Advisors

Former Governors, County Executive, Senate and House Colleagues, and 118 
Other Business, Education, Labor, Environmental, and Democratic Leaders 
Advise Rosapepe on Possible Comptroller Race

I'm pleased that so many respected Marylanders are advising me as I consider running for State Comptroller if my friend Peter Franchot runs for Governor in 2014.

Click here if you'd like to add your name to the list. 
 
They include:
 
(Titles are used for identification purposes only and do not imply any institutional role.)
 
Dr. Clopper Almon 
Prince George's 
  • Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland
  • Former Member, MD Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors 

Curt Anderson
Baltimore City
  • MD Delegate and Chair, Baltimore City Delegation
  • Former Chairman, Legislative Black Caucus of MD

Rushern Baker
Prince George's County
  • Prince George's County Executive

Ben Barnes
Prince George's & Anne Arundel
  • MD State Delegate

Jamie Benoit
Anne Arundel
  • Member, Anne Arundel County Council

Joanne Benson
Prince George's
  • MD State Senator
  • Former Chair, Legislative Black Caucus of MD

Marilynn Bland 
Prince George's 
  • Clerk of Circuit Court, Prince George's County 

Jack A. Blum  
Anne Arundel   
Former Special Counsel, Senate Foreign Relations Committee


Liz Bobo 
Howard County
  • MD State Delegate
  • Former County Executive, Howard County

Mario Bohorquez 
Prince George's 
  • Chief Commercial Officer, Optotraffic 

Roger Blunt
Prince George's County
  • CEO, Essex Construction LLC
  • Member, Center for Minority Business Development Advisory Board
  • Former member, Board of Regents of the University System of MD
  • Former major general, U.S. Army

Dr. Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack
Harford County
  • Member, UMMC Shock Trauma Board of Visitors
  • Former MD State Delegate

Thomas S. Bozzuto
Baltimore
  • Chairman and CEO The Bozzuto Group

Jonathan K. Branch   
Howard County   
  • Member, Howard County Democratic Central Committee

Warren Branch
Baltimore City
  • Member, Baltimore City Council

Torrey C. Brown, MD
Baltimore City
  • Principal, Intralytix, Inc.
  • Former Secretary, MD Dept of Natural Resource
  • Former Chairman, MD House of Delegates Environmental Matters Committee

John Brown
Baltimore
  • Owner, R. J. Bentley's Restaurant
  • Former Chairman, Maryland Stadium Authority

Betty Buck
Prince George's
  • President, Buck Distributing Co.
  • Former chair, MD Chamber of Commerce

Cheye Calvo 
Prince George's 
  • Mayor, City of Berwyn Heights 

Richard J. Castaldi
Prince George's
  • R. J. Consulting
  • Former Metro Board Chairman
  • Former Greenbelt Mayor
  • Former Chairman, Prince George's County Council

Virginia Clagett
Anne Arundel
  • Former MD State Delegate
  • Former Chair, Anne Arundel County Council

Dan Clements
Baltimore
  • Partner, Partner, Salsbury, Clements, Bekman, Marder & Adkins, LLC

Sheldon S. Cohen, Esq., CPA
Montgomery County
  • Director at Farr, Miller & Washington
  • Former Commissioner, US Internal Revenue Service

Michael J. Collins 
Baltimore County 
  • Former MD State Senator 

Michael Collins
Laurel
  • President, Legend Builders, Inc.

Dr. Rita Colwell
Montgomery County
  • Chair, Canon US Life Sciences, Inc.
  • Distinguished Professor, University of Maryland College Park and Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Former President, University of MD Biotechnology Institute
  • Former Director, National Science Foundation

Bill Combs  
Montgomery County
  • Safe Driving Coach for Teens and Parents at Teen Driver Safety LLC 
  • Former Executive Director at DETA - National Association of Driver Education & Training Administrators

Mary Conroy 
Prince George's 
  • Former member, Prince Georges County Board of License Commissioners
  • Former MD State Senator
  • Former MD Delegate 

Joan Carter Conway
Baltimore City
  • MD State Senator and Chair of Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee

Monty Cooper
Prince George's
  • Attorney, Sedgwick LLP 
  • Chairperson, Prince George’s Path to Greatness, Inc.
  • Vice Chairperson, Bowie State University Foundation, Inc. 
  • Board Member & Legislative Committee Chairperson, Greater Bowie Chamber of Commerce

Grace G. Connolly
Baltimore County
  • Register of Wills, Baltimore County 

Stephen M. Cordi
Baltimore
  • Former MD Deputy Comptroller

Gene Counihan
Montgomery County
  • Advisory Board member and Chairman Emeritus, Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce
  • Former MD State Delegate
  • Former member, Board of Trustees of Montgomery College

Ed Crawford
Baltimore County
  • Managing Principal, Lyons Advisors
  • Member, Towson University’s Foundation Board on the Investment Committee
  • Former member, University System of MD Board of Regents and Former Chair, Finance Committee

Ernest B. Crofoot 
Baltimore 
  • Former Director, AFSCME Council 67 


Mike Crofoot


Robert W. Curran
Baltimore
  • Member, Baltimore City Council

Tammy Darvish
Montgomery County
  • Vice President, DARCARS Automotive Group

Ruth and Bob Davis 
Prince George's   


Judith F. "J" Davis
Prince George's
  • Mayor, City of Greenbelt

Clarence "Tiger" Davis
Baltimore
  • Former MD State Delegate
  • US Air Force veteran
  • History lecturer, Morgan State University

Connie DeJuliis
Baltimore County
  • President, DeJuliis and Associates
  • Former MD State Delegate

M.H. Jim Estepp
Prince George's
  • Former Chair, Prince George's County Council
  • Former Prince George's County Director of Public Safety

Andy Fellows
Prince George's
  • Mayor, City of College Park

William J. Ferguson 
Prince George's   
  • MD NARFE Federal Legislative Committee Vice-Chairperson

Tom Finan
Allegany County
  • Former member, Board of Regents of the University System of MD

Dominic Finelli 
Prince George's 
 

Ron Fithian
Kent County
  • President, Board of Kent County Commissioners 

Jack Flynn 
Annapolis 
  • Founder, Flynn & Associates
  • Former legislative and political director, International Union of Operating Engineers
  • Former president, National Democratic Club 

Kathleen Flynn 
Annapolis 
  • Former Outreach Officer, MD Office of the Comptroller 

Mel Franklin
Prince George's
  • Member, Prince George's County Council

Brian Frosh
Montgomery County
  • MD State Senator and Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee

Barbara Frush
Prince George's & Anne Arundel
  • MD State Delegate

Morton Funger
Montgomery County
  • Chair, Community Realty Company, Inc.
  • Vice President, Apartment and Office Building Association

Esther P. Gelman 
Montgomery County 
  • Former President and Member, Montgomery County Council
  • Former President, MACO 

Parris Glendening 
Anne Arundel
  • Former Governor of MD
  • Former Prince George's County Executive

Cheryl Glenn
Baltimore City
  • MD State Delegate

Jere Glover  
Anne Arundel  
  • Former Chief Counsel of Advocacy, US SBA 

Scott Graham 
Prince George's 
  • Director of Quality Improvement, Riverside Health, Inc.

Nancy Grasmick
Baltimore
  • Former MD State Superintendent of Schools

Anwer Hasan, P.E.
Howard County
  • Senior Vice President, Louis Berger Water Services, Inc.
  • Chair, Governor's Commission on Middle Eastern American Affairs

Judith P.  Hallett
Montgomery County 
  • Professor, University of Maryland 

Andy Hanko 
Prince George's 
  • Mayor, City of New Carrollton 

Hope Harrington 
Eastern Shore
  • Governor’s P-20 Leadership Council of Maryland 
  • Former member and president, Talbot County Board of Education and Talbot County Council 

Robert Healy
Charles County 
  • Former Member, Board of Trustees, College of Southern Maryland 

Sue Hecht
Frederick County
  • Former MD State Delegate

Dr. Charles O. Heller     
Anne Arundel
  • Maryland “Entrepreneur-of-the-Year” award recipient

Melvin High 
Prince George's 
  • Sheriff, Prince George's County 

Lisa Holt 
Prince George's 
  • Business owner 

Fred Hoover
Hagerstown
  • Former chair and current member, MD League of Conservation Voters Board of Directors
  • Former Director, MD Energy Administration

Nina Rodale Houghton
Eastern Shore
  • Secretary, Washington College Board of Visitors and Governors
  • Chair, Wye Institute and Trustee of the Aspen Institutes
  • Treasurer, Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology
  • Former member, Board of Regents of the University System of MD

Carolyn J. B. Howard
Prince George's
  • MD State Delegate

Harry Hughes
Eastern Shore
  • Former Governor of MD

Francie Hughes Glendening
Prince George's
  • CEO, Jobs for America’s Graduates – DC, Inc.
  • Former First Lady of MD

Thomas J. Iacoboni
Baltimore County
  • President, Iacoboni Site Specialists, Inc.

Thomas L. James, Esq.     
Washington, DC
  • Counsel, Foley & Lardner LLP

Paul M. Joyal 
Prince George's   
  • Prince Georges County Law Enforcement Task Force

Barbara O. Kreamer
Harford County
  • Member, Harford County Democratic Central Committee
  • Former MD State Delegate
  • Former member, Harford County Council
  • Former President, Maryland Association of Elected Women

Lawrence A. (Larry) LaMotte
Baltimore
  • Former MD State Delegate
  • Vice President, Public Policy, Immune Deficiency Foundation
  • President, Energy Options, LLC
  • Former Member, Medstar Union Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees

Shirley Bigley-LaMotte
Baltimore


Dr. Donald N. Langenberg
Eastern Shore
  • Former chancellor, University System of Maryland

Chris Larsen, Ph.D.
Prince George's  
  • Senior Scientist, Vecna Technologies, Inc. 

Gloria Lawlah
Prince George's
  • MD Secretary of Aging
  • Former MD State Senator

Andrea Leahy-Fucheck, Esq.
Prince George's
  • Managing Member, Leahy & DeSmet, LLC

Cereta Lee
Prince George's
  • Register of Wills, Prince George's County

Mary Lehman
Prince George's
  • Member, Prince George's County Council

Terry Lierman
Montgomery County
  • Chair, CSGI Inc.
  • Former State Chair, MD Democratic Party

Roy Littlefield   
Prince George's   
  • Executive Director, Service Station Association, Tire Industry Association 

Anne MacKinnon-Welsh
Eastern Shore
  • Neutral, The Platt Group
  • Secretary of the Queen Anne’s County Arts Council
  • Former MD State Delegate
  • Former Chair of the Prince George’s County Council

Jason A. Malott
Western Maryland
  • Register of Wills, Washington County

Kimberly McCoy-Burns, Esq. 
Anne Arundel 
  • Former Chair, A.A.Co. Democratic Party
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Anne Arundel Community College 

Nathaniel J. McFadden 
Baltimore City 
  • MD State Senator 

Malinda Miles
Prince George's
  • Mayor, City of Mount Rainier

Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.
Calvert County
  • President, Maryland Senate

Hagner Mister
Calvert County
  • Former MD Secretary of Agriculture

Denise Mitchell 
Prince George's 
  • College Park City Council 

Craig Moe
Prince George's
  • Mayor, City of Laurel

Anthony John "Toby" Moffett, Jr. 
Connecticut
  • Former Member of Congress
  • Chairman, The Moffett Group

Kenneth C. Montague, Jr.
Baltimore City
  • MD Secretary of Juvenile Services
  • Former MD State Delegate

Ellen Moyer 
Annapolis 
  • Former Mayor, City of Annapolis 

Laurie Naismith   
Salisbury
  • VA Commercial Space Flight Authority

Doyle Niemann
Prince George's
  • MD State Delegate

Eric Olson
Prince George's
  • Vice Chair, Prince George's County Council

Greg Pecoraro 
Carroll County
  • MD member, Democratic National Committee
  • Former Deputy State Treasurer of MD
  • Former member, Westminster City Council

A. Thomas Pedroni, Esq.
Baltimore County
  • Attorney, Jiranek Company, P.A.

Joseline Peña-Melnyk
Prince George's & Anne Arundel
  • MD State Delegate

Shane Pendergrass  
Howard County 
  • Vice Chair, House Health and Governent Operations Committee 

Salome Peters 
Prince George's 
  • Member, Prince George's County Democratic Central Committee 

John Pica
Baltimore City
  • Former MD State Senator

Paul Pinsky
Prince George's
  • MD State Senator

Mary Louise Preis
Baltimore
  • Former Commissioner, MD Office of Financial Regulation

Andrew Pruski 
Anne Arundel
  • Vice President, Anne Arundel County School Board 

Victor Ramirez
Prince George's County
  • MD State Senator

Jamie Raskin
Montgomery County
  • MD State Senator

H. Edward Ricks 
Prince George's 
  • Laurel City Council 

Scott Rifkin M.D.
Baltimore County
  • Managing member, Mid-Atlantic Health Care

Ken Robinson
Charles County
  • Member, Board of Charles County Commissioners

Wayne L. Rogers
Annapolis
  • Senior Advisor, SNR Denton
  • Former State Chair, MD Democratic Party

Bob Rucci
Charles County
  • Member, Board of Charles County Commissioners

Richard Rynd
Baltimore County
  • Owner, Rynd Bandage Co., LLC
  • Former MD State Delegate

Stephen H. Sachs
Baltimore
  • Former MD Attorney General

Ambassador Richard Schifter
Montgomery County
  • Chairman, Board of Directors, American Jewish International Relations Institute
  • Former President, MD State Board of Education 

Bob Schminkey   
Eastern Shore
  • Executive Director, Meeting Ground

Tom Siebert
Annapolis
  • Former U.S. Ambassador to Sweden

Stu Simms
Baltimore City
  • Attorney, Brown Goldstein Levy LLP
  • Former State’s Attorney, Baltimore City
  • Former Secretary, MD Dept. of Public Safety and Correctional Services

Lynn Skerpon
Prince George's
  • Former Prince George's County Register of Wills
  • Former Senior Advisor, Comptroller of MD

Jeffrey Smith  
Baltimore County   
  • Chairman, Community Resources Committee, Perry Hall Improvement Association

Jim Smith
Baltimore
  • Developer, Subway Sandwich Shops

Michael Smith     
Prince George's
  • Former member, College Park City Council

Andy Stern
Montgomery County
  • Owner, Andy Stern's Office Furniture, Inc.
  • Former President, Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Greater Washington

Stephanie Stullich 
Prince George's 
  • College Park City Council 

Dr. Beatrice P. Tignor
Prince George's
  • Former Chair, Prince George's School Board
  • Former MD State Senator

Joe Tredway
Prince George's 
  • Director, Laurel Board of Trade, Inc. 

Modesto Ulerio 
Prince George's   
  • Director, Association of Neighbors Puente, Inc. 

Mary Kaye Vavasour 
Prince George's   
  • North Creek Farms Homeowners Association

Carl Widell 
Talbot County 
  • Chair, Talbot County Democratic Party 

James Wilkinson 
Prince George's 
  • Mayor Pro Tem, Town of Berwyn Heights 

Patrick Wojahn 
Prince George's 
  • College Park City Council
  • Chairman, Equality Maryland's Foundation Board of Directors 

 
This is not a solicitation for campaign funds and the individuals listed are not members of the Friends of Jim Rosapepe campaign committee.