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
*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