ABOUT MABE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MABE STAFF
AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP
AFFILIATES
AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP FORM
PUBLICATIONS

MABE

Founded in 1957, the Maryland Association of Boards of Education is a private, non-profit organization to which all school boards in the state voluntarily belong.

MABE sponsors inservice activities for board members through an annual conference, orientation programs for new board members, and workshops on key topics. MABE’s elected Board of Directors holds regular informal meetings with the State Board of Education. MABE represents the school board point of view with the Maryland General Assembly and the United States Congress through its Legislative Committee and Federal Relations Network. MABE monitors and reports to its members and the public about current education issues through its publications: The Monitor, MABE Matters, MABE Brief, Directory, and School Board Manual. MABE maintains a collection of current policy manuals from the local boards of education, as well as a reference library of education governance materials. MABE is an active member of the National School Boards Association (NSBA). MABE maintains close contact with other organizations interested in public education.

MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF
BOARDS OF EDUCATION
621 Ridgely Avenue, Suite 300
Annapolis, Maryland 21401-1112
(410) 841-5414
(800) 841-8197
FAX (410) 841-6580

2008 - 2009 OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Patricia S. Gordon President (Howard County)

Cathy Allen, President-Elect (St. Mary's County)

Edward P. Carey, Treasurer (Anne Arundel County)

George M. VanHook, Sr. , Secretary (Baltimore City)

Sandra L. Barry, Immediate Past President (Caroline County)

Enrique M. Melendez (Anne Arundel County)

Rodger C. Janssen (Baltimore County)

William J. Phalen, Sr. (Calvert County)

Patricia W. Gadberry (Carroll County)

Michelle Jackson (Dorchester County)

Kathryn B. Groth (Frederick County)

Thomas A. Carr (Garrett County)

Mark M. Wolkow (Harford County)

Linda Thornton Thomas (Prince George's County)

Salvatore Raspa (St. Mary's County)

Robin H. Holloway (Wicomico County)

MABE - STAFF

Carl W. Smith, Ph.D., csmith@mabe.org Executive Director
John R. Woolums, Esq., jwoolums@mabe.org Director of Governmental Relations
Kitty Blumsack, kblumsack@mabe.org Director of Board Development
Stephen C. Bounds, Esq., sbounds@mabe.org Director of Legal and Policy Services
Sandra L. Barry sbarry@mabe.org Publications Specialist
Beatrice B. Gordon bgordon@mabe.org Superintendent Search Lead Consultant
Katherine M. Bennett kbennett@mabe.org Executive Assistant
Tracy Oldaker toldaker@mabe.org Accounting/Administrative Assistant
[vacanct] @mabe.org Receptionist
Steven P. James sjames@mabe.org Deputy Executive Director/ Director of Insurance Programs
Michele J. Brickley, mbrickley@mabe.org Executive Assistant
Lisa Spencer, lspencer@mabe.org Risk Management Officer
John Magoon, jmagoon@mabe.org Risk Management Officer
Deborah A. Lomax, dlomax@mabe.org Fiscal Officer
Randy Gaston rgaston@mabe.org System & Database Administrator
John O'Donoghue, jodonoghue@mabe.org Claims Unit Manager
Left to right: Susan Yost, Gordon Clifford, Lovetta Maddox-Richardson, Steve Hoedt, Kim Quickley, Tina Gates, Tina Fisher, JoAnn White, Tony Curro Susan Yost, syost@mabe.org, Liability Supervisor Gordon Clifford, gclifford@mabe.org, Claims Adjuster Lovetta Maddox-Richardson, lmaddox@mabe.org, Claims Adjuster Steve Hoedt, shoedt@mabe.org, Claims Adjuster Kim Quickley, kquickley@mabe.org, Liability Claims Representative Tina Gates, tgates@mabe.org, Workers' Compensation Supervisor Christina Fisher, cfisher@mabe.org, Claims Adjuster JoAnn Barkley , jbarkley@mabe.org, Administrative Assistant Tony Curro, tcurro@mabe.org, Claims Adjuster

 

MABE - AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP

Affiliate membership is available to firms that offer products or services to public schools in Maryland.  Affiliate members receive the following privileges:

• a listing in the membership Directory which is distributed to all members each January
• MABE publications, including MABE Matters and the annual membership Directory
• discounts on advertisement space in the Directory and MABE Matters
• discounted booth space at the MABE Trade Show
• a certificate to display in your business signifying your support for Maryland school boards

The annual Affiliate Membership fee is $300.

MABE - AFFILIATE MEMBERS

AIG RETIREMENT
www.aigretirement.com
(Financial Planning)
Craig Stahl (District Manager)
1304 Concourse Drive, Suite 150, Linthicum, MD 21090
410-859-2480
FAx: 410-859-8017
craig.stahl@aigretirement.com

ANDERSON, COE & KING, LLP
www.acklaw.com
(Defense Attorneys)
J. Michael Sloneker, Esq. (Partner)
201 North Charles Street, Suite 2000, Baltimore, MD 21201
410-752-1630
FAX: 410-752-9173
sloneker@acklaw.com

BOB McCLOSKEY AGENCY, INC.
www.bobmccloskey.com
(Student Accident Insurance)
Robert G. McCloskey (President)
76 Main Street, Matawan, NJ 07747
732-583-1181
robm@bobmccloskey.com

BOLTON PARTNERS, INC.
www.boltonpartners.com
(Health and Welfare, Actuarial and Retirement, Investment Consulting)
Mark L. Lynne (Principal)
575 S. Charles Street, Suite 500, Baltimore, MD 21201
443-573-3902
mlynne@boltonpartners.com

BOVIS LEND LEASE

www.bovislendlease.com

(Construction/Program/Project Management, Design/Build, General Contracting)

John Anania (Vice President)
7315 Wisconsin Avenue, 14th Floor West, Bethesda, MD 20814
301-951-3800
FAX: 301-951-3151

john.anania@bovislendlease.com

CARE RESOURCES, INC.

www.careresourcesinc.com
(Special Education, nursing, therapy services)
Jane Satterfield (President)
1026 Cromwell Bridge Road, Baltimore, MD 21286
410-583-1515
FAX: 410-583-2480

jsatterfield@careresources.net

CAREFIRST BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD

www.carefirst.com
(Health Insurance)
Ann Pederson (Account Manager)
10455 Mill Run Circle 01-465, Owings Mills, MD 21117
410-998-7662

FAX: 410-505-2081
ann.pederson@carefirst.com

CARNEY, KELEHAN, BRESLER, BENNETT & SCHERR, LLP
(Legal Services)
Judith S. Bresler, Esq. (Attorney)
10715 Charter Drive, Columbia, MD 21044
410-740-4600
FAX: 410-730-7729
jsb@rcarneykelehan.com

CBIZ MHM, LLC
www.cbiz.com/cbizmhm-beattysatchell
(Auditing, Other Attest Services, Consulting Services, Retirement Plans, Payroll, Tax, and Accounting)
Gerald Newell (Business Development Manager)
P.O. Box 1187, Easton, MD 21601
410-822-6950
FAX: 410-820-9042
gnewell@cbiz.com

DAKTRONICS, INC.
www.daktronics.com
(Scoreboards, video, sound message centers)
Paul Kurtenbach (Regional Manager)
1530 Caton Center Drive, Suite P, Baltimore, MD 21227
410-247-0604
FAX 410-242-4382
pkurten@daktronics.com

EBL ENGINEERS, LLC
www.eblengineers.com
(Mechanical, Electrical, Fire Protection, and Structural Engineering)
Robert H. Stratemeyer, P.E. (Principal)
8005 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD 21234-5701
410-668-8000
FAX: 410-668-8001
rstratemeyer@eblengineers.com

FRANKLIN AND PROKOPIK, P.C.
www.fandpnet.com
(Legal Services)
Robert T. Franklin, Esquire (President)
2 North Charles Street, Suite600, Baltimore, MD 21201
410-230-3623
FAX: 410-752-6868
rfranklin@fandpnet.com

FUNK & BOLTON, P.A.
www.fblaw.com
(Legal Counsel)
Charles D. MacLeod
315 High Street, Suite 202, Chestertown, MD 21620
410-810-1381
FAX: 410-810-1383
cmacleod@fblaw.com

GILBERT ARCHITECTS, INC.

www.gilbertarchitects.com
(Educational Architectural Design Services)
Sharron M. Herr (Director of Business Development)
10451 Mill Run Circle, Suite 400, Owings Mills, MD 21117
410-356-8856
FAX: 410-654-8802

sharronh@gilbertarchitects.com

GLOBAL CONNECT
www.gc1.com
(Parent Notification System)
Susan Kunze (Director of Sales and Customer Service)
5218 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 202, Mays Landing, NJ 08330-2003
888-421-4151
FAX: 609-625-7689
sue@gc1.com

HAYES LARGE ARCHITECTS

www.hayeslarge.com
(Full Service Architectural/Engineering Firm)
Jim Thompson (Partner), Sue Fox (Marketing Coordinator)
75 S. Houcks Road, Suite 300, Harrisburg, PA 17109
717-238-4795
FAX: 717-238-4800
jrthompson@hayeslarge.com
sjfox@hayeslarge.com

HODES, PESSIN & KATZ, P.A.
www.HPKLegal.com
(Legal Services)
Rochelle S. Eisenberg, Esq. (Attorney)
10500 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 650, Columbia, MD 21044
410-740-2000
FAX: 410-832-5616
reisenberg@HPKLegal.com

HORD COPLAN MACHT, INC.
www.hcm2.com
(Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Planning, Interior Design)
Peter Winebrenner (Principal)
750 East Pratt Street, Suite 1100, Baltimore, MD 21202
410-837-7311
FAX: 410-837-6530
pwinebrenner@hcm2.comI

INSURANCE BUYERS' COUNCIL, INC.
consultibc.com
(Insurance consulting)
Fredric W. Schultz (Chairman of the Board)
9720 Greenside Drive, Suite 1E, Cockeysville, MD 21030-5033
410-666-0500
FAX: 410-666-6177
rschultz@consultibc.com

J. VINTON SCHAFER & SONS
www.JVSchafer.com
(Construction management)
Warren L. Hamilton (Senior Vice President)
1309-A Continental Drive, Abingdon, MD 21009
410-335-3000
FAX: 410-335-3000
Mail@JVSchafer.com

JACOBS
www.jacobs.com
(Construction/Program/Project Management)
Doug Titzer (Manager of Projects)
1100 North Glebe Road, Suite 500, Arlington, VA 22201
571-218-1000
FAX 541-218-1600
Doug.Titzer@Jacobs.com

JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.
www.johnsoncontrols.com
(Global market leader in facility management and control. Provides building control systems & services, energy mgmt., integrated facility mgmt.)
John Cavanaugh (Account Manager, K-12 Education Solutions)
60 Loveton Circle, Sparks, MD 21152-9207
410-527-2605
FAX: 410-472-4928
john.cavanaugh@jci.com
Tamika Tasby (Account Executive, K-12 Solutions)
1101 Hampton Park Boulevard, Building C-100, Capitol Heights, MD 20743
202-258-1064
tamika.tasby@jci.com

KIBART, INC.
www.kibart.com
(Mechanical/Electrical Consulting Engineers)
P. Edward Abbott, Jr. (President)
901 Dulaney Valley Road, Suite 301, Towson, MD 21204
410-494-1111
FAX: 410-494-1112
pea@kibart.com

MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF NONPUBLIC SPECIAL EDUCATION FACILITIES
www.mansef.org
(Association of nonpublic special education schools that are publicly funded))
Dorie Flynn (Executive Director)
P. O. Box 6815, Baltimore, MD 21285-6815
410-938-4413
FAX: 410-938-5130
mansef@aol.com

MID-ATLANTIC DAIRY ASSOCIATION, INC.
www.dairyspot.com
(Nutrition Education Programs and Services to schools in the Mid-Atlantic regiont)
Janette Carpenter (Vice President of School Marketing)
325 Chestnut Street, Suite 600, Philadelphia, PA 19106
267-627-6912
FAX: 215-627-8887
coliveri@milk4u.org

OAK CONTRACTING, LLC
www.oakcontracting.com
(Construction Management)
Dominick Dunnigan (Director of Business Development)
1000 Cromwell Bridge Road, Towson, MD 21286
410-828-1000
ddunnigan@oakcontracting.com

PEPCO ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
www.pepcoenergy.com
(Energy Engineering)
Jeff Niesz (Director of Business Development)
1300 North 17th Street, #1600, Arlington, VA 22209
703-253-1800
FAX: 703-253-1798
jniesz@pepcoenergy.com

PERFORMANCE MATTERS, LLC
www.performancematters.com
(Web-based data assessment services for public school districts)
Robert C. Brown (Maryland CRM)
507 N. New York Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789
407-645-1800 (FL) / 301-473-7663 (MD)
FAX: 407-644-5284
bob.brown@performancematters.com

PSA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.
www.psafinancial.com
(Flexible Planning)
Charles Offutt
575 South Charles Street, Suite 202, Baltimore, MD 21201
410-895-0943
FAX: 410-547-0677
coffutt@psafinancial.com

SEMMES, BOWEN AND SEMMES
www.semmes.com
(Legal Services)
Thomas V. McCarron, Esq. (Partner)
250 West Pratt Street, 16th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201
410-576-4854
FAX: 410-539-5223
tmccarron@semmes.com

SHW GROUP, LLP
www.shwgroup.com
(Architectural--Education)
Derk N. Jeffrey (Managing Principal)
11415 Isaac Newton Square, Reston, VA 20190
703-480-4020
FAX: 703-480-4050
dnjeffrey@shwgroup.com

SUNGARD PUBLIC SECTOR
www.sungardps.com
(Student and Financial Information Systems)
Frank Brown (Account Executive)
3 West Broad Street, Suite 1, Bethlehem, PA 18018
610-691-3616
FAX: 610-861-9323
frank.brown@sungardps.com

SUN TRUST BANK
www.suntrust.com
(Financial Services and Solutions)
Jonathan Martineau (Vice President)
120 East Baltimore Street, 25th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202
410-986-1665
FAX: 410-986-1670
jon.martineau@suntrust.com

THE LAZARUS FOUNDATION, INC.
www.lazarus.org
(Software and hardware technology and training)
Don Bard (President)
10378 Eclipse Way, Columbia, MD 21044
410-531-8485
FAX: 410-531-8940
don@lazarus.org

TINDALL CORPORATION
www.tindallcorp.com
(Precast Systems for the Complete Structural Elements of the Building)
Gary Schoenfeld (Marketing Manager)
5047 Albrecht Lane, Warrenton, VA 20187
804-861-8447
FAX: 804-862-6353
garyschoenfeld@tindallcorp.com

WEST RECREATION, INC.
www.westrecreation.com
(Sales and Installation of Playground Equipment and Site Furnishings)
Don West (President)
P. O. Box 487, Queenstown, MD 21658
800-233-0529
FAX: 410-827-8855
don@westrecreation.com

WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON LLP
www.wtplaw.com
(Legal services)
John A. Hayden, III, Esq. (Attorney)
210 West Pennsylvania Avenue, Towson, MD 21204-4515
410-832-2000
FAX 410-832-2015
jhayden@wtplaw.com

WHITNEY, BAILEY, COX & MAGNANI, LLC
www.wbcm.com
(Full A/E/C Services)
John Knight, P.E. (Senior Vice President)
849 Fairmount Avenue, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD 21286
410-512-4535
FAX: 410-324-4100
jknight@wbcm.com

WILLIS HRH
www.willis.com
(Insurance and Wellness Consultant Services)
Michael J. Schuster (Vice President)
307 International Circle, Suite 400, Hunt Valley, MD 21030
410-527-7263
FAX: 410-527-7274
mike.shuster@willis.com

WILLIS/HRH OF MARYLAND

www.willis.com
(Insurance Services)
Mike Murphy (Managing Partner)
303 International Circle, Suite 400, Hunt Valley, MD 21030-1446
410-584-8003
FAX: 410-771-3540

Mike.Murphy@willis.com

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MABE - PUBLICATIONS

MABE reports to its members and the public about current education issues through its publications: The Monitor, MABE eBrief, MABE Directory, Maryland School Board Manual, Safety News, and Annual Reports.

The Monitor
The Monitor reports the action of the Maryland State Board of Education and is mailed the day after its monthly meeting. The Monitor is emailed to all board members and superintendents and posted on MABE's website.
Link to recent issues of The Monitor

MABE eBrief
MABE eBrief is MABE's newly formatted monthly newsletter. The eBrief is emailed to all board members and superintendents and is posted on MABE's website.
Link to recent issue of the MABE eBrief

Safety News
The SafetyNews is MABE's Insurance and Risk Management publication. The publication is published and distributed to our members free of charge six times a year. It's purpose is to promote overall general safety and accident prevention, and to support making sound risk management decisions. Past publications will be archived and linked below.
Link to recent issues of Safety News

Resolutions
MABE has adopted continuing resolutions on topics ranging from Teacher Retirement to the Achievement Gap. Most recently MABE updated the resolutions at the Annual Concference held in Ocean City in October, 2007.
Link to MABE's 2007-2008 Continuing Resolutions (Word)

Publications -- Other

MABE Beliefs and Policies

MABE Annual Report 2006-2007

What Counts 2005-2006