Arnold Williams
Chairman
Term expires July 1, 2029; resident of Baltimore County; Managing Director - Abrams Foster, Nole & Williams, P.A.; Immediate Past Chairman of the Board - Baltimore Development Corporation and Neighborhood Impact Investment Fund; Vice Chair - Baltimore City Board of Finance; Qlarant, Inc.; and The Greater Baltimore Committee; Member - Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; and National Association of Black Accountants; former Board Chairman - Bon Secours Health Systems, Inc. and Liberty Medical Center; former Member - Baltimore City Chamber of Commerce; Past Chair and former Member - Maryland State Board of Accountancy; and Emeritus Member - The Presidents’ Roundtable.
Dereck E. Davis
Ex Officio
Resident of Prince George’s County; Treasurer of the State of Maryland; Chair - Maryland Capital Debt Affordability Committee, Commission on State Debt, and Board of Trustees of the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System; Member - Board of Trustees of the Maryland Teachers and State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans; Maryland Environmental Service Board of Directors; and Board of Revenue Estimates.
Granville Templeton, III, Esq.
Vice Chairman
Term expires July 1, 2026; resident of Baltimore City; Managing Law Partner - Templeton Firm; Commissioner - Baltimore City Board of Liquor License Commissioners; Vice Chairman of the Board - Beloved Community Services Corporation; former Chairman of the Board - Boys and Girls Clubs Advisory Board of Directors - Baltimore Area Salvation Army; former Chairman of the Board-Project Pneuma Board of Directors; former Chairman of the Board- Monumental City Bar Association; former Member - Monumental City Bar Foundation; former Member - National Academy Foundation; former first Vice Chairman of the Board - Associated Black Charities; former Member - Business Law Section Council Member, Maryland State Bar Association; former Vice Chairman of the Board- International Law Committee, Maryland State Bar Association.
Bisma Beg, M.B.B.S, M.D., MPH, PMP
Member
Term expires July 1, 2028; resident of Howard County; M.D.; MPH - Bloomberg School of Public Health - The Johns Hopkins University; Member- Board of Health Howard County, Maryland; Associate Medical Director/Administrator - Surgery & Trauma Center; Program Lead (Curriculum & Program Developer & Implementor) Women's Health Education Program for Maryland Department of Public Safety & Corrections; Adjunct Faculty Professor Nursing and Applied Health - Baltimore City Community College, MD: Chair Membership Committee - APPNA Maryland - Association of Pakistan Physicians of North American Descent; former OB-GYN - IVF & ICSI; Chief Medical Officer - Tertiary Care Center and teaching hospital (Pakistan).
Cale L. Christensen
Member
Term expires July 1, 2030; resident of Baltimore County; Senior Vice President and Member of the Board of Directors - The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company; a trustee on The Consortium of Franciscan Centers for Special Education and YMCA Central Maryland Board Member (Spring 2026). He has previously served as Chair of the Board of Woodbourne Center; Chair of the Board of Trustees at St. Elizabeth School, a member on the Baltimore County Economic Development Advisory Board, a graduate of GBC Leadership Class of 2023 and a member of various subcommittees with local organizational committees.
James M. Dugan, CFA
Member
Term expires July 1, 2029; resident of Talbot County; Retired Partner and Portfolio Manager at Brown Advisory; Board and Finance Committee Member - Critchlow-Adkins Children's Center; Finance Committee - Carmelite Sisters of Baltimore; Member - CFA Society Baltimore and CFA Institute; Former Member - Investment Committee, Catholic Community Foundation, Archdiocese of Baltimore; Former Board Member - Sisters Academy of Baltimore; Mount Saint Agnes Theological Center for Women.
Frederick W. Meier, Jr.
Member
Term expires July 1, 2025*; resident of Baltimore County; former Advisor and President - Lord Baltimore Capital Partners; former Executive Vice President - First Maryland Bancorp; Director - Rodney Trust Company; Attransco; and AMA Capital Partners; Member - Board of Finance of the City of Baltimore; former Vice President and Trustee - The Baltimore Museum of Art; Honorary Trustee and former President of Board of Trustees - The Boys' Latin School of Maryland; former Director and Board Member - Provident Bankshares; former Member of Board of Governors - The Center Club; and former Director - Forestal San Jose (Chile); Jugos delSur (Argentina); Norden A/S (Denmark); and Empresas Navieras, S.A. (Chile).
Arthur S. Varnado
Member
Term expires July 1, 2028; resident of Howard County; former Vice President of T. Rowe Price Group; Board Member - Stanford University Athletics; National Multiple Sclerosis Society (DC/MD Chapter); Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation of Metropolitan Baltimore; former Board Member - St. Ignatius Loyola Academy; Notre Dame Preparatory High School; and Junior Achievement of Central Maryland; Student sponsor - St. Ignatius Loyola Academy and Sisters Academy of Baltimore; GBC Leadership Class of 2004.
Lyn M. White
Member
Term expires July 1, 2027; resident of Baltimore City; Vice President, Senior Credit Analyst - PNC Capital Advisors; Member - CFA Society Baltimore and CFA Institute; Former Partner - Brown Advisory; Former Senior Investment Analyst - Fidelity & Guaranty Life; Former Portfolio Manager - Standard Insurance; Former Assistant Vice President, Fixed Income Specialist - Christiana Bank & Trust Company; Former Board Member - Maryland Science Center.
*By the terms of the Authority’s enabling act, members continue to serve until their successors are appointed.