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 

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