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Board Member Biographies

George S. Wills, President
George joined the Board in 1997. He is the founder, Chairman and CEO of Wills & Associates, Inc.H He has more than 30 years experience in the public affairs, corporate communications, government relations, and managment counseling fields. George is the current Senior Warden at the Church of the Redeemer.

Holly Spiller, Vice President
Holly joined the Board in 2007. Holly is a freelance researcher and writer for Center of Talented Youth at John's Hopkins Univeristy. She is a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Ruxton.

Cathy Lears Bennett, Secretary
Benny joined the Board in 2008. He currently works with the Comptroller’s Office in Baltimore City as an accountant analyst. He was the former Chief Financial Officer of the Legal Aid Bureau, Inc. At the present time, he serves on the finance committee of St. James Episcopal Church, of which he has been a part since 1963.

Matthew Roughton, Treasurer
Matthew Roughton is a Senior Vice President in the Commercial Banking group of SunTrust Bank. He has worked for SunTrust for 12 years and has served in various commercial banking and risk management roles. Currently, he manages a diverse portfolio of commercial client relationships within the Maryland market. Roughton received his bachelor’s degree from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida and his MBA from the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland in College Park. In his spare time he enjoys reading, playing guitar, and self defense training. He lives in Towson, Maryland with his wife and three sons.

The Rev. Hal Hayek
Bio Coming Soon!.

Carol "Toni" Griswold
Toni joined the Board in 2000 after serving as a volunteer at Jericho. She is a decorative painter and is active in many community non-profit organizations as well as St. John’s Episcopal Church, Glyndon, where she serves on the Altar Guild.

Paul Hazlehurst
Paul D. Hazlehurst was elected to the board of ECSM in 2010.  Mr. Hazlehurst is currently a principal of Hazlehurst Vitrano LLC in Hunt Valley, Maryland and has been practicing law for almost 20 years. Prior to beginning his own firm, Mr. Hazlehurst was an assistant public defender in the state courts from 1991 to 1994 and a federal public defender from 1994 to 2010. During 2009, he also served on temporary assignment as counsel to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary for Senator Edward M. Kennedy.  Mr. Hazlehurst previously was a member and vice president of the board for the Maryland SPCA.  He is a graduate of the Gilman School, the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, and the University Of Maryland School Of Law.  He resides with his wife, four children and many pets in northern Baltimore County.

Jennifer P. Lindyburg
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Terri Parker
Terri joined the Board in 2008. She is a CPA with Abrams, Foster, Nole & Williams, P.A, certified public accountants, where she is the Principal for Accounting and Consulting Services Division. She has also worked for the Associated Black Charities and has more than 20 years of diversified accounting experience. Terri is an active member at St. James' Episcopal Church, where she previously served as Finance Commissioner.

Joyce R. Struber
Joyce joined the Board in 2007. She is a parishoner at St. James, Monkton and is Chair to Volunteering at St. James Academy. Joyce is also an active board member for the Entertaining Angels and Social Ministry Communities at St. James. She currently works at Eli Lilly and Company as their Senior Sales Representative.

D. Danard Smith
Danard joined the Board in 2006 and chairs the ECSM Investment Committee.  Danard has over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry and 15 years with his current employer CitiSmith Barney. Danard also serves on the Bon Secours Hospital Board of Directors in Baltimore. He has served as a member of the Gala Committee for Associated Black Charities of Maryland, a member of the Board of Directors of Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Baltimore, Maryland and as the Chairman of the Endowment Committee of St. James Episcopal Church of Baltimore.

The Rev. Angela Shephard
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ADVISORS

Dale E. Balfour
Dale is a member of Memorial Episcopal Church in Bolton Hill. She is involved with various ecumenical activities including the Bishop's Committee of Christian-Jewish Relations and the Ecumenical Institute.

The Rev. Gerald S. Collins
Jay is a native of Baltimore, Maryland and currently serves as Rector of the Episcopal Church of St. Mary the Virgin. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Diocese of Maryland.

Vassar "Billie" Conkling
Billie is a former ECSM Board member. She is a member of Old St. Paul's Church in Baltimore where she has served as both Junior and Senior Warden. She owns a needlepoint shop in Ruxton where she designs and sells canvases to parishes across the East Coast.

Ella Durant, CD
Ella is the President of the Collington Square Community Association. Dr. Durant is a life-long resident of Collington Square and spearheads many community clean-up initiatives and outreach to local churches and city services.

Richard Frisch
Dick was the President of ECSM's Board of Directors from 2001 to 2003. His other board involvement includes past Chairmanship and current membership at Baltimore Chesapeake Outward Bound. He has also been an Executive Committee member of Outward Bound USA. He is a member of the Church of the Redeemer.

Robert S. Ginsburg
Bob Ginsburg manages The Brookes Group, a Baltimore-based consulting firm. He also serves on the board of the Baltimore ACCE Academy, a Baltimore City charter school.

George Kleb
George is the Executive Director of the Bon Secours of Maryland Foundation.  He has been recognized as one of the chief architects of Operation ReachOut Southwest, an award-winning neighborhood revitalization initiative in southwest Baltimore that has resulted in more than $38 million in capital improvements and $7 million in grant funded programs to the neighborhoods surrounding Bon Secours Hospital since 1994.

M. Lee Marston
Lee is a former Board member of ECSM. He is the Chairman Emeritus of J.J. Haines & Co. located in Severna Park, MD. Lee is a member of St. Martin's-in-the-Field and serves on the Diocesan Committee for Planned Giving. Lee is also a trustee of The Virginia Theological Seminary.

Lenel Srochi-Meyerhoff
Lenel is an active member of The Art Seminar Group and the Women's Giving Circle. Lenel has been actively involved with Maryland Art Place and Health Care for the Homeless Inc. She serves on numerous boards in Baltimore.

Sharon R. Rabb
Sharon is a fundraiser at Campaign Consultation, Inc. in Baltimore.  Much of her career has been in higher education institutions, religious and social service organizations. Sharon is married to The Right Rev. John Rabb, Bishop Suffragan of Maryland Episcopal Diocese.

Richard J. Roszel
Dick is an Associate Broker with Coldwell Banker Real Estate at Cross Keys. He currently serves on the Standing Committee and Appeals Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. Dick is a member of Old St. Paul's Church.

Sonya Subbayya Sutton
Sonya is the Director of Music at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church where she directs four choirs and plans the music for nearly 200 services a year.  She has her Bachelor's and Master's of Music degrees in Piano Performance, as well as a Master’s degree in Arts Administration from the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio. Sonya is married to the current Bishop of Maryland, The Right Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton.

INVESTMENT COMMITTEE

D. Danard Smith, Chair
Danard joined the Board in 2006 and chairs the ECSM Investment Committee.  Danard has over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry and 15 years with his current employer CitiSmith Barney. Danard also serves on the Bon Secours Hospital Board of Directors in Baltimore. He has served as a member of the Gala Committee for Associated Black Charities of Maryland, a member of the Board of Directors of Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Baltimore, Maryland and as the Chairman of the Endowment Committee of St. James Episcopal Church of Baltimore.

Benjamin L. King, Jr., Treasurer
Benny joined the Board in 2008. He currently works with the Comptroller’s Office in Baltimore City as an accountant analyst. He was the former Chief Financial Officer of the Legal Aid Bureau, Inc. At the present time, he serves on the finance committee of St. James Episcopal Church, of which he has been a part since 1963.

The Rev. Scott G. Slater
Reverend Scott Slater joined the ECSM Board in 2002. He has been Rector of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Towson, Maryland since 2001. Prior to coming to Baltimore, he has served churches in Florida, Louisiana, Alabama and Washington, DC.

EX-OFFICIO

The Rt. Reverend Eugene Taylor Sutton, Bishop Suffragan of Maryland
Bishop Sutton was elected the 14th Bishop of Maryland in March of 2008, at St. James' Episcopal Church, Baltimore. Prior to his election, Bishop Sutton was canon pastor of Washington National Cathedral, and director of the Center for Prayer and Pilgrimage. A frequent leader of retreats and conferences on prayer, preaching, spirituality and mission, he directed the cathedral’s national and local programs in building spiritual community through pilgrimages, gatherings and courses.

The Rt. Rev. John L. Rabb, Bishop Suffragan of Maryland
John is the bishop suffragan of Maryland. Bishop Rabb began his ordained ministry in 1976 as curate at the Church of the Ascension in Gaithersburg, Maryland. He was also assistant rector and priest-in-charge. In 1979 he became rector of the Church of the Holy Apostles, Arbutus, Maryland. In 1988 he was called as rector of St. Anne's Church, Atlanta, Georgia. Bishop Rabb was named bishop-in-charge upon the April 2007 retirement of Robert Ihloff. He resumed his duties as bishop suffragan June 2008 following the consecration of the 14th bishop of Maryland, the Rt. Rev. Eugene T. Sutton.

Jean Patterson Cushman, Executive Director
Jean has been the Executive Director of ECSM since 2004. She directs a staff of 23 people who serve in management, programming and administrative positions. She reports to the Board of Directors, and guides the Board in finance management, programs and provides day to day leadership over ECSM’s strategic direction. Ms. Cushman was instrumental in writing the first Department of Labor, Prisoner Reentry Initiative funding request. She is also involved with the program, its staff, and building the external relationships that provide the wrap-around services for our participants.  Ms. Cushman is a graduate of LEADERSHIP-Baltimore County, Class of 1991.  In December, 2007, she arranged for a visit of President Bush to Episcopal Community Services of Maryland’s Jericho program.  She has addressed the White House Fellows, class of 2008, and the annual Black Congressional Caucus conference in 2007.  In 1999-2000, she trained United Way of Central Maryland volunteer speakers who participated in annual campaigns.