Maryland Marketing Partnership

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The Maryland Marketing Partnership, founded in statute as the Maryland Public-Private Partnership Marketing Corporation, was created to develop a branding strategy for the state, market the state’s assets and encourage the location and growth of new businesses in Maryland.

Board members represent various state regions – from Western Maryland to the Eastern Shore – in the areas of business, economic development, labor, non-profit organizations, marketing and advertising, and public relations and communications.​

Executive Committee

• Chair: Laura Van Eperen, CEO, FOVNDRY
  
• Vice Chair: Leonard Raley, President and CEO, University System of Maryland Foundation
  
• Executive Director: Sherri Diehl, Marketing Director, Maryland Department of Commerce
  
• Secretary: Linda Thornton Thomas, President, Prince George's County NAACP; CEO, National Coalition of Resources (NCOR)
• Treasurer: Leon Bailey, Jr., President, LeBe Group
  

​Members 

• Kevin Anderson, Secretary, Maryland Department of Commerce
  
• Sila Alegret-Bartel, Owner, International Corporate Training & Marketing  
  
• Allyson Black, Sr. Manager, Baltimore Gas & Electric 
• Christine Brooks-Cropper, Managing Partner, JCR Consulting LLC
• Ericka Covington, D.B.A., Dean of Graduate Studies, Coppin State University
• Henry Fawell, Founder and President, Campfire Communications
• Gerald Jackson, Assistant Business Manager, MDDC AFL-CIO, Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 486
• Captain Eric Nielsen, President, Association of Maryland Pilots
  
• Shannon Prudhomme, Sr. Technical Manager, Corus International
• Dionne Joyner-Weems, Chief Energy Officer, Audacity Group
  
• Ali von Paris, CEO and Founder, Route One Apparel, Inc.
  

Contact

Meetings

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

401 E. Pratt Street

World Trade Center

Baltimore, Maryland 21202