President
Joseph P. Ward, Esq.
As a Principal with Miles & Stockbridge PC, Joe represents businesses, owners, and investors in a variety of corporate and securities matters. He has a broad corporate practice that includes mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, leveraged buy-outs, and joint ventures to name just a few examples. Joe also provides general corporate advice to both private and public companies regarding corporate governance, securities compliance, Maryland corporate law, and other general business matters.
Joe joined the board in 2008 and has served on the Quality Assurance Committee and Governance Committee and as Secretary and Vice-President. With family supported by programs of The Arc Baltimore, and his in-laws as Directors Emeriti, Joe’s personal experience gives him added insight to the value and importance of the organization. Joe lives in Phoenix with his wife, Laura (a USA Today bestselling author), and their three children.
Officers
Vice President
Thomas Sand
Ernst & Young LLP
Treasurer
Erik P. Daly
PNC
Secretary
Jill M. Vocci, O.D.
Pediatric Eye Care of Maryland
Immediate Past President
Neil A. MacDonald
Medstar Health
Directors
Seth Burdine
The Arc Baltimore / Self-Advocate
Larry Burley, Jr.
BGE
Jigisha C. Hanel
Doctors Community Hospital
Donald Himelfarb
Retired Executive
Gregory J. Hogan
SC&H Group
Christopher Levesque
LORO Corporation
Elizabeth Macsherry Moag
Family Advocate
Nicole S. McCann
Johns Hopkins
Carla Murphy
Duane Morris
William H. Oliver
Retired CPA
Crystal Stephens
The Arc Baltimore / Self-advocate
William Stocker
Student at Stevenson University / Self-advocate
Rodney Toulson
Restorative Consulting Services / Parent Advocate
Tracy Voelker
Self-advocate
Rob Wall
Perceptix
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
Jerome G. Katz
Towne & Country Furniture (Retired)
Gilbert F. Kennedy, III
Colombo Bank
James A. List, Esq.
The Law Offices of James A. List
Frances Macsherry
Hunts School (Retired)
Janet Mayer
Parent Advocate
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, CPA
CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
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)
Earnest Woodard
University of Maryland / Self-advocate
Matthew G. Yancisin
University of Maryland Health Partners
Michael J. Young
SC&H Group