GBC Bridging the Gap Achievement Awards
The Greater Baltimore Committee celebrated and honored successful minority- and women-owned businesses in the Baltimore area at this annual event.

Pictured (LtoR) Donald C. Fry, Greater Baltimore Committee president/CEO; Jimmy Rhee, Maryland Governor’s Office of Small, Minority & Women Business Affairs special secretary; and Paul A. Tiburzi, DLA Piper senior partner/Greater Baltimore Committee board chair

Pictured (LtoR) The Harbor Bank of Maryland colleagues: Patria Hunt, vice president/retail operations officer; and Shineika Evans, customer service representative

Pictured (LtoR) Melanie Miller, Comcast Xfinity Communities operations manager; and Antoine Banks, Comcast senior manager of government & regulatory affairs

Pictured (LtoR) Steven Cowan, GES Global Energy Services executive vice president of finance & strategy; Chelsea Patin, Obsidian Integrated executive administrative assistant; Dr. Enyinnaya Bob Iweha, Baltimore City Community College School of Business, Science, Technology & Mathematics dean; and Derrick “DT” Taliaferro, Year Up Baltimore external relations manager

Pictured (LtoR) Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, former Baltimore City mayor; Leslie Rashid, D&L Cleanup president; and Donna Venerable-Davis, D&L Cleanup CEO

Pictured (LtoR) Global Energy Solutions colleagues: Dan Packer, president; and Jeremy Rosendale, Mid-Atlantic regional director

Pictured (LtoR) Ammanuel Moore, BGE external affairs manager; and Michael Davenport, BGE large customer services manager

Pictured (LtoR) Christopher King, Conscious Real Estate Investors and Developers Roundtable chief value creator; Paul Taylor, Mayor’s Office of Small & Minority Business director; and Bill Ariano, Baltimore Business Lending/Baltimore Community Lending president/CEO