Dedicated to entrepreneurial assistance and guided by board members appointed from Maryland's entrepreneurial community, the TEDCO team is comprised of experienced professionals.

Leadership  •  Our Team  •  RBII Mentors & UBII Venture Growth Advisors  •  TEDCO's Legal Counsel  •  TEDCO Board of Directors

Leadership

Stephen Auvil

Chief Program Operations Officer

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Elizabeth Good Mazhari

Investment and DEI Advisor (Consultant)

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Mindy Lehman

Chief Government Relations & Policy Officer

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Jack Miner

Chief Investment Officer

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Terry Rauh

Chief Operating Officer

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Arti Santhanam, PhD

Executive Director, Maryland Innovation Initiative

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Tammi Thomas

Chief Marketing & Communications Officer

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Our Team

Ben Antebi, PhD

Assistant Director, Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund

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Anne A. Balduzzi

Managing Director,
Entrepreneur & Ecosystem Empowerment (E3)

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Elizabeth (Lisa) Dorsey

Assistant Director,
Entrepreneur & Ecosystem Empowerment (E3)

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Siddharth Dudla

Financial and Administration Intern

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Silvia Goncalves

Assistant Manager, Maryland Innovation Initiative 

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Teddy Gresser

Investment Analyst

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Valery Gutierrez

Administrative Coordinator, Maryland Innovation Initiative

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Cassy Haber

Associate Director, Marketing & Communications

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Katherine Hill Ritchie

Senior Director, Venture Funds

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Rachael Kalinyak

Content Marketing & Communications Coordinator

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Kim Mozingo

Director, Federal Programs

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Jean-Luc Park

Senior Director, Social Impact Funds

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Ann K. Pulley

Assistant Controller

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Jack Schammel

Assistant Director, Rural Business Innovation Initiative &
Urban Business Innovation Initiative

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Linda Singh, PhD

Executive Director,
Women Entrepreneur Leadership (Consultant)

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Diana Smith

Administrative Services Manager

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Sabrina Spinner

Assistant Manager,
Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (MSCRF) 

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Griffin St. Louis

Program Manager, Maryland Innovation Initiative

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Karen Zuccardi

Manager, Rural Business Innovation Initiative,
Northern Region

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RBII Mentors & UBII Venture Growth Advisors

William L. Bernard

Rural Business Innovation Initiative Mentor,
Lower Shore (Consultant) 

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Chuck Ernst

Rural Business Innovation Initiative Mentor,
Western Region (Consultant)

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Tammira Lucas, DBA

Venture Growth Advisor, Baltimore City (Consultant)

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Malcolm G. Tyson, PhD

Venture Growth Advisor, Prince George's County;
Rural Business Innovation Initiative Mentor,
Southern Maryland (Consultant)

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TEDCO's Legal Counsel (Office of the Attorney General)

Jigita Patel

Senior Assistant Attorney General

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Lara Hjortsberg

Senior Assistant Attorney General

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TEDCO Board of Directors

Rondall Allen

TEDCO Board Member

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John Bohanan

TEDCO Board Member

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Kathie Callahan Brady

TEDCO Board Member

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Cliff Coppersmith, PhD

TEDCO Board Member

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Jennifer Elisseeff, PhD

Secretary – TEDCO Board

 

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Ellen Flowers-Fields

Vice Chair - TEDCO Board

 

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Michael J. Howard, CPA

TEDCO Board Member

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Matthew Lee

TEDCO Board Member

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Omar Muhammad

Chair – TEDCO Board

 

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Myra Norton

TEDCO Board Member, Immediate Past Chair

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John Parris

TEDCO Board Member

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Jeffrey A. Rhoda

Treasurer - TEDCO Board

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Amita Shukla

TEDCO Board Member

 

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Chung Hei Sing

TEDCO Board Member

 

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Eben G Smith

Assistant Treasurer - TEDCO Board

 

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David Tohn

TEDCO Board Member

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Robert Wells

TEDCO Board Member

 

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TEDCO Board of Directors

Chair
Omar Muhammad, Morgan State University

Vice Chair
Ellen Flowers-Fields, College of Southern Maryland

Secretary
Jennifer Elisseeff, John Hopkins University School of Medicine

Treasurer
Jeffrey A. Rhoda

Assistant Treasurer
Eben Smith, Three|E Consulting Group

Members
Rondall Allen, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
John Bohanan, Cornerstone Government Affairs
Kathie Callahan Brady, FITCI
Cliff Coppersmith, Chesapeake College
Mike Gill, MD Department of Commerce
Chung Hei Sing, Applied Derivative Research
Michael Howard, MJH Group
Matthew Lee, FASTech
Myra Norton, Arena 
John Parris, Parraid, LLC
Amita Shukla, Vitamita
David Tohn, BTS Software Solutions
Robert Wells, Baker Donelson

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.