Staff

Kathy Etemad Hollinger
Kathy oversees all aspects of the Partnership in support of making the region, from Baltimore to Richmond, the most inclusive economy in the country.

Marisa Flowers
Marisa is responsible for advancing the organization’s mission and ensuring operational excellence across all facets of the organization.

Deb Hodge
Deb provides critical support to the CEO and COO, focusing on cross collaboration across teams, providing subject matter expertise and a focus on the strategic alignment and execution of our work.

Carrie Kolasky
Carrie advances the Partnership with key stakeholders and drives overarching support for the organization and its initiatives.

Emily Bouck West
Emily oversees multiple Partnership initiatives helping employers, officials and educators collaborate to shape the region’s future.

Joel Abraham
Joel oversees the financial operations at the Partnership including accounting, financial planning, and central administrative functions such as HR, legal and IT systems

Julie Sproesser
Julie helps to lead the Partnership's employer engagement strategy and execution of events.

Jenn Bristow
Jenn helps steer the development and execution of activities through administrative support of the CEO, COO and across the Partnership.

Kimberly Sarro
Kim oversees our skills & talent efforts and executes on partnerships with educators and employers.

Tom Shaw
Tom oversees the Partnership's marketing and communications efforts, promoting our partners and impact throughout the region.

Shaina Spector
Shaina manages accounting and bookkeeping on the Operations team at the Partnership

Ramir Cena
Ramir provides operational support to the organizations and its events.

Danny Newman
Danny provides research support and serves as a thought partner for all three of our priority pillars.

Jaime McCarthy
Jaime supports the development and execution of the Partnership's policy work, initiatives and workforce programs throughout the region.

Brooks Reagan
Brooks supports the execution of a revenue growth and engagement strategy for the Partnership.

Christian Rodriguez
Christian supports digital marketing for the Partnership, and oversees the creation of graphics, videos, and audio visual material to tell the story of the Partnership and the region.

Hannah Burke
Hannah supports the Inclusive Growth team's efforts across the region.

Ari Gilliam
Ari supports the Partnership's marketing and communications efforts to promote our initiatives and partners throughout the region.

Michael Jerakis
Michael supports the Partnership's Regional Mobility and Infrastructure work.

Talya Kravitz
Talya supports the Regional Mobility & Infrastructure policy efforts across the region.

Maureen Lytle
Maureen supports various operational functions at the Partnership, such as HR, office management, and board meeting coordination.

Jacob Jarvis
Jacob helps to shape, execute, and scale the Partnership’s visibility, impact, engagement, and revenue.

Chloe Fidler
Chloe supports the Partnership's communications efforts to promote our initiatives and partners throughout the region.

Alexis Lee
Alexis supports the Partnership's public policy work.