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October 15, 2014 Recap

Guest Speaker: Jay Fahrer – Associate Director Compliance & Communications, Independent Benefit Services on “Health Care Reform: Fact or Fiction”

Clark Kendall, Vice-Chair of the Small Business Committee, welcomed MCCC members and introduced Co-Chair Neil Simons who introduced his colleague and guest speaker, Jay Fahrer.

October 14, 2014 Recap:

Guest Speakers: Casey Anderson, Chair, Montgomery County Planning Board                              

October 9, 2014 Recap:

Guest Speaker:  Ron Kaese, Director, Federal Programs, Maryland Technology Development Corporation

Wednesday, September 19, 2014 Recap

Guest Speaker: Senator Brian Feldman, Maryland General Assembly (D-15)

Tom McElroy, Vice-Chair of the Legislative Affairs Committee, welcomed members and introduced our guest speaker, Senator Brian Feldman (D-15), Maryland General Assembly. Feldman discussed priorities, opportunities and challenges in Maryland and Montgomery County.

September 11, 2014 Recap:

Guest Speaker:  Steve Silverman, Director, Montgomery County Department of Economic Development

The vice-chair of the Economic Development Committee, Leslie Ford Weber, welcomed MCCC members and introduced the guest speaker, Steve Silverman, Director, Montgomery County Department of Economic Development. Silverman discussed the White Oak Life Science Center and the impact it will have on businesses.

September 9, 2014 Recap:

Guest Speakers: Jerry Johnson, General Manager, WSSC; Chris Cullinan, Acting CFO, WSSC; Jim Neustadt, Director of Communications, WSSC                   

Wednesday, July 16, 2014 Recap

Guest Speaker: John Stierhoff, Partner, Venable LLP

Tom McElroy, Vice-Chair of the Legislative Affairs Committee, welcomed members and introduced our guest speaker, John Stierhoff, Partner, Venable LLP. He discussed the results of the primary elections, the impact at the state and local levels, and the shift of power moving forward.

May 8, 2014 Recap:

Guest Speakers:  Nancy Floreen, Montgomery County Council (At Large) and Holly Sullivan, President, Montgomery Business Development Corporation (MBDC)

June, 2014 Recap:

Guest Speaker: Diane Schwartz Jones, Director, Department of Permitting Services                     

Recap: May 29, 2014

Guest Speakers: Tabisa Kalisa, Program Manager, Office of Small Business Programs National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Min Kim, Co-Founder and President, Genex Systems

Topic: Effective Marketing to the Federal Government