The Baltimore Banner's iMPACT MARYLAND

Building upon last year’s incredible success of its inaugural iMPACT Maryland, The Baltimore Banner is honored to present iMPACT Maryland 2024 on October 1, 2024.

The immersive, one-day event will once again bring together our region’s visionary leaders to interact and present in meaningful ways with the most engaged thinkers in the community to foster innovative ideas and creative solutions to the most pressing issues facing our region. 

Through inspirational keynotes, interactive panel discussions, Q&A sessions, and purposeful networking, iMPACT Maryland fosters the sharing of ideas and different perspectives to inspire a powerful vision of new opportunities moving forward. Transformative ideas are borne, discussed, nurtured and blossomed into future actions that promise to drive meaningful change for our communities. 

We hope you will step away from your daily routines to come together in one place, for one day to be inspired, to challenge your thinking and participate in what promises to be the most impactful thought leadership event in the region.

As The Baltimore Banner continues to inform, strengthen, and inspire its local communities, iMPACT Maryland 2024 serves as its signature event giving rise to bold new ideas and solutions to help us all move Maryland forward together.

VIP Pass + VIP Networking tickets include:

• Preferred Seating
• VIP lounge with coffee, water, bites, and productivity stations available throughout the day 
• VIP drink reception with complimentary cocktails (to happen after the conference, VIP reception will conclude at 7:30pm) and hors d'oeuvres provided by The Capital Grille 
• 6-month subscription to The Baltimore Banner *for new subscribers only  
• Welcome continental breakfast 
• Access to sessions from inspirational thought leaders
• Each ticket includes lunch, provided by Food Trucks during the lunch break onsite at the BSO 

iMPACT Pass:

• Welcome continental breakfast
• Access to sessions from inspirational thought leaders
• Access to water, coffee, and limited snacks throughout the day 
• Each ticket includes lunch, provided by Food Trucks during the lunch break onsite at the BSO

Visit iMPACTMaryland.com for all details of the event.

The Baltimore Banner’s iMPACT MARYLAND in partnership with Defender One presented by Whiting-Turner.

Pioneer Sponsors: CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, CFG Bank, Coppin State University, Howard Hughes, Hygea Healthcare, JPMorganChase, Johns Hopkins University & Medicine, Kaiser Permanente, LifeBridge Health, Maryland Department of Transportation, Robert H. Smith School of Business at University of Maryland, Sheppard Pratt, T.Rowe Price, The Capital Grille, University of Maryland Medical System. 

Strategic Sponsors: Archdiocese of Baltimore, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, BGE, CSX, Towson University, United Therapeutics, United Way of Central Maryland and University of Baltimore College of Public Affairs.

2024 Speakers:

Count Executive Angela Alsobrooks 

Dean Baquet, Executive Editor, Local Investigations Fellowship, The New York Times 

Tim Berry, Global Head of Corporate Responsibility and Chairman of the Mid-Atlantic Region, JPMorgan Chase

Donna Bruce CPRS-F,RPS, RCPF, Chief Executive Officer, DBU INC

Therese Canares, MD, MBA, Chief Executive Officer and Founder Curie Dx; Adjunct Faculty, Johns Hopkins University

HyeSook Chung, President, Baltimore Civic Fund

Barb Clapp, Chief Executive Officer, Dwyer Workforce Development

Meghan Conklin, Chief Sustainability Officer, Executive Office of Governor Wes Moore

Ronald J. Daniels, JD, LLM, President, Johns Hopkins University

Kondwani Fidel, Artist 

MacKenzie Garvin, Director, Baltimore Mayor’s Office of Employment Development

Mark R. Ginsberg, Ph.D., President, Towson University

Julian Goresko, Director of Sustainability, Johns Hopkins University

Brian Hammock, Resident Vice President, CSX

Shaina A. Hernandez, Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Governor Wes Moore

Anthony L. Jenkins, Ph.D., President, Coppin State University  

Joseph T. Jones, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for Urban Families

Carim V. Khouzami, President and Chief Executive Officer, BGE

Richard W. Kincaid, Senior Executive Director, Office of College and Career Pathways, Maryland State Department of Education

Jared Krieger, Director of Operations and Training, Defender One

Brooke E. Lierman, Comptroller of Maryland

Dawn Moore, First Lady of the State of Maryland

Governor Wes Moore, 63rd Governor of the State of Maryland

Dr. Balaji Padmanabhan, Director of the Center for AI in Business, Dean’s Professor of Decision, Operations and Information Technology, University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business

Brian D. Pieninck, President and Chief Executive Officer, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

Colonel Estee S. Pinchasin, Former Commander and Baltimore District Engineer (July 2021-July 2024), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Ava Richardson, Sustainability Director, Baltimore Office of Sustainability

Israel Rocha, Regional President, Mid-Atlantic States, Kaiser Permanente

David M. Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, The Carlyle Group, and Chief Executive Officer, Baltimore Orioles

Robby Stempler, Chief Executive Officer, HYGEA Healthcare / Pretaa

Mary Strain, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, US EDU, Amazon Web Services 

Dr. Mohan Suntha, President and Chief Executive Officer, University of Maryland Medical System and Chair, Greater Baltimore Committee

Sarah L. Szanton, Dean, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and Endowed Professor, Patricia M. Davidson Health Equity and Social Justice, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

Dr. Iro Tasitsiomi, Principal Data Scientist and Head of AI Labs, T. Rowe Price

Nick Thieme, Data Journalist, The Baltimore Banner

Dr. Harsh K. Trivedi, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sheppard Pratt 

Lisa Whaley, Chief Human Resources Officer and Senior Vice President, LifeBridge Health

Paul J. Wiedefeld, Secretary of Transportation, Maryland Department of Transportation 

Alissa Zhu, Reporter, The Baltimore Banner

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