Officers for FY 2006-07
Chairman of the Board
Lester Coffey, Coffey Communications, LLC

Chairman-elect
Edward Hall Asher, The Chevy Chase Land Company

Treasurer
Eric Fig, Freidkin, Matrone & Horn, PA

Secretary
John Macklin, JHM Research & Development

Immediate Past Chair
William G. “Bill” Robertson, Adventist HealthCare

Vice-Chair, Economic Development
Henry Bernstein, Scheer Partners, Inc.
Elaine Amir, Johns Hopkins University, Co-Chair

Vice-Chair, Education
Stewart Edelstein, USM Universities at Shady Grove
William Schlossenberg, The Gazette Newspapers, Co-Chair

Vice-Chair, Legislative Affairs
Ellen Bogage, EB& A, LLC
Barbara Henry, Discovery Communications, Inc., Co-Chair

Vice-Chair, Membership
VACANT
Karen Kalantzis, Corporate Network Services, Co-Chair

Vice-Chair, Small Business
Verl Zanders, Z-Tech Corporation
Charles Atwell, Innovative Business Interiors, Inc., Co-Chair

Vice-Chair, Transportation and Land Use
Gus Bauman, Beveridge & Diamond
Stephen Elmendorf, Linowes and Blocher LLP, Co-Chair

General Counsel
Robert Dalrymple, Linowes & Blocher, LLP

State Chamber Representative
Gene Counihan, WMATA

Interim President & CEO
Georgette “Gigi” Godwin

Board of Directors for FY 2006-07
  Elaine Amir, Executive Director, Johns Hopkins Montgomery County

  Edward Hall Asher, President & COO, The Chevy Chase Land Company

* Ray Barry, Deputy Director & CAO, AFI Silver Theatre

  Gus Bauman, Counsel, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.

* Michelle Bender, President, Women Business Owners of Montgomery County

  Henry Bernstein, Senior Vice President, Scheer Partners

  Rosalie Bernstein, Branch Manager, Career Blazers

  Ellen Bogage, President & CEO, EB& A, LLC

  Doug Brown, Senior Vice President, PNC Bank

  Eileen Cahill, Director External Affairs, Holy Cross Hospital

* Theresa Cameron, Executive Director, Arts & Humanities Council

  Joseph “Joe” Chirico, GVP Corporate Banking, Chevy Chase Bank

  Lester Coffey, President, Coffey Communications, LLC

  C. Robert Dalrymple, Partner, Linowes and Blocher, LLC

  Anna DiPaola, Director, Communications and Public Affairs, Lockheed Martin Transportation and Security Solutions

  Timothy Dugan, Partner, Shulman Rogers Gandal Pordy & Ecker

  Stewart Edelstein, Executive Director, USM Shady Grove Center

  Bill Eisig, Assurance Partner, BDO Seidman, LLP

  Todd Ellis, Senior Vice President, Sandy Spring Bank

  Stephen Elmendorf, Partner, Linowes and Blocher LLP

  Eric Fig, Principal, Freidkin, Matrone & Horn, PA

  Michael C. Finnegan, Senior Vice-President, Bank of America

  Jack Fitzgerald, Owner, Fitzgerald Auto Mall

* Janice Freeman, President & CEO, African American Chamber of Commerce

  Mark Friis, Executive Vice President, Rodgers Consulting, Inc.

  Trevor Garner, Vice President Corporate Banking, M&T Bank

  Laura Glynn, President & CEO, Glynn Technologies

  Briana Gowing, Assistant VP, External Affairs, Verizon

  Brian Gragnolati, President & CEO, Suburban Hospital

  Sol Graham, President, Quality Biological

* Edward Grenier, President, Junior Achievement of the National Capital Area

* Kelly Groff, Executive Director, Conference & Visitors Bureau

  G. Keith Haller, Partner, Potomac Incorporated

  Barbara Henry, Manager Community Relations, Discovery Communications

* Andrea Jolly, Director, Corporate Volunteer Council

  Robert L. Jones, Senior Vice President, SmithBarney – Citigroup

  Steven Jumper, Director, Regional Public Policy, Washington Gas

  Karen Kalantzis, CEO, Corporate Network Services

* Jane Kubasik, Executive Director, Mont. Co. Business Roundtable for Education

  Angela Lee, Government Affairs, Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.

  Joseph LeMense, Executive Vice President, United Bank

  John Macklin, President, JHM Research & Development

  Claudia M. Meer, Vice President, Clark Ventures/Clark Construction

  Christopher Muma, Senior Client Executive, IBM Corporation

* Esther Newman, Executive Director, Leadership Montgomery

  Charlene Nunley, Ph.D., President, Montgomery College

  David Palank, Vice President, Trammell Crow Company

  Jerry Parrott, Vice President, Human Genome Sciences

* Georgette “Gigi” Godwin, Interim President & CEO, Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce

  Nanci J. Porten, Chairman, Porten Homes

  Michael Priddy, President, Intervise Consultants, Inc.

* Jorge Restrepo, President, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

  Brian M. Rosen, Director, Government Affairs, MedImmune, Inc.

  William Schlossenberg, Director of Corporate Affairs, The Gazette Newspapers

  Carrie Shelton, Business and Government Affairs Liasion, GEICO

* Sally Sternbach, Executive Director, Rockville Economic Development, Inc.

  James Sweet, President, Smokey Glen Farm

  Larry Tanenbaum, Partner, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP

  Robin Toomey, Senior Vice President, Provident Bank

  Laura Van Eperen, President, VE PR

  Tim Veith, Senior Vice President, BB&T Bank

  Kim Watson, Regional Vice President, PEPCO

* Jerry Weast, Superintendent, MCPS

* Meredith Weisel, Counsel, Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors

  James Whang, Chairman and President, AEPCO

  Verl Zanders, CEO, Z-Tech Corporation

* =Ex-Officio

Former Chairs
Charles H. Atwell, President, Innovative Business Interiors, Inc.

Eileen Cahill, Director, External Affairs, Holy Cross Hospital

John H. Carman, P.E., Chairman, Rodgers Consulting, Inc.

Gene W. Counihan, Government Relations, WMATA

John Dillon, Senior Vice President, SmithBarney – Citigroup

John W. Farley, Corporate VP, Phillips International, Inc.

Robert R. Harris, Esq., Executive Partner, Holland & Knight, LLP

Sid Kramer, President, Kramer Enterprises

Thomas E. Ladd, Senior VP, Government Affairs, Marriott International, Inc.

John Q. Porter, Owner, Spectrum International, Inc.

William G. Robertson, President & CEO, Adventist HealthCare, Inc.

Steven A. Robins, Esq., Partner, Lerch, Early & Brewer

Clyde “Rocky” Sorrell, Esq., General Counsel, Montgomery College

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