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SHARON R. PINDER
Sharon R. Pinder, Special Secretary of Minority Affairs, January 2003. Photo by Richard Lippenholz.
Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2003-. Executive Director, Governor's Commission on Minority Business Reform, 2003. Chair, Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2003-. Member, Task Force to Study Efficiency in Procurement, 2003. Chair, Governor's Task Force on Centralized Bidder Registration for Minority Business Procurement, 2004-05. Chair, Governor's Council for Historically Underutilized Businesses, 2004-; Procurement Advisory Council, 2005-.
Board of Directors, Mayor's Technology Advisory Committee, Baltimore City, 2002. Board of Visitors, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, 2002-.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland. University of Maryland University College, M.S. (technology management), 2001. Assistant Vice-President, Baltimore Federal Financial, 1987-88. Manager, Development Center, Travelers Insurance, 1988-91. Manager, 1991-94, and Internet Development Manager, 1994-96, General Electric Information Systems. Vice-President, MYCOM Group, Inc., 1996-97. Senior Vice-President, MYCOM Mid-Atlantic, 1997-2000. President, Early Morning Software, Inc., 2001-02. Director, Baltimore Marketing Association, 1994-96. Member, Maryland/District of Columbia Minority Supplier Development Council, 1997-2000. Board of Directors, Woodholme Foundation, Inc., 1997-. Member, Technology Committee, Maryland Roundtable for Education, 1998-2000; Technology Council of Maryland, 1998-2002; Executive Committee, High Tech Council of Maryland, Inc., Howard County, 1998-2002. Board of Directors, Maryland Committee for Children, Inc., 1998-; Associated Black Charities, Inc., 1998-; Leadership Maryland, Inc., 1999-. Board of Directors, Humanim, Inc., 2004-. Minority Supplier of the Year, Maryland/District of Columbia Minority Supplier Development Council, 1998. Outstanding Leader of the Year, Leadership Maryland, Inc., 2002. Techno Raising Star, Department of Business and Economic Development, 2002. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2002, 2005. Award of Excellence, Maryland Women for Responsive Government, 2003. Distinguished Service Award, Black Professional Women, 2004. Business Women of Color Award of the Year, Maryland/District of Columbia Minority Supplier Development Council, 2004. Distinguished Alumnae of the Year, University of Maryland, University College, 2004.
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