Legislative Committee

By invitation only, meets weekly during the General Assembly session to develop positions on legislation affecting the business community.  When the General Assembly is not in session, the committee meets periodically to monitor events that are of importance and develops strategies for the legislative session. 

Mr. Drew P. Cobbs, Chair
Maryland Petroleum Council

Mr. Sean Looney, Vice Chair
Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.

Mr. John A. Andryszak
Popham & Andryszak PA

Ms. Tina Bjarekull
Maryland Independent College & University Association

Stacey Boyer, Esq.
Monumental Life Insurance Co.

Mrs. Barbara Marx Brocato
Barbara Marx Brocato & Assoc.

Ms. Kisha Brown
Greater Baltimore Committee

Mr. Gene Burner
MPPA, Inc.

Mr. Jim Canalichio
Dixon Valve & Coupling Company

Mr. Bill Casey
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

Mr. William A. Castelli
Maryland Association of Realtors, Inc.

Carville Collins, Esq.
DLA Piper

Mr. Dennis Dunn
AT&T

Mr. Jim Dyke
McGuireWoods LLP

Mr. Jim Estepp
Greater Prince George's Business Roundtable
Mr. Daniel Flores
Greater Washington Board of Trade

Mr. Dave Foggo
SMECO

Mr. Robert Glidewell
Washington Gas

Mr. Scott Henderson
UnitedHealthcare

Mr. Larry Hinton
G E I C O

Mr. Robert Jepson
Adventist HealthCare, Inc.

Mr. Robert Johnson
Capitol Strategies, LLC

Mr. Louis H. Kistner
Maryland Industrial Technology Alliance

Ms. Mindy Lehman
Maryland Bankers Association

Laurence Levitan, Esq.
Rifkin, Livingston, Levitan & Silver, LLC

Mr. Tom Lewis
Johns Hopkins University

Ms. Claire Louder
West Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Bill Meagher
Lakeside Creamery

Mr. Alex Nunez
Constellation Energy Group

Mr. Eric Oppenheim
Harvest Foods

Mr. Brien Poffenberger
Hagerstown-Washington County Chamber of Commerce

Michael C. Powell, Esq.
Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman,
Hoffberger & Hollander, LLC

Mr. Michael Ratchford
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Mr. Thomas S. Saquella
Maryland Retailers Association

Mr. Bill Scarafia
St. Mary’s County Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Keith Scott
Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Al Silverstein
Talbot County Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Rob Sweeney
Citi

Mr. Melvin Thompson
Restaurant Association of MD

Mr. Dan Tompkins
Allegheny Energy

Ms. Elizabeth Torphy-Donzella
Shawe & Rosenthal, LLP

Mr. Walt Townshend
Baltimore Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce

Barbara Wilkins, Esq.
Holland & Knight, LLP

Mr. Paul G. Wood
Verizon Maryland Inc.

Mr. Robert O. C. Worcester
Maryland Business for Responsive Government

Ms. Therese Yewell
PEPCO