Government Affairs


2008 Legislative & Government Affairs Committee

The Howard County Chamber of Commerce has an active legislative affairs and public policy advocacy program led by the Legislative and Government Affairs Committee. The committee is comprised of committed members of the business community who are interested in legislative issues. These members volunteer to work with the Chamber staff to track, analyze, and report on legislative matters deemed important to the membership and our strategic partners.


Steering Committee
Gregory Lowe*
Lowe fs
Richard Ohnmacht*
PNC Bank
Mike Fowler
Constellation Energy
Rick Silber
City Group, Inc.

Joe Mezzanotte
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP

*Committee Co-Chairman


Members

Roy Appletree
Association of Community Services

Brian Auger
Howard County Library

Duane Carey
Impact Marketing & PR, LLC

Mark Cissell
KAWG & F, PA

Thomas Cornellier
Wooden-Cornellier Group LLC

L. Jeannie Dillingham
The STTAR Center Inc.

David Dows
AB Consultants, Inc

Brian England
British American Auto Care, Inc.

William Erskine
Reese and Carney, LLP

Bill Fisher
Tatum, LLC

Steve Gevarter
Miles Stockbridge PC

David Gramil
Bay National Bank

Briana Growing
Verizon

Karol Hess
Howard County Assoc. of Realtors

Bill Howard
1st Mariner Bank

Del Karfonta
The Columbia Bank

Robert Levan
Funk & Bolton Law

Julie Mattis
RE/MAX Allegiance

Joseph Murray
Ascend One Corp.

Eric Nass
Stronghold Advisors, LLC

Vonda Peterson
Creative Access, Inc.

Michael Riemer
Patton Harris Rust & Assoc. LLC

Michael Russo
PNC Bank

Joseph Rutter
Land Design and Development, Inc.

Chrystopher Robinson
Robinson Photography

Bill Rowe
Petrie Ross Ventures

Michael Russo
PNC Bank

Joe Rutter
Land Design & Development, Inc.

Paul Skalny
Davis, Agnor, Rapaport & Skalny, LLC

Richard Story
Howard County Economic Development Authority

Mark Thompson
General Growth Properties, Inc.

Lee M. Wildemann
Hospice of Howard County

Wayne Wilhelm
Wilhelm Commercial Builders, Inc.

Chris Young
Business & Technology Law Group




 
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