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President/CEO
Calvert Group

The Calvert Women’s Principles, a concrete way to track progress on women’s rights and gender equity, reflects Barbara’s positive impact on women. Serving on the Women’s Advisory Board of National Capital Area Girl Scouts, she actively participates in Camp CEO, a week of networking between successful women and Senior Girl Scouts — another way Barbara impacts the “Past, Present, and Future,” the theme of the 2005 Women Business Owners (Maryland) Celebrate Business Gala.

Chief, Development Review Division
Montgomery County Department of Parks and Planning

Rose Krasnow, past Rockville Mayor, is seeing one of her mayoral dreams come true with the ground-breaking of a new Rockville library, the cornerstone of the renovated downtown Rockville.  She motivates all of us by her example, especially her ability to uphold her personal integrity, no matter the situation.

President
Radio One

As a single mother of a teenager, Cathy Hughes, the first black woman to lead a publicly traded company, was turned down by 32 banks before securing a loan to buy her first radio station in 1980. In 2004, her company launched a new cable channel, TV One, aimed at African Americans.

President
Animal Exchange

The Animal Exchange is a national resource for pet owners and an outlet for local bird breeders. Ruth emphasizes the benefits of the correct choice of a pet. She is concerned with the human-”companion animal” bond. The problems created by housing covenants restricting pets, particularly for seniors and the disabled, are of special interest to her.

Director
Strategic Information Technology Consulting, Computer Science Corporation

As a computer engineer, Ana won acclaim in a man’s world both as an entrepreneur running her own business and as a team player in a major corporation. She broke ground when elected as the first Hispanic President of the Montgomery County School Board before becoming the first Latina legislator in the Maryland House of Delegates.