Maryland Chamber Blog

The Maryland Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors appointed new board members during its April meeting. New Board members include:

• Brad Barker of Dillon Development Partners, representing the Hagerstown-Washington County Chamber
• Darlene Breck of Southern Maryland Business Centers, representing the Charles County Chamber
• Mark Edward, CPA, FCA of BDO Seidman, LLP
• Jacob S. Frenkel, Esq. of Shulman, Rogers, Gandal,Pordy & Ecker, P.A.
• Del Karfonta of The Columbia Bank, representing the Howard County Chamber
• Frank Kelly of Kelly & Associates Insurance Group, Inc., representing the Baltimore County Chamber
• Pam Klahr, CCE of the Howard County Chamber, representing the Maryland Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives
• Eugene T. Lauer of Meridian Ventures, Inc.
• David Libdan of Applied Resources and Knowledge, LLC, representing the Carroll County Chamber
• Thomas E. Lynch, III of Miles & Stockbridge, representing the Frederick County Chamber
• Carla McGill of Hargrove, Inc.
• L. Nash McMahan of Tri-Gas & Oil Company, Inc., representing the Caroline County Chamber
• Steve Ochse, CPA of CBIZ Beatty Satchell, LLC, representing the Talbot County Chamber
• Deborah Stallings of HR Anew
• Shane Warren of Warren Brothers Group, Inc.
• Y. Maria Welch of Respira Medical, representing the Maryland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
• Kevin Wittman of Post-Newsweek Media

View a complete list of the Chamber’s Board of Directors here.

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During our recent Annual Membership Meeting, the Maryland Chamber’s Board of Directors recognized retiring board members for their dedicated service to the Chamber. These outgoing board members included:

• Laura Borgerding of Bank of America
• Bill Couper of Bank of America
• Tom Davis of the Brickman Group
• Mark Friis of Rodgers Consulting, Inc.
• Tony Gross of Coldwell Banker Commercial
• Tom Kelley of Deloitte
• Ed Lough of Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
• Jim Mannarino of The Gazette Newspapers
• Rick Martinez of Project Enhancement Corporation
• Jim Nesbitt of BDO Seidman, LLP
• Dick Pettingill of Dick Pettingill, Commercial Real Estate Brokerage, Inc
• Paul Skalny of Davis, Agnor, Rapaport & Skalny, LLC
• Bill Scarafia of the St. Mary’s County Chamber of Commerce

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Congratulations to Reznick Group, P.C. for winning the 2008 Governor’s Volunteer Service Award in the “Business Group” category.

Baltimore office Principal, and Maryland Chamber Board Member, Bill Riley was on hand to accept the award from Lt. Governor Anthony Brown, during an awards ceremony held last month.

“It is a great honor to be recognized by Governor Martin O’Malley and Lt. Governor Brown for our charitable efforts, which are such an integral part of who we are and what we do. This couldn’t have happened without the combined determination and efforts of everyone in Reznick Group’s Baltimore office, for which I am deeply appreciative,” Riley said.

The award comes just months after the Reznick Group won the 2007 Mayor’s Business Recognition Award for civic leadership and outstanding community service.

Reznick Group’s Baltimore office was recognized for its many volunteer projects, including

• Community Service Day
• American Red Cross Blood Drives
• Pro bono tax services to the Children’s Cancer Foundation
• Yearly service as the “Official Accounting Firm” for the Taste of Baltimore

Reznick Group held the all-staff Community Service Day to celebrate the firm’s 30th anniversary in June 2007. The Baltimore office closed for the day and approximately 200 employees set out into communities throughout Baltimore to assist with several projects. The Baltimore office will once again hold its Community Service Day (newly named “Community Outreach Day”) on June 20, 2008.

Do you have a story about your company’s community involvement? Email it to me at wburns@mdchamber.org.

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