Boards, Commissions, and Authorities

TEDCO is governed by its board, which is appointed by the Governor for four-year terms with the consent of the Maryland State Senate.

All TEDCO board members are residents of the state and represent the nonprofit research sector, venture capital financing, technology-based businesses, the general public and colleges or universities. 

Board of Directors

Chair
Myra Norton, Arena

Vice Chair
Omar Muhammad, Morgan State University

Treasurer
Michael Howard, MJH Group

Secretary
Jennifer Elisseeff, John Hopkins University School of Medicine

Members

Kathie Callahan Brady, FITCI
Chung Hei Sing, Applied Derivative Research
Ray Hoy, Wor-Wic Community College
Matthew Lee, FASTech 
Robert Lord, LionBird Ventures
John Parris, Parraid, LLC
Kelly Schulz, MD Department of Commerce
Amita Shukla, Vitamita
Francis Smyth, Century Engineering

TEDCO’s Board of Directors meets on the third Thursday of odd-numbered months at TEDCO’s offices located at:
7021 Columbia Gateway Drive Suite 200, Columbia, MD 21046.
Pursuant to the law, the meetings are not open to the public.