CMTA
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Board

  • James Shea
    Chair

    Venable, LLP
  • Laura Gamble
    Vice Chair and Treasurer

    PNC
  • Donald Fry
    Vice Chair

    Greater Baltimore Committee
  • Sister Helen Amos
    Mercy Medical Center
  • Dr. Timothy D. Armbruster
    Goldseker Foundation
  • William Baker
    Chesapeake Bay Foundation
  • Michael Beatty
    H&S Properties Development Corp.
  • Diane Bell-McKoy
    Associated Black Charities
  • Etienne Cambon
    Wells Fargo
  • Richard Cass
    Baltimore Ravens
  • Wayne Christmann
    Legg Mason & Co., Inc.
  • Atwood "Woody" Collins
    M&T Bank
  • Michael E. Cryor
    The Cryor Group
  • Kirby Fowler
    Downtown Partnership
  • Mel Freeman
    Citizens Planning and Housing Association
  • Linda Greene
    BWI Business Partnership, Inc.
  • Ronald Hartman
    Veolia Transportation
  • J. Howard Henderson
    The Baltimore Urban League
  • David Hillman
    Southern Management Corporation
  • David McClure
    Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1300
  • Mathew J. Palmer
    The Johns Hopkins University
  • Walter D. Pinkard, Jr
    Cassidy Turley
  • J. Thomas Sadowski
    Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore
  • Michael Sarbanes
    Baltimore City Public School System
  • Dru Schmidt-Perkins
    1000 Friends of Maryland
  • Laurie Schwartz
    LS Consulting, Inc.
  • Jane Shaab
    University of Maryland, Baltimore
  • Scot Spencer
    The Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • William "Bill" Struever
    Cross Street Partners
  • H. Walter Townshend, III
    Baltimore Washington Corridor Chamber
  • Thomas E. Wilcox
    Baltimore Community Foundation

Staff

  • Michele L. Whelley Michele L. Whelley
    President & CEO

    Michele L. Whelley brings 20 years of experience in economic development to her position as President and CEO of the Transportation Alliance. Her previous positions at the Economic Development Corporation of New Haven, Colliers Pinkard, Downtown Partnership of Baltimore and the Baltimore Development Corporation have given her a deep understanding of how transportation impacts the economic growth and vitality of a region.

  • Brian O'Malley Brian O'Malley
    Director of Policy & Programs

    Brian O'Malley joined the Transportation Alliance in 2008. He began his urban planning career in 1999 in Chicago with NORBIC, an industrial economic development organization. In 2003 he joined the Planning Department of Carroll County, Maryland, ultimately overseeing the adequate public facilities program as Concurrency Manager. Brian is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners.

  • Tre Jerdon-Cabrera Tre Jerdon-Cabrera
    Research and Communications Specialist

    Tre Jerdon-Cabrera is a professional urban and regional planner, specializing in economic development and community planning. In 2007 she joined the American Planning Association (APA) at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., as a research associate with the Planning Advisory Service (PAS). Tre is a Master’s of Social Work (MSW) candidate at University of Maryland, Baltimore, concentrating in management and community organization.

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