Directors and Officers
Mr. Irving J. Spitzberg, Jr.
President
ijs@aol.com
Irving, a resident of Hereford,
founded Advocates for the Rural Crescent, ARC, when he lived in Prince William
County, Virginia. He and his colleagues there successfully defended agricultural
zoning for 80,000 acres coveted by developers. He is the former President of
The Knowledge Company, was CEO of two national higher education associations,
and, from time to time, a professor. He is a sometime immigration lawyer and
currently a full-time civic activist. He moved to Hereford in 2002 and is an
officer of the Hunt Valley Rotary Club. B.A. Columbia, B.Phil. Oxon., J.D.
Yale.
Ms. Alice Chalmers
Vice President
chalmersalice@hotmail.com
Alice is a finance professional who has worked as a consultant for Price
Waterhouse and Andersen Consulting, among other positions. She has also been
Director of Finance at Tellit Assurances in France, Market Research and Decision
Support Manager, TEV, Paris, and Finance and HR Consultant for The Cedar Group
in Europe and the US. She is currently a Business Advisor at AP Stokes and
Associates. She is on the Entrepreneur Board of the Merrick School of Business
at the University of Baltimore and the Sparks PTA Executive Board. She lives in
Monkton. B.A. Columbia, M.B.A., Wharton School at the University of
Pennsylvania.
Ms. Wendy McIver
Secretary
mciverw@nationwide.com
Wendy is a long-time community activist in Monkton. She is one of the founders
of GSGCC and has been an active member ever since. She served on the committee
that drafted the Hereford Plan and was a delegate to the 2000 and 2010 Baltimore
County Master Plan Committees. She has been appointed to the Landmarks
Preservation Commission for the 3rd District. She is currently Recording
Secretary of GSGCC. Professionally, she is a former teacher and has worked in
the investment community for several years at AEGON and American Express
Financial Advisors. She currently works part time for Nationwide Insurance.
B.S. Bucknell University.
Ms. Carrie Gittings
Treasurer
carriegittings@comcast.net
Carrie lives on a farm in Hereford. She is active in the Hereford Community
Association and the Greater Sparks Glencoe Community Council. She volunteers to
maintain the trails in Gunpowder State Park. She was Campaign Director for the
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Maryland. Attended University of Maryland,
College Park.
Ms. Kirsten Burger
Newsletter Editor
kirstenabu@aol.com
Ms. Suzanne Amos
suzieamos@earthlink.net
Mr. Lee Bishop
bishopj@nationwide.com
Ms. Lawrie Deering
Iscrib@aol.com
Ms. Nedda Evans
NeddaEvans@aol.com
Ms. Lynne Jones
dryad101@hotmail.com
Ms. Ruth Mascari
rmascari@mema.state.md.us
Ms. Renae Olver
rolver1@hotmail.com
Mr. Greg Pierce
greg.pierce@sparks-fly.com
Dr. Jennifer Tanio
jtanio@jhmi.edu
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