Executive Staff

Leslie Borenstein
Executive Vice President

Bryn Parchman
President and CEO
Ms. Parchman has an MBA from The Carlson School of Management/University of Minnesota and an undergraduate degree from The Colorado College.  She has over 25 years of experience in both the public and private sector with a strong emphasis in finance and marketing.  Ms. Parchman has held positions with Norwest Corporation (now Wells Fargo), The Martin Agency and Trahan, Burden and Charles.  She has served on children's museum boards as well as her executive tenure with Port Discovery. She was also President of the Board of The Richmond Children’s Museum and a board member of The Minnesota Children's Museum.  She has served on the boards of the YWCA Minneapolis, The Boy's and Girl's Club, and is actively involved with the Greater Baltimore Committee, Association of Children's Museums, and Roland Park Country School.



Board of Directors

Anirban Basu
Chairman & CEO, Sage Policy Group, Inc.

Eric Becker
Managing Partner, Sterling Partners

Douglas L. Becker
Chairman & CEO, Laureate Education, Inc.

Winifred C. Borden

Monica Brandes
Vice Chair
Senior VP, Bank of America

M. J. Brodie
President, Baltimore Development Corporation

Steve Burch

Angela Celestin
Senior VP, Human Resources, CitiFinancial

Renee Christoff
Vice President, Group Manager, Corporate Citizenship & Sponsorship, T. Rowe Price

Bonnie Copeland
Vice President, Education Policy, Laureate Education, Inc.

William S. Corey, Jr.
Office Managing Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Anne Culman
Vice President, The Abell Foundation

Daniel Fulmer
VP, Regional Marketing Manager - M&T Bank

Robert E. Gabrys, Ph.D.
Chief Educational Program Officer, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

John Harbaugh
Head Football Coach, Baltimore Ravens

Cheri Harman Dorsey, Esq.
Member, Gordon Feinblatt

Carim V. Khouzami
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company

Clarke Langrall, Jr.
President, Forecast Strategic Advisors

M. Gay Garth Legg

Singleton B. McAllister
Partner, Blank Rome LLP

Aris Melissaratos
Vice Chair
Senior Advisor to the President, Johns Hopkins University

Anthony N. O’Brien
Partner, ASC Partners, LLC

Mark Pollak,Esq.
Secretary
Partner, Ballard Spahr, LLP

Dennis F. Rasmussen
Chair
President, The Ramussen Group

Nina Rawlings, M.D.
Pediatric Physician

John W. Sasser

John Shmerler
Vice Chair
President, Radcliffe Jewelers

Janet Marie Smith
Vice President, Planning & Development, Baltimore Orioles

Jay Steinmetz
President, Barcoding, Inc.

Gordon Stetz, Jr.
Treasurer
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, McCormick & Co., Inc.

Harry Thomasian, Jr.
Partner, Ernst & Young

Michele L. Whelley
President, Central MD Transportation Alliance



Staff

David Berman
Director of Exhibits

Nora Moynihan
Director of Education and Community Enrichment

Magan Ruthke
Director of Guest Services

Dawn Sacks
Director of Development

Rick Williams
Vice President of Finance

Michelle Winner
Vice President of Marketing





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