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The Baltimore Sun | Sunday, June 22, 2025
BALTIMORE SCENE BY SLOANE SPONSORED BY
ASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES 2025 GALA
LaTina Greene, Maryland District Court
Judge, left, and Talib Horne, Annie E. Casey
Foundation Baltimore Civic Site director.
Diane Bell-McKoy, event honoree/
Opportunity Connection president, left, and
Danise Jones-Dorsey, retired executive.
Joel Menendez, Universal Weather and
Aviation mission advisor, left, and Jeremiah
Ayo-Vaughan, system engineer.
Nesikah Wragg, Detailed Diva special event
planner, left, and Barrett Wragg, T. Rowe Price
head of ETF sales.
As guests assembled in the Hall, they were welcomed by saxophonist Ashley Keiko at the 2025
BSO Gala. SLOANE BROWN PHOTOS
LuAnn Leighton, Chesapeake Developmental Support Services (CDSS) CEO, from left, JeanClaude Fresnel, board member/Lenserf & Co. CEO, and Melanie Butler, CDSS president/
executive director.
Guests congregated in several areas around the Maryland Live! Hall for the cocktail hour.
SCENE AHEAD
Thursday,June 26. Sondheim 2025 Art
Prize Award Ceremony & Reception.
Hosted by Walters Art Museum, 600 N.
Charles St. 6-7:30 p.m. Free admission.
thewalters.org/event/sondheim2025ceremony
Thursday,June 26. “Love In Every
Shade”Gallery Reception. Hosted
by Chesapeake Arts Center, 194
Hammonds Lane, Brooklyn Park. 6-8
p.m. Free admission. chesapeakearts.
org/eventscalendar/gallery-receptionfor-love-in-every-shade-pride-monthexhibition
Rhonda McCray, retired Johns Hopkins Carey
Business School executive assistant, left,
and J.T. McCray, retired Breakthru Beverage
manager of sales and marketing.
Saturday,June 28. Play(ful) Ball!
Benefits American Visionary Art
Museum, 800 Key Highway. 5:30 p.m.–
midnight. Tickets $50, $500, $750.
avam.org/gala
Michael Brown, Wilde Lake High School principal, from left, Danielle Brown, board member/
McCormick sales executive, Chrissy Thornton, Associated Black Charities president/CEO, and
Jermaine Dixon, housing inspector.
BGE colleagues; Ammanuel Moore, director of large
customers, from left, Danielle Gooden, senior manager of
external affairs, and Marcus Walker, director of customer
operations.
Chris Riley, international arborist, from left, Raymone Jackson, T. Rowe Price Foundation
president, Kalisa Hines, T. Rowe Price HR business partner, and Martin Hines, Maryland
Department of Health IT specialist.
Greater Baltimore Committee colleagues; Kelly Tarver, marketing director, from left, Tara Harris,
office manager, Timothy Evans, vice president of partnerships & development, and Lisa Byrd,
director of events & business development.
Denise DeLeaver, consultant, from left, Patricia Roberts,
retired MECU senior vice president, and Kathy Jackson, retired
Baltimore City Public Schools purchasing specialist.
Sarah Mogol, Inform Strategies principal, from left, Adrian
Harpool, marketing executive, and Paris Brown, The Baltimore
Times publisher.
