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. 

TEDCO Board of Directors

Chair
Omar Muhammad, Morgan State University

Vice Chair
Chung Hei Sing, Applied Derivative Research

Treasurer
Michael Howard, MJH Group

Secretary
Jennifer Elisseeff, John Hopkins University School of Medicine

Members
John Bohanan, Cornerstone Government Affairs
Kathie Callahan Brady, FITCI
Cliff Coppersmith, Chesapeake College
Ellen Flowers-Fields, College of Southern Maryland
Mike Gill, MD Department of Commerce
Matthew Lee, FASTech
Myra Norton, Arena 
John Parris, Parraid, LLC
Jeffrey A. Rhoda
Amita Shukla, Vitamita
Eben Smith, Three|E Consulting Group
Francis Smyth, Century Engineering
Robert Wells, Miles & Stockbridge

TEDCO’s Board of Directors meets on the third Thursday of odd-numbered months.
Pursuant to the law, the meetings are not open to the public.