Leadership

2012 Program Directors

  • Farah Sheikh - Advanced Leadership Seminar
  • Kevin Tervala &Adam Carey - Middle School Experience in Leadership
  • Dustin Jeter –Senior High Workshop
  • Candice Epps - Journey Director
  • DaShawn Murry - Staff Director
  • Geoff Burgan –Staff Development Director
  • Kori Jones - Community Outreach Director
  • Lauren Lee –Alumni Director

Program Board

  • Jackie Fludd –Montgomery County Public Schools
  • Charlie Gayle –State Attorney’s Office for Baltimore County
  • Dustin Jeter, Vice Chair - Montgomery County Public Schools
  • Olivia Keithley –Student
  • Marcy Leonard,Chair - Howard County Public Schools
  • Catherine McCall –University of Maryland
  • Moya Shpuntoff –Student
  • Kevin Taylor –DuPont

Board of Directors

Executive Committee

  • Eliot Pfanstiehl,Chair,President and CEO,Strathmore Hall
  • Sean M. Looney,Vice Chair,Vice President,State Government Affairs,Comcast
  • Katherine Getty,Treasurer,Managing Director,Susquehanna Bank
  • Kim Coble,Secretary,MD Executive Director,Chesapeake Bay Foundation,Inc.
  • Marcy Leonard,Chair,Program Committee
  • Ilaya R. Hopkins,Executive Director

John Cammack,Commack and Associates

Lloyd Etheredge,Project Director,Policy Sciences Center,New Haven,CT

Nancy Grasmick,State Superintendent (retired),Maryland State Department of Education

Holly B. Huntley,Vice President,Human Resources,CSC

Thomas Jarboe,Chief Operating Officer,Technology Security Associates

Rose Krasnow,Division Chief,Maryland National Capital Park and Planning

Nancy Minieri,President,Leadership Maryland

Ann Misback,Alumna

Betty Morgan,Executive Director Grad Nation,America’s Promise Alliance

Wilson H. Parran,Assistant Secretary –Mission Support,Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Skipp Sanders,Lecturer,Morgan State University

Susan C. Simmons,Director,Caroline County Recreation &Parks

The Honorable Cathleen Vitale,Delegate,Maryland House of Delegates

Betty Weller,Vice President,Maryland State Education Association

Amanda Werrell,Student

Executive Director

Ilaya Rome Hopkins,Executive Director
Ilaya Hopkins joins MLW with a solid professional background in nonprofit leadership,boardsmanship,fundraising,program management,communications and marketing expertise. She is a passionate advocate for building strong communities. Her responsibilities include promoting the MLW organization statewide,forming new collaborative partnerships with public and private agencies and corporations,developing sustainable funding sources and new revenue streams,and expanding the database of alumni resources.