Influential Marylanders was created in 2006 to honor people who have made significant impacts in their field and continue to be leaders in Maryland.

These individuals are selected by The Daily Record’s editors for their significant contributions to their respective fields and for their leadership in Maryland in the following areas: civic leadership, communications, education, finance, freestyle, general business, health care, law, philanthropy, real estate and technology.

For the sixth year in a row, Crosby Marketing Communications has been named a “Top Workplace” by The Washington Post. The award recognizes Crosby as one of the best places to work in the region and is based on high levels of employee satisfaction.

“Winning the Top Workplace award for the sixth straight year is a tremendous honor,” said President and CEO Raymond Crosby. “Despite two tough years of working through Covid, we remain focused on our employees’ well-being and success, and they continue to drive us toward amazing growth. We’re proud so many great people choose to work for Crosby.

BGE awarded $2,000,000 to 100 small businesses located in central Maryland during the fourth round of BGE’s Energizing Small Business Grants program. This program is part of BGE’s $15 million pledge to assist small businesses with COVID-19 relief and recovery and is a multi-year commitment expected to run through at least 2023.

“Small businesses are the backbone of Maryland’s economy, and their success is our collective success. Unfortunately, the region and country still feel residual impacts of COVID-19 and are now also facing difficult economic headwinds. The Energizing Small Business Grants program aims to help strengthen these businesses so they can continue serving the community,” said Carim Khouzami, BGE president and CEO. “We’re proud to support small businesses of all types so that they can recover and ultimately thrive.”

Forbes Magazine has released its list of America’s Best-in-State Credit Unions for 2022, honoring the best credit unions nationwide. 

For the second year in a row, Tower Federal Credit Union received top honors and ranked number one on the Forbes list of Best-in-State Credit Unions for the state of Maryland. Only 3.4% of the nation’s 5,400 credit unions made the cut for this year’s list. This marks the third consecutive year that Tower was recognized by Forbes as a Best-in-State Maryland credit union.

“We were excited to learn that Tower is once again ranked #1 on the Forbes Best-in-State list,” said Richard Stafford, Tower’s President and CEO. Stafford says he credits Tower’s employees who provide exceptional member service on a daily basis, going above and beyond to meet the credit union’s over 200,000 members’ financial needs. 

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