Government Relations Committee

Mission Statement

The mission of the Tech Council of Maryland's Government Relations Committee is to advise and direct TCM’s advocacy efforts with legislators and policymakers on issues of importance to the technology and biotechnology industries.

Meetings

January 25, 2010
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
TCM Offices

February 15, 2010
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Conference Call

March 1, 2010
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
TCM Offices

March 15, 2010
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Conference Call

March 29, 2010
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
TCM Offices

May 10, 2010
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
TCM Offices

July 12, 2010
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
TCM Offices

September 13, 2010
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
TCM Offices

November 15, 2010
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
TCM Offices

 

 

How to Join

To join the Government Relations Committee, you must be a TCM member and have an interest in playing a role in TCM’s advocacy efforts.

Committee Leaders

  • Jerry Parrott, Human Genome Sciences (Committee Chairman)
  • Lisa Akchin, UMBC
  • Scott Allocco, BioMarker Strategies
  • Tina Benjamin, Montgomery County Government
  • Rebekah Bianco, CNSI
  • Ben Birge, University College
  • Ellen Bogage, Ellen Bogage & Associates
  • Joshua Bokee, Comcast
  • Gene Burner, MedImmune
  • Jan Burrus, GlaxoSmithKline
  • Creighton Carroll, CNSI
  • Jonathan Cohen, 20/20 Gene Systems
  • Larry Cunnick, Biocon, Inc.
  • Brian Darmody, University of Maryland
  • Gene Davis, Asterand
  • Vikram Dhawan, TeleBright Software Corporation
  • Doug Doerfler, MaxCyte
  • Denis Dunn, AT&T
  • Eric Eberstein, TechAmerica
  • Casey Eitner, Expression Pathology
  • Lisa Fadden, Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce
  • Paul Fisher, GenVec
  • Bill Folkerts, Qiagen
  • John Gibson, Pfizer
  • Michael Gollin, Venable LLP
  • Briana Gowing, Verizon
  • Sol Graham, Quality Biological
  • Majid Hasheminejad, Next Breath
  • Ron Holt, MaxCyte
  • Frank Howard, Howard Consulting
  • Jane Ingelese, Woodcock Washburn
  • Deron Johnson, Amgen
  • Patrick Kelly, Biotechnology Industry Organization
  • Cliff Kendall, USM Board of Regents
  • Rachel King, GlycoMimetics
  • Joan Kleinman, Office of Rep. Chris Van Hollen
  • Srini Krishnamurthy, TeleBright Software Corporation
  • Janet Lambert, Life Technologies
  • Dan Langan, AT&T
  • Kathryn Lavriha, Sanofi-Aventis
  • Steve Lawton, NABI Pharmaceuticals
  • Tom Lewis, Johns Hopkins
  • Sean Looney, Comcast
  • Tom Loveland, Mind Over Machines
  • Kathy Lynch, Life Technologies
  • Susan Madden, Montgomery College
  • John Marchant, Howard Consulting
  • Sally Scott Marietta, IBM
  • Michael Matthews, ALTEK Information Technology
  • Karl Means, Shulman Rogers
  • Tiffany Moore, Venable
  • Brian O'Connor
  • Jerry Pasternak, Garson Claxton LLC
  • Bard Peganoff, RTI International
  • Aprile Pilon, Clarassance, Inc.
  • Matthew Queen, Northrop Grumman Corporation
  • Rhonda Ray, DBED
  • Brian Rosen, MedImmune
  • Corrine Rothblum, Montgomery County Government
  • Darryl Sampey, Biofactura
  • Chuck Sharrocks, CNSI
  • Rahul Singhvi, Novavax, Inc.
  • Jack Sprague, Sprague and Associates
  • Mike Tucken, GenVec
  • Jerry Stringham, Blue Torch Medical Technologies
  • Lori Valentine, DBED
  • R.S. Venkatachalam, Mansai Corporation
  • Ron Wineholt, Maryland Chamber of Commerce
  • Marty Zug, Sequella

Contact Us

For more information about TCM’s Government Relations Committee, please contact Brian Levine, Senior Director of Government Relations, at 240-243-4044 or email.

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