Board - The Arc Baltimore

President

Erik is a Business Development Director at BDO with responsibility for determining the needs of prospective clients and delivering BDO’s full suite of assurance, tax, transaction advisory, and consulting services to help organizations achieve sustainability and growth. Erik joined The Arc Baltimore Board of Directors in 2015 and joined the Finance Committee before serving as Treasurer and then Vice-President. He was actively involved in developing the strategic plan completed in 2019 and is a generous participant in the annual Golf Tournament and Art in the Round. Erik, his wife Kristin, and their children, Carter and Grace, live in Millersville, MD.

Directors Emeritus

Gordon S. Bonham, Ph.D.
Bonham Research

Robert Davison
The Ridge Ruxton School (Retired)

Matthew J. Dillon
McCormick & Co., Inc. (Retired)

Christine Ferciot
Family Advocate

Eric L. Gross
Masonic Villages at Sewickley

Donald Himelfarb
Retired Executive

Jerome G. Katz ***
Towne & Country Furniture (Retired)

Gilbert F. Kennedy, III
Colombo Bank

James A. List, Esq.
The Law Offices of James A. List

Neil MacDonald
MedStar Union Memorial Hospital

Frances Macsherry
Hunts School (Retired)

Janet Mayer ***
Parent Advocate

Liz Moag
Family Advocate

Carla Murphy, Esq.
Duane Morris

Edmond B. Nolley, Jr
FIS, Inc.

James P. O'Conor
O'Conor, Piper & Flynn (Retired)

Sean O'Conor
O'Conor and Mooney Realtors

William H. Oliver
Retired CPA

Mark T. Pare'
National Government Services

Dennis F. Rasmussen
Rasmussen Group, LLC

Jeffrey Rever
University of Mayland, Baltimore / Self-advocate

James F. Rosner, Esq.
Chason, Rosner, Leary & Marshall, LLC

Pat Rosner
Family Advocate

Mary E. Scott
Baltimore County Public Schools

Thomas Sessomes
Self-Advocate

Stephen J. Sfekas, Esq.
Associate Judge, Baltimore City Circuit Court

Donna Sills, Esq.
Greenberg Gibbons Commercial

Eugene P. Smith, Esq. ***
Weinberg & Green, Esq. (Retired)

Richard Spooner***
Bendix Corp. (Retired)

Joseph P. Ward, Esq.
Miles & Stockbridge, P.C.

Earnest Woodard
University of Maryland / Self-advocate

Matthew G. Yancisin
University of Maryland Medical Systems Health Plan

Michael J. Young
SC&H Group

*** Deceased

Past Presidents

1950       Captain William F. Goldsmith
1953       Herbert L. Wynne
1954       Elizabeth Haynie
1956       Charles E. Abel
1959       Leon Pierson, Esq.
1960       Philander Ries
1961       George H. Hoffman
1963       Margaret Ann Black Ulle
1965       Clarence W. Schultz
1967       Sybil Devay Schartz
1969       Harry R. Shriver
1971       Richard M. Spooner
1973       Alexander Hamburger
1975       George W. Ellis
1977       Alyce D. Reiter
1979       Philip W. Chase
1981       Matthew J. Dillon
1983       Eugene P. Smith, Esq.
1984       Nicholas VanSant
1985       Christine Ferciot
1987       Calhoun Bond, Esq.
1989       Frances Macsherry
1991       James F. Rosner, Esq.
1994       Joan M. Avent
1996       Donna M. Sills, Esq.
1998       Michael J. Young
2000       William H. Oliver
2002       Edmond B. Nolley, Jr.
2004       Matthew G. Yancisin
2006       Gilbert F. Kennedy III
2008       Eric L. Gross
2009       Mark T. Pare
2011       James A. List
2013       Carla N. Murphy
2015       Neil MacDonald
2017       Joseph P. Ward, Esq.
2019 Thomas Sand

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