October 18, 2019

Baltimore Homecoming Welcome Reception

The mission of the event is to connect various business leaders, encouraging investment in the city.

Baltimore Homecoming kicked off its three-day event with a cocktail hour in the 414 Light Street 7th floor lounge.

A number of Baltimore movers-and-shakers mingled with Baltimore “alumni” – successful Baltimore natives who now live elsewhere.

One of the evening’s best features? Zane Phllips from Local Oyster offering a mobile oyster bar.

Pictured (LtoR) Mike Gill, Evergreen Advisors chairman; Dan Schochor, Baltimore Homecoming executive director; John Schuerholz, Atlanta Braves vice chair emeritus; and Nate Lowentheil, Baltimore Homecoming co-founder

Pictured (LtoR) Wally Pinkard, Cushman & Wakefield senior advisor; and Mary-Ann Pinkard, Baltimore Design List board member

Pictured (LtoR) Barbara Simmons, M&T Bank group vice president; Ken Waissman, Broadway producer; and Anna Smith, M&T Bank group vice president

Pictured (LtoR) Olachi Opara, Brown Advisory portfolio manager; Margeaux Watson, Epic Records vice president of marketing; and Mo Brown, Baltimore Police lieutenant colonel

Pictured (LtoR) Deborah Phelps, The Education Foundation of the Baltimore County Public Schools executive director; Jim Smith, Innovation Works investor/mentor; and Cyrus L. Green, Touching Lives board member

Pictured (LtoR) JM Schapiro, Baltimore Homecoming co-founder; Lucas Winters, McLean, VA soccer coach; Jessica Long, Paralympic multiple medal-winning swimmer; and Kevin Pearson, M&T Bank vice chairman

Pictured (LtoR) Casey Brent, Maryland Public Service Commission director of consumer affairs; and Jon Kucskar, University of Maryland Baltimore advisor to the president

Pictured (LtoR) Augie Chiasera, M&T Bank Greater Baltimore/Chesapeake Region president; and Jason Schwartzberg, MD Energy Advisors president

Pictured (LtoR) Alphonso Mayo, Mentoring Mentors founder/executive director; and Christopher Hallager, Baltimore Homecoming intern

The Friends School fiddle club serenaded the guests as they arrived.

(October 16, 2019 – 414 Light Street)

Sloane Brown

Baltimore's longtime fashion and social scene reporter, Sloane is the founder/managing editor of Baltimore Snap.