Ruhanna, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
Alumni by Year
2023–2024
- Mary Ash. Itineris Baltimore
- Caitlin Bovery, National Aquarium
- Jessica Chaffman, First Financial Credit Union
- Tyrell Fleming, University of Maryland Baltimore Police Department
- Brittany Giel, The Whiting Turner Contracting Company
- Hassan Giordano, Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City
- Olesya Grant, The Sherwin-Williams Company
- Matt Henry, MCI USA
- Jing Ji, Thales group
- Valbona Kola, Health Care Access Maryland
- Carly Magnotta, Stanley Black & Decker
- Robert Mayer, Sinclair, Inc.
- Mike Meyers, Special Olympics
- Albert Moore, Arnold Automation
- Diana Pearson, Junior Achievement of Central Maryland
- Mike Pursley, Maryland Public Television
- Zandra Rawlinson, University of Maryland Baltimore
- June Sim, Kimball Construction Co., Inc.
- Alicia Sindlinger, ShareBaby
- Tashella Smith, Baltimore Gas & Electric
- Trent Stroup, Harford Mutual Insurance Group
- Michael Urgo, Sinclair, Inc.
- Kinshasa Vargas-Pile, Enoch Pratt Free Library
2022–2023
- Matthew Buecker, Baltimore Gas and Electric
- Kevin Burns, Towson University
- Kim Davis, Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Alfonso Deschamps, Arnold Packaging
- Ayesha Fowler, Lifebridge Health, Grace Medical Center
- Matthew Glace, Mindgrub Technologies
- Daniel Hendrickson, Kennedy Krieger Institute
- Bobby Hill, MECU
- Talisha Holmes, Under Armor
- Jessica Johnson, Urban Teachers
- Marlon Joseph, Kennedy Krieger Institute
- Jim Keenan, Maryland Department of Commerce
- Megan Kelly, RS&F
- Kimberly M. Lee, University of Maryand, Baltimore
- Lyndsay Lewman, Stanley Black & Decker
- Emily Mitchell, Sylvan Learning
- Colin Needham, SC&H Group
- Rebecca Pennington, Kimball Construction
- Michael Reilly, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
- Marina Shapiro, Murthy Law Firm
- Lauren Stevens, National Aquarium
- Karen Zuccardi, TEDCO
2021–2022
- Katie Ballance, Erickson Senior Living
- Tonya Bell, University of Maryland, Baltimore
- Matthew Everett, SC&H Capital
- Arnold Farmer, SC&H Group
- Kristi Fleming, Sheppard Pratt
- Kristy Fogle, LifeBridge Health
- Ryan Fredriksson, National Aquarium
- Larisa Gelis, Think|Stack
- Brian Knauer, First National Bank
- Mike Maile, RS&F
- Karen Marc, United Way of Central Maryland
- Jennie Mattes, Erickson Senior Living
- Kim Paradise, Mindgrub
- Anita Pinkney, LifeBridge Health
- Lynn Quayle, Under Armour
- Regina Sanderoff, BGE
- Gurvir Singh, Jimmy's Famous Seafood
- Arthur Smith, Towson University
- Michael Solomon, MECU
- Marci Todd, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
- Erik Verleger, Stanley Black & Decker
- Kristin Wenger, Sheppard Pratt
- Emily Woods, Woods Financial Services
- Olivia Zug, Loyola University Maryland
