10-13-2024 W2W - Flipbook - Page 18
The Right Rev. Carrie Schofield-Broadbent
49, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Maryland
It has been a whirlwind 18 months for the Right Rev. Carrie
Schofield-Broadbent. The former longtime Episcopal priest from
Upstate New York was elected to become the 15th — and first
female — bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, assisted
and learned from her predecessor, enjoyed consecration to her
historic office, and infused the first months of her tenure with
what constituents have acclaimed as an empathically visionary
leadership style.
“This year we’re talking about our mission being a community
of love,” said Schofield-Broadbent, whose resume includes experience in conflict resolution and congregation building. “‘What
assumptions do we hold? What behaviors do we use to support
that? How do we operationalize being a community of love?’
We’re working on equipping our parishes to be places of healthy
dialogue and good, solid relationships as we look toward [the
presidential election in] November and things get more tense.”
The new bishop, who took office April 27, says she’ll continue
building on the legacy the diocese’s outgoing leader, the Rt. Rev.
Eugene Taylor Sutton, forged in addressing racial disparities
inside and outside the church – and though it’s not her nature
to politicize her status as the first female head, she understands
its power.
“As a woman leader, I am embodying some avenues that are
open now that weren’t open before,” she says.
— Jonathan M. Pitts
PHOTO BY BARBARA HADDOCK TAYLOR
HyeSook Chung
54, President, Baltimore Civic Fund
Behind the scenes, HyeSook Chung is the woman at the center
of the fight against some of Baltimore’s biggest challenges. At
the helm of the Baltimore Civic Fund — the city’s nonprofit arm
— Chung has led fundraising efforts to combat the coronavirus
pandemic and uplift victims’ families and port workers in the
wake of the Key Bridge collapse.
Since she got the call from Mayor Catherine Pugh some five
years ago, Chung has grown the nonprofit’s staff and its impact,
working with several mayors to supplement city projects with
donor dollars. The list of projects includes workforce readiness
programs for young adults, the city’s African American festival
AFRAM, and those large blue recycling carts distributed to residents citywide.
One of the highlights of her job? Brainstorming creative solutions to fund deserving city projects that might otherwise fall by
the wayside.
“I never say no. I want to figure it out, and in government, often,
it’s a ‘no.’ And I don’t want government to be that way,” she said.
But her work happens decidedly in the background. As she puts
it, “I’m the little secret that no one’s supposed to know about.”
— Christine Condon
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PHOTO BY AMY DAVIS
