This year, The Baltimore Sun will celebrate the 5th annual BGE & The Baltimore Sun's Business & Civic Hall of Fame
This program will honor the achievements of business and civic leaders who have spent their careers working to transform and improve Maryland. Nominations for this prestigious award were solicited from the Baltimore Sun readers and winners selected by a committee consisting of our editorial board, as well as the area's most prominent leaders.
We are delighted to present our honorees with a special award at a celebratory dinner at The Center Club on
Thursday, September 10, 2020.
INVESTING IN YOUTH AND THE COMMUNITY
Each year Baltimore Sun Media selects a deserving non-profit to receive a percent of net proceeds from the Hall of Fame event.
We are delighting to have selected The Choice Program at UMBC for this year's non-profit. The Choice Program at UMBC is a not-for-profit organization administered by The Shriver Center at The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).
For 30 years, Choice has engaged, mentored, trained, and supported Black and brown youth across Baltimore. An issue at the forefront of the organizations interventions is the disproportionate confinement of Black and brown youth in the juvenile justice system. The overarching program goals are to disentangle young people from the juvenile justice system and to strengthen youth and family ties to the community.
Choice has expanded to include a variety of different program services to better meet the needs of young people, whether correctional system-involved or not. Programs include school-based initiatives, arts programming, job-training and college and career access.
2020 HONOREES
PAST HALL OF FAME HONOREES
2019
HONOREES
Robert C. Embry Jr.
John B. Frisch
Larry Gibson
Sandy Hillman
Brian C. Rogers
Senator Paul Sarbanes
Kurt Schmoke
Mary Pat Seurkamp
Leonard & Roslyn Stoler
Otis Warren Jr.
John Waters
2018
HONOREES
Norman R. Augustine
The Honorable Robert M. Bell
Chet Burrell
Joseph Haskins Jr.
Mark & Patricia Joseph
Diane Bell-McKoy
Patricia J. (PJ) Mitchell
Ronald R. Peterson
Edward St. John
Ronald M. Shapiro
2017
HONOREES
William (Brit) Kirwan
Henry A. Rosenberg Jr.
David Cordish
Doreen Bolger
Betsy & George Sherman
Barbara Mikulski
George L. Russell Jr.
Michael Cryor
Lainy LeBow-Sachs
2016
HONOREES