Community Media of Baltimore City (CMBC) Board of Directors

Next CMBC Board of Directors Meeting:

Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 6 p.m.
CMBC office
326 St. Paul Place, Suite 400B
Baltimore, MD 21202

Previous CMBC Board of Directors Meeting:


Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 6 p.m.
CMBC office
326 St. Paul Place, Suite 400B
Baltimore, MD 21202

On Dec. 14, 2006 the Board of Incorporators met for the last time and finalized their selection of the initial 13-member Board of Directors of CMBC. The first meeting of the Board of Directors was Feb. 1, 2007 at Sojourner-Douglass College. Meetings are usually the first Thursday of the month, usually at the Mayor's Office of Cable and communications at 8 Market Place in the second floor conference room. At their Dec. 6, 2007 meeting the board voted to expand to 15 members. The Board of Directors members are:

CMBC board members:
(1) Sandra Long (President) - CEO, American Business Radio
(2) Paul E. Taylor** (Vice President and Site Committee Chair) - Executive Director, Baltimore City Small Business Resource Center (SBRC)
(3) V. Lee Brady (Producer Ombudsman and Branding Committee Chair, fmr. Vice President) - Art Director, Abercrombie & Simms
(4) LaNette Davis (Finance Committee Chair) - Vice President, SunTrust Bank
(5) Jayfus T. Doswell, Ph.D (Strategic Planning Committee Chair) - President & CEO, Juxtopia, LLC
(6) Denise M. Lowery (Community Ombudsman, fmr. Nominating Committee Chair) - community activist
(7) Joi Drake** (Secretary)
(8) Paulo Harris**
(9) Jason Miles, Esq.** (Personnel Committee Chair)
(10) Juan Munoz**
(11) Scott Perryman**

Former CMBC board members:
(1) Alyson A. McFarland - Federal government analyst
(2) Melissa Baal - Associate General Counsel, CitiFinancial
(3) Crissa Holder Smith* (fmr. Assistant Secretary) - Electronic Publishing Specialist, JHU Press and adjunct professor, MICA and College of Notre Dame
(4) Edgardo O. Nieves, Jr. (fmr. Nominating Committee Chair) - The Insurance Center of Baltimore
(5) Michael A. Gray (fmr. Nominating Committee Chair)
(6) Maresa L. Gold (fmr. Treasurer) - Property Manager, Housing Management Resources, Inc.
(7) David L. Johnston, Sr.** - brick mason and investigative reporter with Controversial Writers' Association
(8) Bonnie Raindrop (fmr. Secretary) - Communications Director, Software Consortium
(9) Helen Holton* - was member of the Baltimore City Council from the 8th District
(10) Denis Hauenstein ** (fmr. Personnel Committee Chair)
(11) Troy Johnson** (fmr. Ombudsman) - radio show host on WHFS 105.7 FM of "The Backroom" 10pm-1am M-F (left CMBC board 3/5/09 to become Interim Executive Director)

*former member of the public access Board of Incorporators
**new board member

The CMBC Board is seeking to fill vacancies. If you are interested, a board nominating form is available at the CMBC website.

CMBC Board Meeting Minutes:
August 2, 2007 (PDF format, ~24 KB)
September 6, 2007 (PDF format, ~24 KB)
October 18, 2007 (PDF format, ~41 KB)
November 1, 2007 (PDF format, ~22 KB)
December 6, 2007 (PDF format, ~27 KB)
January 3, 2008 (PDF format, ~43 KB)
February 7, 2008 (PDF format, ~10 KB)
April 3, 2008 (PDF format, ~23 KB)
May 1, 2008 (PDF format, ~18 KB)

Board meeting minutes are also available at the CMBC website.