Creating inclusive tech and startup activity will help to attract the brilliant and talented workers scattered throughout Maryland, ensuring founders, workforce, mentors, investors, and thought leaders are included and active in shaping the tech ecosystem and workforce.

Read more about the Cultivate Maryland initiative here.

Commission Members 

  • Kory Bailey, UpSurge 
  • Heather Gramm, Department of Commerce
  • Gwen Greene, AiTech
  • Jonathan Horowitz, Washington County Maryland Department of Business Development
  • Anthony Jenkins, Coppin State University
  • Richard Kincaid, Office of College and Career Pathways, Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE)
  • Kevin Kinnally, Maryland Association of Counties
  • Troy LeMaile-Stovall, TEDCO
  • Michele Masucci, University System of Maryland
  • Rachael Parker, Department of Labor
  • Kendra Parlock, NPower
  • Saman Qadeer Ahmad, Esq., Qade Law
  • Tom Sadowski, Maryland Economic Development Corporation (MEDCO)
  • David White, Tomorrow’s Bio Today
  • Jermaine Williams, Montgomery College
  • Rodney Williams, Maryland Technology Council
  • Christy Wyskiel, Johns Hopkins University