Council work

Committees

MRAC committees bring together council members and experts from universities, government, industry, and civil society to develop the Council's policy positions in each area.

01

Public Sector Applications and Government Services

  • Peter Viechnicki

    Co-chair

    Technology Resource Experts, LLC

  • Sherif Elsafty

    Co-chair

    VisionEighty Consulting LLC

  • Balaji Padmanabhan

    Member

    University of Maryland, College Park — Robert H. Smith School of Business

  • Darren Cambridge

    Member

    University of Maryland, College Park — TRAILS

  • Katie Shilton

    Member

    University of Maryland, College Park

  • Jie Chen

    Member

    University of Maryland, College Park — School of Public Health

  • Gregory Maly

    Member

    The Outlaw Ocean Project

  • Kofi Nyarko

    Council Chair (ex officio)

    Morgan State University — CEAMLS

02

Education & Workforce Development

  • Wayne L. Bethea

    Chair

    Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

  • Marilyn Fitzpatrick

    Member

    Prince George's County Public Schools

  • Quiana Bannerman

    Member

    Maryland State Department of Education

  • Kent Malwitz

    Member

    UMBC Training Centers

  • Valerie Riggs

    Member

    Morgan State University

  • Vahid Heydari

    Member

    Morgan State University

  • William Mapp

    Member

    Morgan State University

  • Kofi Nyarko

    Council Chair (ex officio)

    Morgan State University — CEAMLS

03

Business, Commerce, and Financial Services

  • Najam Hassan

    Co-chair

    University of Maryland Global Campus

  • Sherif Elsafty

    Member

    VisionEighty Consulting LLC

  • Matthew Kilbane

    Member

    Athena's Zephyr Consulting LLC; Tugend, LLC

  • Brett Smith

    Member

    U.S. Department of the Treasury

  • Jacqueline Cooper

    Member

    Maryland Blockchain Association; Blockchain Legal Institute

  • Kofi Nyarko

    Council Chair (ex officio)

    Morgan State University — CEAMLS

04

Law, Civil Rights, and Society

  • Sherif Elsafty

    Chair

    VisionEighty Consulting LLC

  • Betty Nyamekye-Odum

    Member

    Morgan State University

  • Virginia Byrne

    Member

    Morgan State University

  • Kofi Nyarko

    Council Chair (ex officio)

    Morgan State University — CEAMLS