Five Things I Have to Have Now

January 18, 2009

Marc B. Terrill

Marc B. Terrill, 47, has been president of The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, the umbrella planning and fundraising organization for Baltimore's Jewish community, for almost six years. A graduate of the University of Florida, he received a master's degree in social work from Yeshiva University in New York. He is a frequent traveler to Israel and Jewish communities around the world. He loves football and lives in Owings Mills with his wife, Diana, and children, Maddie and twins Eli and Samantha.

January 11, 2009

Ian Tresselt

Ian Tresselt, the new managing director of Everyman Theatre, is a Maryland native who has come home from New York, where he most recently served as director of Theater Operations at The New Victory Theater, a $7 million Broadway presenting house for children and families.

January 4, 2009

David Warschawski

David Warschawski left big New York City ad agency life to start his own public relations, marketing, advertising and design firm in Baltimore in 1996. Since then, the agency has won many awards, including being named the Small Agency of the Year by PR News for the past three years. The Swiss-born CEO is a frequent commentator on marketing communications and has appeared on media outlets ranging from CNBC to NPR. Warschawski, 37, lives in Dumbarton with his wife, Rachel, and two children, Micah and Leah.

December 21, 2008

Matt Doud

In 1994, Matt Doud launched Planit marketing communications firm with his longtime friend Ed Callahan in a room in a basement. Today, the agency's clients include Chevy Chase Bank, Walters Art Museum, Under Armour and the City of Baltimore. Doud lives in Roland Park with his wife, Sylvia, and sons, Henry and Charlie.

December 14, 2008

Sandi Patty

Grammy-Award winner and Christian music performer Sandi Patty, of Anderson, Ind., will be host of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's Holiday Spectacular, through Dec. 23 at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Patty, who has released 24 albums over the past 26 years, was host of the show in 2006. Tickets for the Holiday Spectacular are available through the BSO ticket office by calling 410-783-8000 or going to BSOmusic.org.

December 7, 2008

Shirley Bigley LaMotte

Shirley Bigley LaMotte is the chief executive officer of Baltimore Reads, which in January will celebrate its 20th anniversary of providing adult literacy services to Baltimore families. In addition to providing literacy classes, Baltimore Reads runs a free-to-all book bank at The Baltimore Sun, at 501 N. Calvert St. Shirley and her husband, businessman and former state delegate Lawrence A. LaMotte, are longtime residents of Guilford.

November 9, 2008

Louise Phipps Senft

Believing that good process and healthy dialogue between people in conflict is the secret to healthful living for individuals, organizations and communities, Louise Phipps Senft has taught hundreds in self-awareness techniques, mindfulness in conflict, and transformative practices from her Baltimore Mediation offices in Roland Park. Recently, she has been immersed in the controversy in Roland Park on the Keswick Multi-Care Center's plans for a continuing care retirement community there. She resides in Roland Park with her husband, Bill, and their five children, ages 6-18.

October 26, 2008

Five Things I Have To Have Now

Dan Keplinger

Dan Keplinger is a local artist whose life was the subject of the 1999 Oscar-winning documentary King Gimp. Although born with severe cerebral palsy, he has become a successful artist and public speaker. When he is not traveling, he is at work on new art shows that will open in Baltimore next year. You can see samples of his work at kinggimp.com. Keplinger lives in Towson.

October 19, 2008

Gregg Wilhelm

Gregg Wilhelm is executive director of CityLit Project, which presents festivals, conducts workshops and inspires youth to enjoy reading and writing. He founded the nonprofit in 2004 and hopes he has contributed to the area's resurgent literary-arts scene. Wilhelm also teaches book publishing courses at his alma mater, Loyola College. He and his wife live near Patterson Park. CityLit will present a free screening and discussion of the documentary Helvetica as part of Free Fall Baltimore tonight at 6 at the Charles Theatre.

October 12, 2008

Markand Thakar

Next Sunday afternoon, the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra opens its 26th season under the baton of music director Markand Thakar with a concert at Goucher College's Kraushaar Auditorium. The program, in collaboration with the Handel Choir of Baltimore, includes favorites by Mozart, Vaughan Williams and Faure. Thakar, who also conducts the symphony orchestra and opera in Duluth, Minn., lives with his wife Victoria, professor of viola at the Peabody Conservatory, and son Oliver, in Owings Mills.

October 5, 2008

Marion Greenidge

If a woman stops you and asks "How is your heart health?", that's Theresa Volpe, Baltimore's spokeswoman and passionate ambassador for the American Heart Association's "Go Red for Women" campaign, which encourages women to learn about heart disease. Volpe suffered a heart attack a year ago, when she was 38, and speaks to thousands of women about the importance of taking charge of their health. She will be sharing her story at Baltimore's Heart Walk on Oct. 25 at Federal Hill Park. Volpe lives in Lutherville with her husband and two daughters.

September 28, 2008

Five Things I Have To Have Now

Anthony J. Hoos

Anthony J. Hoos is a programming/traffic coordinator for two local access cable channels in Howard County and an adjunct professor at Howard Community College. But on weekend evenings, he can be found leading ghost tours in Ellicott City - a place that he calls "a spirit repository" and where, most of the time, the visitors who take his tour encounter the inexplicable, he says. Hoos lives in Oella with his wife and three small children.

September 21, 2008

Five Things I Have To Have Now

Dottie Freeman

This weekend is the 25th annual Maryland Wine Festival at the Carroll County Farm Museum in Westminster. The event is expected to draw thousands. The museum's educational efforts go on throughout the year. Dottie Freeman, the museum's administrator, began working there in 1986. "I feel strongly connected to the rural roots of Carroll County, having grown up with my grandparents and learning how to live off the land," she said. She lives in Westminster with her husband, Dusty.

September 14, 2008

Frances Hughes Glendening

Former Maryland first lady Frances Hughes Glendening is the head of Jobs for America's Graduates-District of Columbia Inc., a private, not-for-profit organization. She is president of the board of directors for the Maryland Women's Heritage Center and an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. Glendening lives in University Park.

September 7, 2008

Five Things I Have To Have Now

Steven Soifer

Steven Soifer, New York-born, moved to Baltimore in 1994 to take a job as associate professor of social work, University of Maryland, Baltimore. He has taught community organizing, community economic development

August 31, 2008

Ray Mitchener

Ray Mitchener grew up in North Carolina and came to Baltimore in 1972 to study fashion design at Towson State University. After jobs with Center Stage and Stewart's department stores, fashion maven Ruth Shaw hired him to be the buyer and manager for her high-end clothing boutique in Cross Keys. When Shaw retired in January, he bought the business.

August 24, 2008

Art Donovan

At age 84, Baltimore Colts' Hall of Fame defensive tackle Art Donovan says he doesn't need a lot. Since retiring from football in 1962, he has been an author, country club owner, speaker and TV commentator. Today he lives with his wife, Dorothy, at the Valley Country Club in Towson, which they own. "It's right up against [Interstate] 695. ... The traffic sounds like music. ... It takes me back to New York," says Donovan, who grew up in the Bronx.

August 17, 2008

Andy Cashman, Maryland State Fair assistant general manager

Although the Maryland State Fair runs for just 10 days, Andy Cashman's job runs all year long. The fair's assistant general manager for the past 11 years, he is responsible for everything from booking entertainment to locating portable toilets. Cashman, who was in 4-H as a kid, was involved with the Baltimore and Carroll county fairs before taking the job with the state fair. "I just love the fair business and think it's the greatest thing in the world," he says.

August 10, 2008

Five things I have to have now: Sally Thorner

Sally Thorner

After being diagnosed with noninvasive melanoma about six years ago, Sally Thorner eagerly spreads the word about protecting skin from the sun. That's why when her dermatologist, Dr. Mona Mofid at Johns Hopkins, asked her to co-author a children's book about the dangers of sun exposure, she put on her thinking cap. "Having no experience in this field, I enlisted my incredibly creative friend Barbara Dale. Together, we came up with Franny and Freddy Get Fried," says Thorner, who is married and has a son. The book is due out this summer.

August 3, 2008

Sister Elizabeth Anne Corcoran, Sisters of Mercy

While still a nursing student, Sister Elizabeth Anne Corcoran decided to enter the community of the Sisters of Mercy. "Sister Mary Thomas Zinkand (then Mercy president and CEO) was my mentor during my discernment period and a true friend until the day she died," said Corcoran. Since then, she has served in a variety of positions at Mercy Medical Center, including nurse recruiter, director of nursing and vice president for nursing. Corcoran is now assistant to the president for hospitality at Mercy.

July 20, 2008

Olive Waxter, director of the Hippodrome Foundation

Since January 2005, Olive Waxter has been director of the Hippodrome Foundation. The mission of this nonprofit partner of the Hippodrome Theatre is to increase access through education and outreach programs. The foundation has a free summer theater camp each year for kids interested in performing arts. Waxter says, "Their smiles take up half their faces" when they attend. Waxter lives in Baltimore City.

July 13, 2008

Donna Crivello, coffee bar owner

Donna Crivello, is founder and owner of Donna's cafes and coffee bars. In addition to running a chain of restaurants, she also teaches Mediterranean cooking classes at her restaurant in Columbia. Before she opened her first coffee bar in Mount Vernon in 1992, Crivello was a teacher and a graphic designer. Since then, Donna's has grown to include five locations in the Baltimore region.

July 6, 2008

John Miliauskas, marching band leader

In only his fourth year as director of Towson University marching band, John Miliauskas will be leading his musicians to the 2009 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. When he learned of the selection, Miliauskas felt a combination of excitement and relief; he had been applying for a spot for the past four years.