2021 Award Winners

BUSINESS ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR

Kelly Groff
President & CEO
Visit Montgomery
Co-Presented By: 
​Federal Realty Investment Trust ​and Lee Development Group

PUBLIC SECTOR PARTNER OF THE YEAR 

Ash Shetty
Director
Office of Procurement
Presented By: Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation

LEGISLATOR OF THE YEAR

The Honorable Andrew Friedson
District 1
Montgomery County Council
Presented By: The Universities at Shady Grove

CHAIR'S AWARD

MCCC's Legislative Committee Chairs
Leslie Ford Weber
Director Campus, Government & Community Affairs
​Montgomery County
Johns Hopkins
Bruce Lee
President & CEO
Lee Development Group, Inc.
Presented By: M&T Bank

VISIONARY OF THE YEAR

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Chief Information Officer

Accepted by Perryn B. Ashmore, Chief Information Officer
Presented By: Contemporaries, Inc.

Award Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS

GOLD SPONSORS

Accountable Health Solutions Inc.
Adventist HealthCare
A. Prentice Ray & Associates, LLC (APRA)
BDO
BOLAND
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Clark Construction Group, LLC
CohnReznick LLP
CONTEMPORARIES, Inc.
Cooper Building Services, LLC
Cresa
DELTA Engineers, Architects, and Land Surveyors
EagleBank
Federal Realty Investment Trust
Gilbane Building Company
Holy Cross Health
HUGHES, An EchoStar Company
Information Systems Solutions, Inc.
James G. Davis Construction Corporation
Lee Development Group (LDG, Inc.)
Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd.
Lockheed Martin Corporation
​Madison Services Group, Inc.
MedStar Montgomery Medical Center
Montgomery College
​Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC)
​​Penn Parking, Inc.
Pepco, an Exelon Company
PilieroMazza PLLC
PNC Bank
Precise Software Solutions
Red Coats, Inc./Admiral Security/Datawatch Systems
Sandy Spring Bank
Shapiro & Duncan, Inc.
Sodexo, Inc.
SunTrust Bank
Sworkit
T and T Consulting Services
TD Bank
The Universities at Shady Grove
​Trinity Technology Partners, Inc.
Truist
United Solutions, LLC
Washington Adventist University
Washington Gas a WGL Company
Westat
White Oak Business Capital, Inc.
​WSSC Water

SILVER SPONSORS

​Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.

2020 Annual Awards Selection Committee

COMMITTEE CHAIR:
Tony Franco, Managing Partner, PilieroMazza PLLC

Small Business Committee Chair
Contemporaries, Inc.
Erin Allen
President
Small Business Committee Co-Chair
​CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Kal Attia 
Account Executive, Large Group
Infrastructure & Land Use Committee Chair
​Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.
Gus B. Bauman, Esq.
Counsel
Board Co-Treasurer
​EagleBank
Andrew S. Bridge
Senior Vice-President, C&I Relationship Manager
Second Vice-Chair
​Cooper Building Services, LLC
Chris Carpenito
CEO
PNC Bank
​Andre Jaundoo
​Vice President
​White Oak Business Capital, Inc.
Kysha Pierre-Louis
Chief Operating & Credit Officer
Immediate Past Chair of the Board
​Legislative Affairs Committee Chair
Johns Hopkins
Leslie Ford Weber * 
Director, Government & Community Affairs, Montgomery County, and Federal Strategy
Chair of the Board
​M&T Bank
​Lowell Yoder
Group Vice President, Greater Washington Middle Market