Maryland Business Hall of Fame
Meet the Maryland Business Hall of Fame
Prominent CEOs and leaders are inducted into the prestigious Maryland Business Hall of Fame for their outstanding leadership and contribution to Maryland business and communities. The contributions of these individuals go well beyond the bottom line. They are the best in Maryland’s business community and prioritize their civic and philanthropic duties. They are masters of leadership and bring not only their businesses greater success through their hard work and dedication, but also their employees, communities and colleagues.

2024: Lawrence E. Kurzius
Executive Chairman of the Board, McCormick & Company

2023: Sheela Murthy
Founder & President of Murthy Law Firm

2023: Mike Rosenbaum
Founder of Catalyte and Arena Analytics

2022: Donald C. Fry
President & CEO, Greater Baltimore Committee

2022: Mary Ann Scully
Founder & CEO, Howard Bank

2020: Henry Posko
Former President & CEO, Humanim

2020: Redonda Miller, M.D.
President, The Johns Hopkins Hospital

2019: Guy Flynn
Partner at DLA Piper

2019: James Cornelsen
President & CEO of Old Line Bank

2018: Norman Augustine
Retired Chair & CEO, Lockheed Martin

2018: Harriet Dopkin
President, The Classic Catering People

2018: Michael Middleton
Chair, Community Bank of the Chesapeake

2017: Patricia M. Brown, Esq.
Johns Hopkins Medicine, Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC, Johns Hopkins Health System

2017: Charlene M Dukes, Ed.D.
CEO & Chairman of the Board, Prince George’s Community College

2017: Alan Wilson
Former President, McCormick & Company, Inc.

2016: Dr. Leslie Mancuso
President & CEO, Jhpiego

2016: Terry F. Neimeyer
CEO & Chairman of the Board, KCI Technologies

2016: Kenneth Michael
Chairman of the Board, NAI Michael

2015: Hon. Wayne K. Curry
Awarded Posthumously, President, NAI Michael

2015: Aris Melissaratos
Dean, Brown School of Business and Leadership, Stevenson University

2015: Joseph Rigby
Chairman of the Board, President & CEO, Pepco Holdings

2014: Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr.
President & CEO, RLJ Lodging Trust

2014: Dr. Ellen H. Yankellow, Pharm
President & CEO, CorrectRX Pharmacy Services

2014: John “Jock” T. Menzies, III
Chairman, The Terminal Corporation

2013: Timothy J. Adams
President & CEO, Systems Application & Technologies, Inc.

2013: Alan & Lois Elkin
Founders & Co-CEOs, Advance: The Document Specialists

2013: Austin Joseph Slater Jr.
President & CEO, Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc.

2012: Betty Buck
President, Buck Distributing Company, Inc.

2012: William R. Roberts
Regional President for Maryland & Washington D.C., Verizon

2012: Lawrence A. Shulman
Founding Partner, Shulman Rogers Gandal Pordy & Ecker, P.A.

2011: R. Neil Black
President & CEO, JoS A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.

2011: Thomas S. Bozzuto
Chairman & CEO, The Buzzoto Group

2011: Maurice B. Tosé
Chairman President & CEO, TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.

2010: Kenneth R. Banks
President, Banks Contracting

2010: Karen Myers
President, Wisp Resort Development, Inc.

2010: H. Thomas Watkins
President & CEO, Human Genome Sciences

2009: William Couper
Mid-Atlantic Region, Bank of America

2009: June Streckfus
Executive Director, Maryland Business Roundtable for Education

2009: WIlliam R. Teel, Jr.
CEO, 1 Source Consulting, Inc. & Energy Enterprise Solutions, LLC

2008: Linda Gooden
Retired Executive VP, Lockeed Martin Information Systems & Global Services

2008: Karen H. Oertel
W.H. Harris Seafood Inc. & Harris Crab House

2008: John J. Oliver, Jr. (Jake)
Former President & COO, The Afro American Newspapers

2007: Sister Helen Amos, RSM
Mercy Health Services

2007: Jeong Kim, Ph.D.
Former President, Bell Labs at Alcatel-Lucent

2007: Walter Sonheim, Jr.
Greater Baltimore Committee

2006: Susan J. Ganz
CEO & Chairman, Lion Brothers Co. Inc.

2006: Stephen A. Geppi
Founder, Diamond Comic Distributors

2006: John P. McDaniel
Former CEO, MedStar Health

2005: Roger Blunt, P.E.
Former President & CEO, Blunt Enterprises, LLC

2005: Ronald R. Peterson
The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System, Johns Hopkins Medicine

2005: Marge Thomas
Former CEO, Goodwill Industries

2004: Eddie C. Brown
Founder & President, Brown Capital Management, Inc.

2004: John M. Derrick, Jr.
Former CEO, Pepco Holdings, Inc.

2004: Robert J. Lawless
Former Chairman, McCormick & Company, Inc.

2003: Wayne T. Hockmeyer, Ph.D.
Former President, MedImmune, Inc.

2003: Freeman A. Hrabowski
Former President, University of Maryland Baltimore County

2003: Brice & Shirley Phillips
Co-founders, Phillips Seafood

2002: Stephen A. Burch
Former President, Comcast Mid-Atlantic Division

2002: John Paterakis
Founder, H and S Bakery, Inc., and Northeastern Foods, Inc.

2002: Henry S. Rosenberg
Former Chairman, President & CEO, Rosemore, Inc. And Crown Central Petroleum

2002: J.W. Marriott, Jr.
Marriott International, Inc.

2001: Christian H. Poindexter
Former Chairman, Constellation Energy Group

2000: Cathy L. Hughes
Founder & Chairperson, Radio One

2000: Raymond A. “Chip” Mason
Founder, Former Chairman & CEO, Legg Mason

2000: Frank Perdue
Former President & CEO, Perdue Farms