The Maryland Business Hall of Fame was established in 2000 to recognize the accomplishments of entrepreneurs and business executives throughout Maryland whose contributions, in business and in the community, have helped to advance the quality of life for Marylanders and the state’s business climate.
Members of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce nominate the individuals. The inductees are selected by the Chamber’s Executive Committee and honored each year at the Maryland Chamber’s Annual Membership Meeting and Business Hall of Fame Awards Dinner.
2018 Inductees
Norman Augustine
Past Chair and CEO, Lockheed Martin
Harriet Dopkin
President, The Classic Catering People
Michael Middleton
Chair, Community Bank of the Chesapeake
2017 Inductees
Patricia Brown, Esq.
President, Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC
Senior Vice President, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Senior Counsel, Johns Hopkins Health Systems
Charlene M. Dukes, Ed.D.
President, Prince George’s Community College
Alan Wilson
Chair, President & CEO (retired), McCormick & Company
2016 Inductees
Terry Neimeyer, PE, BCEE, FACE, ENV PL
Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board
KCI Technologies, Inc.
Kenneth H. Michael
Chairman of the Board
NAI Michael
Leslie Mancuso, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
President and Cheif Executive Officer
Jhpiego
2015 Inductees
Joseph Rigby
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
Pepco Holdings, Inc.
The Honorable Wayne K. Curry (posthumously)
President, NAI Michael
Former County Executive, Prince George’s County
Aris Melissaratos
Dean, Brown School of Business and Leadership, Stevenson University
Former Secretary, Maryland’s Department of Business and Economic Development
2014 Inductees
Thomas J. Baltimore Jr.
President & CEO
RLJ Lodging Trust
Ellen H. Yankellow, Pharm.D.
President/CEO
CorrectRx Pharmacy Services, Inc.
John “Jock” T. Menzies III (posthumously)
Chairman
The Terminal Corporation
2013 Inductees
Timothy J. Adams
President & CEO
Systems Applications & Technologies, Inc. (SA-TECH)
Alan and Lois Elkin
Founders & Co-CEOs
Advance – The Document Specialists
Austin Joseph Slater Jr.
President & CEO
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc.
2012 Inductees
Betty Buck
President
Buck Distributing Company, Inc.
William R. Roberts
Regional President for Maryland and Washington, D.C. (Retired)
Verizon
Lawrence A. Shulman
Founding Partner
Shulman Rogers Gandal Pordy & Ecker, P.A.
2011 Inductees
Neal Black
President & CEO
JoS. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.
Thomas S. Bozzuto
Chair & CEO
The Bozzuto Group
Maurice B. Tosé
Chair, President & CEO
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
2010 Inductees
Kenneth R. Banks
President
Banks Contracting
Karen Myers
President
Wisp Resort Development, Inc.
- Thomas Watkins
President & CEO
Human Genome Sciences
2009 Inductees
Bill Couper
President
Mid-Atlantic Region, Bank of America
June Streckfus
Executive Director
Maryland Business Roundtable for Education
William R. Teel Jr.
CEO
1 Source Consulting, Inc. and Energy Enterprise Solutions, LLC
2008 Inductees
Linda Gooden
Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Services
Karen H. Oertel
W.H. Harris Seafood Inc. and Harris Crab House
John J. Oliver Jr. (Jake)
The Afro American Newspapers
2007 Inductees
Sister Helen Amos, RSM
Mercy Health Services
Jeong Kim, Ph.D.
Bell Labs at Alcatel-Lucent
Walter Sondheim Jr. (posthumously)
Greater Baltimore Committee
2006 Inductees
Susan J. Ganz
Lion Brothers Co., Inc.
Stephen A. Geppi
Diamond Comic Distributors
John P. McDaniel
MedStar Health
2005 Inductees
Roger R. Blunt, P.E.
Blunt Enterprises, LLC
Ronald R. Peterson
The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System Johns Hopkins Medicine
Marge Thomas
Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc.
2004 Inductees
John M. Derrick Jr.
Pepco Holdings, Inc.
Eddie C. Brown
Brown Capital Management, Inc.
Robert J. Lawless
McCormick & Company, Inc.
2003 Inductees
Freeman Hrabowski III
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Wayne Hockmeyer, Ph.D.
MedImmune, Inc. and MedImmune Ventures, Inc.
Shirley and Brice Phillips
Phillips Seafood
2002 Inductees
Henry A. Rosenberg Jr.
Rosemore Inc. and Crown Central Petroleum
John Paterakis
H&S Bakery, Inc. and Northeast Foods, Inc.
Stephen A. Burch
Comcast Cable, Mid-Atlantic Division
2001 Inductees
J.W. Marriott Jr.
Marriott International, Inc.
Christian H. Poindexter
Constellation Energy Group
2000 Inductees
Raymond A. “Chip” Mason
Legg Mason
Cathy L. Hughes
Radio One
Frank Perdue
Perdue Farms, Inc.
