Board of Directors
The Leadership’s Board of Directors has a vested interest in the organization’s success and believes in its boundless potential. Board members have knowledge and experience that represent over 20 years of The Leadership’s history. The Board leads with integrity, balancing a recognition of past accomplishments, with a dynamic focus on current and future impact in the Greater Baltimore region.

Laura A. Boydston
Chair
Legg Mason
Managing Director
Class of 2013

John Frisch
Vice-Chair
Shawan Leadership
Principal
Class of 1997

F.T. Burden
Treasurer
Family and Children’s Services
CEO
Class of 2008

Anne Lin
Secretary
Notre Dame of Maryland University
Dean & Professor
Class of 2014

Jeff Sube
Immediate Past Chair
Ciena Corporation
Director, Organizational Change Management and Employee Sentiment
Class of 1999

Niles Ford
Baltimore City Fire Department
Chief
Class of 2017

Don Fry
GBC Representative
Greater Baltimore Committee
President & CEO

Smitha Gopal
CEO
Class of 2017

Jeannie L. Howe
Alumni Council Chair
The Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance
Executive Director
Class of 2016

Robert Matthews
Exelon Utilities
VP, Workforce Development & Exelon Utilities Chief of Staff
Class of 2019

Arun Subhas
Ernst & Young LLP
Partner
Class of 2013

Stacie Tobin
Venable, LLP
Partner-in-Charge, Baltimore Office
Class of 2016