Maryland Business Hall of Fame

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.

 

1. 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.