Baltimore Sun's 2. Meet the Baltimore area’s most compelling leaders, thinkers and doers in 2. Jan Baum. 49, executive director, J. Baum Associates + 3. D Innovation Institute. A founder of Human Rights Watch warned that Donald Trump’s election as US president is encouraging antisemitism in Europe. Aryeh Neier, an American Jew who was born. Social Good Summit 2016: Connecting Today. 2016 Joe Weider's Olympia Europe The Winners of the 2016 Olympia Europe; 2016 Joe Weider's Olympia Europe The 2016 Olympia Europe Final Posedown; 2016 Joe Weider's. The “black sheep” of her family, Jan Baum earned degrees in metal working and started out making jewelry and teaching. But that artsy background clued her in early to the potential of 3- D printing. CNNMoney's video channel offers the latest market news, economic analysis, auto and technology reviews, personal finance advice, small business profiles, and. Today, 28 September, in all of our newspapers in the UK, is the headlines that 92% of the worlds air is polluted. They fail to mention the geoengineering that has. Its founder, Hamdi Ulukaya, is a Turkish immigrant of Kurdish descent. He bought a defunct yogurt factory in upstate New York, added a facility in Twin. Baum started the Object Lab at Towson University, later leading 3. D Maryland, part of the Howard County Economic Development Authority. She’s now consulting, helping companies figure out 3. D printing. They’re “digging deeper” to find and annihilate the barriers that can block some of Baltimore’s black men and women from reaching parity in the workforce and owning homes and businesses.“People of color are not broken,” Bell- Mc. Koy says.“Not broken” is a term Bell- Mc. Koy chose carefully. Avoiding buzz words — such as “structural racism” — that trigger strong emotions and risk putting people on the defensive is a strategy she uses to help further her cause. Starting from a point of understanding that no person or group is broken is affirming, Bell- Mc. Koy says, and it immediately shifts the focus to removing obstacles and examining questions about the effects of past policies and programs. Bell- Mc. Koy will meet with state legislators before next year’s session to discuss ways to write more racially inclusive laws, and her team is working to expand its volunteer career mentorship program. Along with the Greater Baltimore Committee, she’s leading Associated Black Charities in identifying career pathways in various fields so people of color at the entry level can move into higher- paying positions. Bell- Mc. Koy grew up in and around Washington. Nowadays, the stepmother of three adult children, grandmother of six and great- grandmother of one lives in Baltimore’s Ten Hills neighborhood. Earning both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in social work, Bell- Mc. Koy strived early in her career to improve child welfare and fight substance abuse and poverty. She went on to serve as deputy chief of staff to Baltimore’s first elected African- American mayor, Kurt Schmoke, and was an Annie E. Casey Foundation senior fellow. At age 6. 5, she has no thoughts of retirement. Bell- Mc. Koy is known around Baltimore as a “pragmatic visionary,” according to Casey President Patrick Mc. Carthy, and she’s frequently sought after to join in the dialogue on solutions for complex social issues. Part of Erin Chamberlin’s job is pitching it to Baltimore. Fortunately, she spent part of her career marketing Atlantic City casinos. Mingling on the Horseshoe floor, she appears at ease and engaging. Maryland has five casinos and a sixth on the way. To compete, Chamberlin promotes the loyalty program that lets patrons generate perks at Caesars- branded casinos worldwide. On a given day, she might find herself leading a charitable initiative, reaching out to the poor or helping a fellow Muslim cope with an instance of “faith- based bias” — profiling, hate speech, bullying in school. Activists say it’s a crucial job when anti- Muslim sentiment is escalating in the U. S., in part because extremist groups claiming to represent Islam continue committing acts of terror worldwide, in part because the press and politicians find they can benefit by playing up stereotypes about Islam. A vital part of her work, Chaudry says, is explaining that Islam holds that there is “absolutely no justification for the taking of innocent life.”“It is hard to find the words to express this strongly enough,” she says. One leading activist calls Chaudry’s contribution indispensable.“Zainab is extremely skilled — and very patient — at making this crucial distinction,” says Shahan Rizvi, president of the Howard County Muslim Council. Widely followed on Facebook and in her writings for the Huffington Post, Chaudry last year became the first Muslim member of the Maryland State Advisory Committee to the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights. In February she sat a few feet from President Barack Obama at the Islamic Society of Baltimore, his first visit as president to a U. S. Hadn’t her parents taught her to feel pride as a Muslim and as an American? Chaudry draws inspiration not just from Lincoln but also from the prophet Mohammed.“. A former head of the Maryland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, she mentors talent to succeed in the corporate world and launched a Latino Innovators Pitch Competition. Up next: an app in October and a national launch in January. With an emphasis on family, convenience and healthful food, she says, “We really want to be a lifestyle brand.” The mother of three girls says the company’s mission of bringing people together around the table — like dinners she experienced as a child — is personal. Fraser. 60, professor of medicine and director of Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Research scientists can’t be afraid of setbacks, says Claire M. Fraser: It’s the many experiments and hypotheses that don’t pan out that lead to the great scientific discoveries. Persistence and a curiosity to figure out how things work are what has kept Fraser at the top of her field and one of the world’s leading experts in genome sequencing.“When somebody says you can’t do this, my first reaction is . I kept at it and things worked out.”She was part of a team in the ’9. It led to government funding for more projects by scientists all over the country working on sequencing projects, including the human genome.“Dr. Claire Fraser is one of the great pioneers and scientific leaders in medicine today,” says E. Albert Reece, dean of the School of Medicine, who is also vice president of medical affairs at the University of Maryland. Her current research is focused on the relationship between disease and bacteria in the human gut. Outside of being a brilliant scientist, Fraser makes jewelry out of precious gemstones and is an avid ballroom dancer. She is married to a semi- retired social worker. The graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and State University of New York at Buffalo had planned to go to medical school, but got the research bug when she worked on her first project as a senior undergraduate at Rensselaer. She said good teachers and mentors helped pave the way.“At certain stages, they were the ones who gave me a big push out of my comfort zone,” she said.—Andrea K. Mc. Daniels. Makayla Gilliam- Price. At 1. 8 years old, Makayla Gilliam- Price has been to more protests than she can count and has planned some of the most pivotal action among youth in Baltimore in hopes of police reform and social justice. The Baltimore City College alumna, who first found her voice in debate club, co- founded the student organization City Bloc during her junior year. She led a walkout at school, protesting the militarization of police; led a student sit- in at City Hall in October over Kevin Davis’ appointment as police commissioner; and co- organized “Formation Week” in March, encouraging students to ditch their uniforms for clothing that made a cultural or political statement. In July, Gilliam- Price was an organizer of “Afromation” during Artscape, a march related to police conduct and community funds. Sixty- five people were arrested, including Gilliam- Price.“Revolution is in no way convenient . But it’s in her.”The protest leader still lives the life of a teenager. She hangs out with friends and spoils her baby nieces. She goes back and forth about what major to declare — photography or business? For her, all these things relate to her love for the city, she says.“I want to provide something tangible for Baltimore.”—Brittany Britto. Brooke Hall. 35, co- founder, Light City Baltimore; founder and CEO, What Works Studios. For six years, Brooke Hall and her husband, Justin Allen, dreamed and worked to make Light City Baltimore a reality — persuading skeptics that Baltimore could stage a world- scale festival of lights and attract enough visitors to the Inner Harbor to make it an annual event. This year’s inaugural festival attracted 4. Insists the ever- optimistic Hall: “I think it’s only going to grow and get better.”—Chris Kaltenbach. Kim Horn. 56, president, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid- Atlantic States“The only way you’re going to move through your career is, it’s going to take a lot of hard work,” says Kim Horn, “so you better love it.” Horn’s passion is getting more people health coverage. Since taking the helm at Kaiser in 2. Obamacare surge — she’s grown enrollment from 4. Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D. C. The executive, whose first health care job was as a file clerk in a doctor’s office in high school, wants to get that number to 1 million.—Andrea K. Mc. Daniels. Julia Huggins. Cigna Health. What can a barber teach a client about colon cancer? Plenty, says Julia Huggins.* Under her watch, Cigna has trained barbers, trusted in the African- American community, to encourage people to get tested for the life- threatening disease. It’s one of the ways Cigna is trying to address health disparities and get more people insured. The company also plans to add more insurance options on the state health exchange under the Affordable Care Act.—Andrea K. Mc. Daniels. Adrienne Lofton. Under Armour. When Under Armour founder Kevin Plank wanted to draw more women to a brand with football roots, he tapped Adrienne Lofton’s marketing expertise. At a Detroit ad agency, the Houston native had helped General Motors sell cars to minorities. At Target, she worked to make stores appealing to black women. Arriving at Under Armour in 2. Lofton took on the new role of head of women’s marketing. After a two- year absence, Lofton returned to Under Armour in January 2. Marketing .. I didn’t jump the highest.”Former teammate Shannyn Jones says Lofton remains loyal, dependable and inspiring.“She is one of the women I have always wanted to grow up to be, that I want my daughters to strive to be like,” Jones says.
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