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MDPPA Leadership
We welcome you to reach out to the Board of Directors and Committee Chairs at any time with your questions or comments
.  Our 2025 Board was elected by the Membership on November 13th, 2024. 

James Corbett 

President

National PPA Council Representative

Erica Beck

Vice President


2nd Vice President

Vacant


Treasurer 


Carrie Nelson 

Secretary


Chris Marcinek

Immediate Past President


Laura Ames

Member-at-Large



Lee Bostic

Member-at-Large






Phil Fabrizio

Member-at-Large 



Member-at-Large



Member-at-Large 


Past Organizational Leadership

2024 Board of Directors (January 31, 2024 to January 31, 2025)

Christina Marcinek, President

Danny Douglas, Vice President ( June 26, 2024 - January 31, 2025 )

Erica Beck, 2nd Vice President and Membership Chairman

James Corbett, Treasurer 

Carrie Nelson, Secretary ( September 18, 2024 - January 31, 2025)

Anne Looney, Chairman 

Laura Ames, Director-at-Large and Social Event Chairman

Hugh Moore, Director-at-Large and Communications Chairman

Ted Mueller, Director-at-Large and Ethics Chairman

Stephanie Sabourin, Director-at-Large and Sponsorship Chairman

Tommy Alexander, 1st Vice President *Resigned from Board March 2024

Amy Masi, Secretary *Resigned from Board August 2024

Carol Davis, Director-at-Large *Resigned from Board December 2023


From Left to Right (Front) Ted Mueller, Chris Marcinek, and James Corbett. (Back) Amy Masi, Carrie Nelson, Erica Beck, Laura Ames, and Hugh Moore.

2023 Board of Directors:

Christina Marcinek, President

Tommy Alexander, 1st Vice President and Convention Chairman

Marci Ryan, 2nd Vice President and Membership Chairman

James Corbett, Treasurer and Instagram Campaign Chairman

Amy Masi, Secretary

Anne Looney, Chairman and Election Chairman

Laura Ames, Director-at-Large and Social Event Chairman

Erica Beck Director-at-Large

Paul Biederman Director-at-Large

Stephanie Sabourin Director-at-Large

Carol Davis Director-at-Large *Retired from Board December 2023

2022 Board of Directors:

Bruce Press, President until December 31, 2022, and Chris Marcinek January 1-January 30 2023

Chris Marcinek, 1st Vice President and Convention Chairman

Marci Ryan, 2nd Vice President and Membership Chairman

James Corbett, Treasurer and Instagram Campaign Chairman

Anand Jayaraman (AJ), Secretary

Danny Douglas, Chairman

Tommy Alexander Director-at-Large

Jay Cathell Director-at-Large

Carol Davis Director-at-Large

Marci Ryan Director-at-Large

Stephanie Sabourin Director-at-Large


2021 Board of Directors:

Danny Douglas, President

Jim Remington, 1st Vice President and Convention Chairman

Bruce Press, 2nd Vice President and Membership Chairman

Chris Marcinek, Secretary, Hospitality Chairman

Steve Clark, Treasurer and Historian 

Anne Looney, Chairman

Tommy Alexander Director-at-Large

Jay Cathell, Director-at-Large and Print Committee Liaison to the Board

James Corbett, Director-at-Large and Instagram Committee Liaison to the Board

AJ Jayaraman, Director-at-Large and PPA CPP Liaison to the Board

Tammy Thompson, Director-at-Large and Social Event Chairman (retired from Board, July 2021)



2020 Board of Directors:

Danny Douglas, President

Jim Remington, 1st Vice President and Convention Chairman

Bruce Press, 2nd Vice President and Membership Chairman

Christina Marcinek, Secretary

Steve Clark, Treasurer and Historian

Anne Looney, Chairman

Tommy Alexander Director-at-Large

Tracy Dietrich Director-at-Large

Christina Martin Director-at-Large

Sean Simmons Director-at-Large

Tammy Thompson, Director-at-Large and Social Events Chairman



2019 Board of Directors:

Anne Looney, President

Danny Douglas, 1st Vice President and Convention Chairman

Bruce Press, 2nd Vice President and Membership Chairman

Jim Remington, Secretary and Communications Chairman

Steve Clark, Treasurer and Historian

Melanie Anderson, Chairman

Aaron Beale Director-at-Large

Carol Davis, Director-at-Large and Maryland Loan Collection Chairman

Christina Marcinek Director-at-Large

Christina Martin, Director-at-Large and Co-Print Chairman, Merits and Degrees Chairman

Tammy Thompson, Director-at-Large and Social Events Chairman



2018 Board of Directors:

Anne Looney, President

Danny Douglas, 1st Vice President/Convention Chairman

Bruce Press, 2nd Vice President/Membership Chairman

Chris Paulis, Secretary, PPA CPP Liaison

Steve Clark, Treasurer and Historian

Melanie Anderson, Chairman

Aaron Beale, Director-at-Large

Christina Martin, Director-at-Large and Co-Print Chairman, Merits and Degrees Chairman

Jim Remington, Director-at-Large and Communications Chairman

Tammy Thompson, Director-at-Large and Social Events Chairman


At our 2018 Annual Banquet, we pinned 7 of our Past Presidents who at the time were members of MDPPA!

From Left to Right: 

Lidia Miller, Jill Bochicchio, Bob McGee, George Singleton, Gary Lloyd, Mike Busada, Melanie Anderson

Past-President Members in 2018 not present: Ed Buxton, Joe Campanellie, and Les Henig  



2017 Board of Directors:

Melanie Anderson, President

Pam Long, 1st Vice President/Convention Chairman

Danny Douglas, 2nd Vice President/Membership Chairman

Chris Paulis, Secretary, PPA CPP Liaison

Anne Looney, Treasurer

Lidia Miller, Chairman

Julie Kim, Director-at-Large and Co-Print Chairman, Judge Procurer

Christina Martin, Director-at-Large and Co-Print Chairman, Merits and Degrees Chairman

Bruce Press, Director-at-Large and Communications Chair

Jamie Turner Director-at-Large

Jason Turner Director-at-Large


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