Staff and Advisory Board

Eric Abel (Advisory Board Vice-Chair)
Managing Director, CFO
ValStone Partners

David Citron (Advisory Board Chair)
Chief Investment Officer
WMS Partners

Erik Ginsberg
President
Slate Capital

Mark Grovic
Managing Director
New Markets Capital Growth Funds

Brian S. Meritt
Partner
McGladrey

M. Lourdes Montes-Greenan
Community Development Banking
PNC Bank

Joy Thomas Moore
President
JWS Media

Wes Moore
Author

William H. Murphy, III
Partner
Muphy PA

Christopher Nixon
Assistant Vice President
PNC Bank

Jay Ridder
Managing Partner
Ernst & Young, LLP

Jack Revelle
President
Ukazoo Books

James P. Ryan
Chief Marketing Officer
CitiFinancial

Darlene Smith, Ph.D.
Dean
Merrick School of Business
University of Baltimore

Michael Thomas
Executive Director
Baltimore City Public Schools