Business Leaders Back O’Malley-Brown

Today more than 200 business leaders from every corner of the state announced their support for the O'Malley-Brown ticket, stressing Governor O'Malley's focus on jobs and economic development in challenging times. The roster of supporters cuts across business sectors and ranges from Fortune 500 executives to small business owners.

"We're thrilled with the tremendous support we're receiving from the Maryland business community. Job creators are backing our campaign because they know we are making the tough choices to invest in the future and position our state for future economic success," said Governor Martin O'Malley.

The announcement of business community support builds on a series of television ads emphasizing O'Malley's efforts to boost small businesses and create 21st century manufacturing jobs in Maryland.

Baltimore business leader Mark Fetting had this say about his endorsement of O'Malley: "Governor O'Malley's leadership has helped steer Maryland through very difficult times in a fiscally responsible manner. As a chief executive, I understand the tough decisions he's had to make, and how those decisions have put Maryland in a strong position to grow out of this recession."

 

The full list is available below:

 

Ronald P. Adolph, The TAC Companies, LLC, President and CEO

Hussain Ali, All American Mechanical Inc., President

Stephen, J. Allen, Health Facilities Association, CEO

Paul Allen, Constellation Energy, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs

Eugene Amobi, Tech International, President

Louis M. Aronson, Saul Ewing LLP, Partner

Wajahat Ashai, Allied Trading Inc., President

Hasan Askari, HASCON LLC, President

Gary Attman, Future Health Care, President

Peter Auchincloss, Watermark Corp., President

Norman R. Augustine, Lockheed Martin Corp., retired Chairman and CEO

Doug Austin, UPD Consulting, President and CEO

Ahmed Awad, Medical Diagnostic, President

Arif Ayub, All Tune and Lube, Owner

Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr., RLJ Development LLC, Co-Founder and President

Eric Bargar, Raymond James Financial Services

Michael Batza, Heritage Properties, Owner

Michael Beatty, H&S Properties Development, President

Rick Berndt, Gallagher, Evelius & Jones, Managing Partner

Khalid Bhatti, Mimar Architect, Principal

Hon. James J. Blanchard, DLA Piper, Partner

Sharon R. Bland, The Clear Solution, Principal

Cheryl and John Blazer, Blazer Enterprises, Principals  

Dr. George Bone, IC Care, President

Thomas S. Bozzuto, Bozzuto Management Co., CEO

Toby Bozzuto, Bozzuto Development Group, President

Paul Brathwaite, The Podesta Group, Principal

Christopher Brandt, Audacious Inquiry, President

Kirsten Brecht, New City Companies, Managing Partner

John M. Brophy, Sr., ACS State & Local Solutions, Executive Vice President

Chet Burrell, CareFirst, CEO

Jennifer Busse, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, Partner

Keith Campbell, Campbell and Company

Kelly Cantley

David Carroll, Capitol Strategies, Founder and Principal

Judith Carroll, Carroll Engineering, President

Dickie S. Carter, Urban Service Systems Corp, President

Alan C. Cason, McGuire Woods, Managing Partner, Baltimore Office

Pat Caulfield, Coakley & Williams Construction, Co-Owner & CEO

Winston Chan, Multimax, Inc., President

Steven C. Chen, 3e Technologies International, Founder, VP, GM

Munawar Choudhery, Ellicott Amoco Services Inc., President

Muhammad Sharif Choudhry, Stark Inc, President  

Atif Choudhry, SA FATRADER LLC, President  

Gabriel J. Christian, Law Offices of Gabriel J. Christian

Pete Collier, Baltimore Grand Prix, COO

Molly Corbett, Corbett Nonprofit Consulting, President

Mary Ann Cricchio, Da Mimmo Restaurant, Owner

Raymond Crosby, Crosby Marketing Communication, President

Michael Croxson, Care One Services, President

Marwan Daas, Ilias LLC, President

Mark Dambly, Pennrose Properties, President

Robert Dashiell, Law Offices of Robert Fulton Dashiell

Jay Davidson, Baltimore Grand Prix, CEO

Joe Deboy, ARA Construction Corporation, President

James H. DeGraffenreidt, Jr., Washington Gas Light Company, retired Chairman/CEO

Connie DeJuliis, DeJuliis & Associates, President

John K. Delaney, CapitalSource, Chief Executive Officer

Gurmeet Dhillon, Dhillon Engineering, President

Brad Dockser, Real Estate and Investments

William Dockser, CRI Inc., Chairman

Douglas Doerfler, MaxCyte, Inc., President and CEO

Chris Doherty, Columbia Partners Private Capital, Managing Director

Chris Donatelli, Donatelli Development, President

John Eckenrode, CPSI, President

Richard H. Edson, Housing Capital Advisors Inc., Managing Director

Jimmy Fagan, James Joyce, Proprietor

Michael L. Falcone, Municipal Mortgage and Equity LLC, President/CEO/COO

Todd Ferrante, Park Place Jewelers, Owner

Mark Fetting, Legg Mason, CEO

Stanley Fine, Rosenberg, Martin and Greenberg, Partner

Dr. Robert Fischell, Fischell Enterprises, Chairman/CEO

Morton Fisher, Ballard Spahr LLP, Senior Counsel

James A. Franzoni, SF&C Insurance Associates, Inc., Founding Partner

Howard E. Friedman, Lanx Capital, Chairman

Karen Garner, Research and Engineering Development Inc., President

Jack Garson, Garson Claxton LLC, Partner

Robert H. Geis, Jr., Venable LLP, Partner

Syed Fazal Ghaznavi, Travel Wings, President

Michael Giangrandi, AJ Michaels Co.  Inc., Senior Counsel

Brian Gibbons, Greenberg Gibbons Commercial Corp, President & CEO

Edward C. Gibbs, Jr., Gibbs & Haller, Partner

Brendan Gill, Mackenzie Commercial Real Estate Services

Morgan Gilligan

Wayne Gioioso, Mid-Atlantic Properties, President

Bradley Glaser, Vanguard Equities, Principal

Alan H. Gottlieb, Lerner Enterprises, COO

Andy Graham, Esquire

James P. Grant, First Municipal Credit, President and CEO

Ajay K. Gupta, GSecurity, President

Glenn Gutridge, Ilias LLC, Vice President

Ed  Hale, 1st Mariner Bank, Chairman and CEO

Syed Haque, Hamda Realty LLC, President

Anthony Harrington, Albright Stonebridge Group LLC, President and CEO

Lisa Harris-Jones, Harris, Jones & Malone, Principal

Anwer J. Hasan, EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Vice President, Business Unit Director

Joseph Haskins, Jr., Harbor Bank, CEO

Harold Herndon, Compliance Corporation, President

Sandra S. Hillman, Hillman PR, President

Samuel K. Himmelrich, Jr., Himmelrich Associates, President

William Hite, The United Association of Plumbers & Pipefitters, General President

Humberto Ho, Ho Brothers Development, Vice President

Robert N. Hockaday, Jr., The Spenceola Group, Principal

Timothy A. Hodge, Jr., Miles & Stockbridge, Partner

Douglas M. Hoffberger, Keystone Realty Company, Inc., Vice President

Denis Horgan, James Joyce, General Manager

Kanan Hudhud, Frederick Oncology Center, President

Yasin Hussain, GNC, owner

Reza Jafari, E-Development International, Chairman and CEO

Shahid Jamil, Syzco, President  

Christopher Janian, H&S Properties Development Corp

Ajaz Janjua, Super Eagle Travel, President

Mark Jensen, Bowie & Jensen, Founding Partner

David E. Johnson, Stratford Realty Mgmt. Co. LLC, President

Pless Jones, Sr., P&J Contracting, Owner

Lisa Junker, Colbert, Matz & Rosenfelt, Vice President

Lisa R. Kazor, Savantage Solutions, President

Stephen J. Kearney, Kearney O'Doherty Public Affairs, Principal

Edward Kelly, Citigroup, Vice Chairman

Frank Kelly, Kelly and Associates Insurance Group, Chairman

Cliff Kendall, Computer Data Systems, former Chairman and CEO

Kim Kennedy, K&K International, President

Robert C. Kettler, Kettler Company, Founder and CEO

Faisal Khan, Faisal Brothers, Inc., President 

Kashif Khan, KG General Contractors and Maryland Custom Homes, Managing Member

Pervaiz Khan, PGK Inc, President

Karen Khan, Golden Fuels Inc, President

Ayub Khan, Optimal Solution IT LLC, President

Michael E. Klein, Metropolitan Management, Managing Partner

Daniel Klein, Klein Enterprises

Jay Knerr, Kite Loft, Owner

Martin G. Knott, Jr., Knott Mechanical, President

Owen Knott, Knott Mechanical, COO

Satish Korpe, Potomac Engineers, CEO

Charles Kumi, Kumi Construction, President

Jon M. Laria, Ballard Spahr, Partner

Wonro Lee, Good Trading, Inc., CEO

Chris Lee, Ports of America Chesapeake, CEO

Belkis Leong-Hong, Knowledge Advantage, Inc, President

Mukesh Majmudar, Star Hotels, President/CEO

Tim Maloney, Joseph, Greenwald, & Laake, Partner

Thibault Manekin, Seawall Development, Real Estate Development

Aris Mardirossian, Technology Patents, Inc., President

Ricardo Martinez, Project Enhancement Corporation, President

Tim McCully, Atlantic Federal Mortgage Co., President

Ambassador Tom McDonald, Baker Hostetler, Partner

Wayne McDowell, McDowell's Complete Chimney Service, Inc., President

Mel McLaughlin, McLaughlin Company, President and CEO

Gary N. Michael, The Michael Companies, Owner

Herb S. Miller, West Developers, Chairman and CEO

Chris Millitello, Arrow Bike, Proprietor

Raza Mir, Santa Fe International Inc., President

Scooter Monroe

Nate Mook, Localist.com, CEO

Charles J. Morton, Jr., Venable LLP

Ram Mukunda, Integrated Global Networks, CEO

Rajan Natarajan, PhD, Artisys Corporation, Director of Business Development

Sayed Naved, Banyan Technology, President

Damian C. O'Doherty, Kearney O'Doherty Public Affairs, Partner

Karen Olson, BioMarker Strategies, CEO

Eric G. Orlinsky, Saul Ewing LLP

Yomi Osoba, Environ Civil, President

Edissa Padder, Padder Health Services, LLC, President 

Feroze Padder, Heart to Heart, LLC, President 

Jerry Parrott, Human Genome Sciences, Vice President of Corporate Communications

R. Scott Pastrick, BKSH & Associates Worldwide, President and CEO

Anil Patel, Northstar Management LLC/Best Western Hotel, President

Jay Patel, Star Development Group, Vice President

David Peck, Sound Vision Systems, President

R. Donahue Peebles, Peebles Corporation, Owner

Klaus Philipsen, ArchPlan Inc., President

Abba David Poliakoff, Gordon Feinblatt, Chairman of Security Practices

Linda F. Powers, Toucan Capital Corp., Co-Founder

Paul B. Prager, Beowulf Energy, CEO

K. Mark Puente, Riverside Consulting, Healthcare Consultant

Rick Raley, Coombs Drury & Reeves Insurance Agency, Owner

Dave Rather, Mother's Federal Hill Grille, President

Deborah Ratner Salzberg, Forest City Washington, Real Estate

Mubariz Razvi, FiberElectronics, CEO 

Bill Roberts, Verizon Maryland, President

Wayne L. Rogers, Synergics Energy, Chairman

Michael D. Rosenbaum, Catalyst IT Services, CEO

David Rutstein, Venable Law Firm, Counsel

Majid Sahi, Sahi Petroleum, President

Khalid Said, Tanis Hospitality Management, President

Jay Salkini, Tecore, President

Truman T. Semans, Brown Advisory, Partner & Vice Chairman

Dr. Vinod K. Shah, Shah Associates, Founder and Cardiologist

Jim Shea, Venable Law Firm, Managing Partner

Gregory Stephen Shockley, Shenanigan's, Owner

Raghid Shourbaji, Top Notch Service Inc., President

Dana Shourbaji, Little Light House, President

Manni Sidhu, Sidhu Associates, President

Ambassador Thomas Leland Siebert, Wexler Walker, Senior Counsel

Robert E. Smith, Jr., Savantage Solutions, Vice President

Jim Smith, Subway, Owner

Shaun Smithson, Star Management Group, Senior Vice President

Francis Smyth, Century Engineering, President

Chris Spann, The Wine Market, Owner

Charles F. Sposato, Cecil Federal Bank, Chairman

Ken Stadlin, Kenergy Solar, President

Macky Stansell, Macky's Bayside, Owner

Dana B. Stebbins, The Cornelius Group, Inc.

Jay A. Steinmetz, Barcoding.com, President

Richard T. Stewart, Montgomery Mechanical Service, President

Joe Stone, Joe Stone Insurance, President

Mark Sump, Activate, President

Craig A. Thompson, Venable LLP

Charles G. Tildon, III, United Way of Central Maryland

Bill Titelman, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Director

Maurice Tose, TCS, Chairman and CEO

John Trupiano, Smart Logic Solutions, President

K. Robert Turner, Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund LP, Managing Partner

Patrick W. Turner, Henrietta Development Corp., President

Stan Udihiri, REI Drayco, President

Hon. Ted G. Venetoulis, Publisher

Dr. Ivan C. Walks, Ivan Walks & Associates, Founder

H. Thomas Watkins, Human Genome Sciences, CEO

Len Weinberg, Vanguard Equities, Principal

Dan Whitehurst, Clark Turner Signature Homes

Mike Whitson, Tri-County Abstract, President

Patrick H. Williams, The Cormac Group, Partner

Bethsaida Wong, Powersolv, VP Government & Community Relations

Robert Wray, Mp3Car, Founder and President

Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr., Whiteford Taylor, Partner

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