New Members

APRIL 2012

Carol Brooks
Business Services Manager
Baltimore County Department of Economic Development

Lisa Carmichael
Senior Account Executive
Baltimore Business Journal

Alison Carney
Dir. Communications and Business Development
Balfour Beatty Construction

Edward Fangman
Chief, Workforce Development
Baltimore County Department of Economic Development

Raquel Frye
Associate Director, RESI
Towson University

Jawauna Greene
Maryland Transportation Authority

Jen Gunner
Business Development Director
Economic Alliance Greater Baltimore

Shawn Hershberger
Economic Development Coordinator
City of Cumberland

Seema Iyer
Jacob France Institute

Alicia Jones
Grad Student

Bill Jones
Director of Business & Community Outreach
Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore

Kisha Logan
Business Development Associate
Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation

Tom Lonergan
Economic Development Director
City of Gaithersburg

Wes MacQuilliam
Business Development Associate
Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation

Kim Martini
Director of Business Development
Armada Hoffler

Doris Mason
Executive Director
Upper Shore Regional Council

James Metz
Sr. Economic Development Advisor
First Energy

Christine Plater
The Project Resource Group

Brien Poffenberger
President
Hagerstown-Washington County Chamber of Commerce

Jessica Reynolds
Maryland Department of Business & Economic Development

Michael Sanderson
Executive Director
Maryland Association of Counties

Jeffrey Savage
Industrial Development Manager
Norfolk Southern Corporation

Nan Rohrer
Executive Director
Downtown Partnership of Baltimore

Kim Taylor
Manager, Small Business Development
Baltimore County Department of Economic Development

Michael Thielke
Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship Center

David Safer
Vice President
BNY Mellon

Eileen Silberfeld
Audience Development Director
Baltimore Business Journal

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Council of Past Presidents

Jim Peiffer

Manager, Development Services
Maryland Department of Transportation

Mr. Peiffer is a Manager of Development Services in the Maryland Department of Transportation's (MDOT) Office of Real Estate. As Manager, he promotes the development potential of MDOT real estate associated with its transit operations. He is primarily responsible for the property management of the State's transit-related real estate and the joint development of MDOT's property with the private sector. MDOT actively seeks to encourage Transit Oriented Development (TOD) as a strategy to build transit ridership, support the revitalization of communities, and generate new revenue to offset transit operating and capital expenses. Maryland currently has approximately 20 TOD projects in progress including $billion developments at State Center and Owings Mills. State Center was one of only seven projects worldwide to win the Charter Award for exemplary planning from the Congress for New Urbanism.

Mr. Peiffer has worked at MDOT since 1996 and has over 25 years of public and private development experience. Prior to joining MDOT, he served in management positions for business development, foreign direct investment, business retention and small business assistance, and market research over a 16-year career with the State of Maryland's Economic Development program. He also provided economic consulting services to several County development programs. Mr. Peiffer is a graduate of Virginia Tech and Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA.