LEONARDTOWN, Md. (June 3, 2015)—The Leadership Southern Maryland (LSM) Board of Directors announced Tuesday it elected four new members to the board:
-- Barry Friedman (LSM '09) is a market manager with Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc.;
-- Patrick Murphy (Leadership Maryland '06) is an attorney with Robert Half | Protiviti | Protiviti Government Services;
-- Karen O'Connor (LSM '10) is a senior business developer with College of Southern Maryland; and
-- Sharmella Riggs (LSM '15) is a P-8A acquisition manager with Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division.
The Board of Directors also elected the following members to its executive committee for a one-year term:
-- Lee Capristo, president (LSM '11), is a director of publications at St. Mary's College of Maryland;
-- John Felicitas, vice president (LSM '13), is a retired K-12 educator and diversity consultant;
-- Hartmuth Csanadi-Schwartz, treasurer (LSM '14), is a chief business officer with ARC of Southern Maryland;
-- Sharon Bouchard, secretary (LSM '12), is a CH-53K requirements manager with Naval Air Systems Command; and
-- Mark De Luca, immediate past president (LSM '10), is a systems engineer with Holmes-Tucker Int'l, Inc.
Leadership Southern Maryland, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization based in Leonardtown. According to its mission statement, the organization is "dedicated to building a cadre of informed leaders from Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's counties who are prepared to address common issues and collaborate for the long-term benefit of the Southern Maryland region."
For application information, contact Helen Wernecke, executive director, 240-725-5469, via email helen@leadershipsomd.org, or visit www.lsmlead.org.