BALTIMORE ALLIANCE - Key Persons


Alanna Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Director of Grants, Monitoring & Evaluation

Brian Bailey

Job Titles:
  • Chief Talent Officer
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Vice Chair of the Executive Committee

Brian R. Lynch

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Human Resources / UM - Baltimore Washington Medical Center

Carla Beckford

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Assistant Director, Human Resources / Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

David J. Rodwin

Job Titles:
  • Attorney

Farhad Khan

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Jermaine Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Apprenticeship Program Manager

Karen Heyward-West

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
Karen is the recipient of the Baltimore City Chamber of Commerce's 2012 Women's History Month award for her work in the non-profit community and was one of The Daily Record's Top 100 Women in 2016 for her work with young people as a mentor in the community. Karen is a 2009 Associated Black Charities Board Pipeline graduate, 2008 Weinberg Fellow, and member of the 2007 Greater Baltimore Committee Leadership cohort. She is a national expert in the Host Home Model for homeless youth.

Kellie Edris

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Vice President of System Governance / University of Maryland

Linda Dworak

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Director of Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative

Magdalena Tagliaferro

Job Titles:
  • Director of Programs & Services

Matt Trojanowski

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Operations / MedStar Harbor Hospital

Michael C. Franklin

Job Titles:
  • Workforce Engagement Manager / University of Maryland

Olivia Farrow

Job Titles:
  • Director of Community Engagement & Advocacy / St Agnes Hospital

Shamonda F. Braithwaite

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Treasurer of the Executive Committee
  • Deputy Executive Director / Mid Atlantic Association of Community Health Center

Sharon Ward

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager

Stephanie Williams

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Susan Hussey

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Vice President Employer & Labor Relations / University of Maryland

Tammy Janus

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President of Human Resources / Mercy Medical Center

Wendi Massicot

Job Titles:
  • Workforce Development Specialist

Zachary Richards

Job Titles:
  • Division Director for Senior Healthcare