Marylanders United Steering Committee

Marylanders United to Stop Slots is a broad-based coalition of community, business and labor leaders, clergy, Republicans, Democrats and citizens from across Maryland. The coalition is undertaking an ambitious grassroots campaign to stop a large-scale commercial gambling referendum in November that would amend Maryland’s Constitution, while doing nothing to cut taxes and ease the financial burden working families are experiencing. Marylanders United to Stop Slots is led by campaign Chairperson Chuck Graham, Business Manager for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Works, campaign treasurer Hilary Spence, former County Council Member, Talbot County, and more than 100 Steering Committee Members.

Steering Committee Members

Mr. Charles E. Graham, Chairperson, Business Manager, IBEW Local No. 26
Ms. Hilary B. Spence, Treasurer, Fmr. County Council Member, Talbot County, Maryland

Mr. Ronald D. Abramson, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC
Hon. Curt Anderson, State Delegate
Hon. Stewart Bainum, Jr., Fmr. State Senator, Chairman, Choice Hotels International
Hon. John Bambacus, Fmr. State Senator
Hon. G. James Benoit, Anne Arundel County, Council Member
Hon. Joanne Benson, State Delegate
Dr. Leonard P Berger, M.D., President and CEO, Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel
Mr. Paul J. Berman, Covington and Burling, LLC
Ms. Bonnie Bick, Community Activist
Mr. Lindberg Bing, L&E Associates, Inc
Hon. Elizabeth Bobo, State Delegate
Rev. Dr. Donald Booz, Church of the Brethren
Mr. Taylor Branch, Pulitzer Prize Award Winning Author
Hon. Aisha Braveboy, State Delegate
Hon. William Bronrott, State Delegate
Pastor Byron Brought, Senior Pastor, Calvary United Methodist
Mr. Joseph B. Browder, Dunlap and Browder, Inc
Ms. Theresa Brown, CEO, Encore Management Corporation
Hon. Beverly Byron, Fmr. United States Congresswoman
Ms. Kathleen Cahill, Prominent Towson Lawyer
Rev. William C. Calhoun, Sr., Inter-Denominational Ministerial Alliance
Ms. Marva Jo Camp, Community Activist
Hon. Will Campos, Prince George’s County Councilmember
Hon. Jill Carter, State Delegate
Mr. Marvin “Doc” Cheatham Sr., President, Baltimore NAACP
Pastor John Cherry, II, Pastor, From The Heart Church Ministries
Pastor John Cherry, Sr., Founder, From The Heart Church Ministries
Ms. Susan Cochran, President, Anne Arundel County League of Women Voters
Hon. Joshua Cohen, Anne Arundel County, Council Member
Hon. Jack Cole, President, Caroline County Commissioners
Mr. William B. Conway, Jr., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Mr. Sterling C. Crockett, Sterling Construction Services, Inc.
Ms. Harriett M. Crosby, Community Activist
Hon. Richard D’Amato, Former State Delegate
Mr. DaRayl D. Davis, CEO, Financial Assurance Corporation
Reverend Dr. John Deckenback, Conference Minister, United Church of Christ
Ms. June White Dillard, President, Prince George's County Maryland Branch of the NAACP
Mr. Guy Djoken, President, Frederick County Maryland Branch of the NAACP
Mr. Charles A. Dukes Jr., Chairman Scheer Partners, Inc.
Ms. Louise C. Dunlap, Dunlap and Browder, Inc
Dr. Lewis Eigen, PhD, Community Activist
Amb. Stuart E. Eizenstat, Covington and Burling, LLC
Hon. Effie Elzey, Dorchester County, Council Member
Ms. Sandy Ferguson, Director, Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church
Hon. Phil Foster, President, Talbot County Council
Mr. Bryant F. Foulger, Foulger Pratt Management
Hon. Peter Franchot, Maryland State Comptroller
Ms. Robin Gerber, Author
Hon. Wayne Gilchrest, United States Congressman, MD-1
Mrs. Doris Glover, No Casino MD - Anne Arundel County Chapter
Mr. Jere Glover, Attorney
Reverend Lari Grubbs, Regional Minister, Christian Church Disciples of Christ
Rev. Andrew Gunn, United Methodist Church
Hon. Ana Sol Gutierrez, State Delegate
Mr. Tim Hanavan, Central Maryland Ecumenical Council
Mr. Hale Harrison, Harrison Group Resort Properties
Mr. Doc Hayes, President, A Night Group LLC
Rev. Fentress Hickman, Pastor, Union Baptist Church
Hon. Susan Hoffman, Mayor, City of Rockville, Maryland
Hon. Marvin Holmes, State Delegate
Ms. Nina Rodale Houghton, Philanthropist
Hon. Nancy Howard, Ocean City Councilwoman
Hon. James Hubbard, State Delegate
Hon. Tom Hucker, State Delegate
Ms. Lesley Israel, Community Activist
Hon. Glenn Ivey, State's Attorney, Prince George's County
Hon. Jolene Ivey, State Delegate
Ms. Joan Jacobson, Author
Hon. Rosalind A. Johnson, Board Member, Prince George's County Board of Education
Rev. Dr. Lawrence D. Jameson, Olivet United Methodist Church
Pastor John K. Jenkins, Sr., Pastor, First Baptist Church of Glenarden
Ms. Kathy Jones, Community Activist
Mr. Paul Jones, Eastern Shore Attorney
Ms. Barbara Anne Knickelbein, President, NO Casino Maryland
Bishop H. Gerard Knoche, Bishop, Del-MD Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church
Mr. Nathan Landow, Landow & Co.
Mr. Frank Lancaster, Community Activist
Mr. Edward Lee President, Worcester County NAACP
Hon. Mark Leiner, President, Ocean City Chamber of Commerce & Owner of Bonfire Restaurant
Hon. George Leventhal, Montgomery County Councilmember
Hon. Gerron Levi, State Delegate
Mr. Andrew D. Levy, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
Mr. John Lewin, Jr., Prominent Baltimore Attorney
Hon. Anthony McConkey, State Delegate
Rev. Kevin G. Mcghee, President, Laurel Clergy Association
Rev. Tom McKelvey, Community Church of Ocean Pines
Mr. J Kent McNew, Chairman, Eastern Petroleum Corporation
Mr. Aaron W. Meisner, Chair, Stop Slots Maryland
Bishop Douglas Miles, Pastor, Koinonia Baptist Church
Hon. Karen Montgomery, State Delegate
Rev. Dr. Ruby Reese Moone, President, Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Ms. Nhora Murphy, President, The Media Network, Inc.
Hon. Anthony Muse, State Senator
Hon. Doyle Niemann, State Delegate
Reverend Dr. Peter Nord, Presbytery of Baltimore
Hon. Eric Olson, Prince George's County Councilman
Pastor Chris Owens, Pastor, First United Methodist Church
Hon. Joseline Pena-Melnyk, State Delegate
Rev. Gregory Perkins, St. Paul Community Baptist Church
Rev. Sylvester Peterka , Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance
Hon. Douglas J.J. Peters, State Senator
Ms. Lu Pierson, League of Women Voters of Maryland
Hon. Paul Pinsky, State Senator
Mr. Peter Plamondon, Sr., Roy Rogers Restaurants
Hon. Roland E. Powell, Fmr. Mayor, Ocean City, Maryland
Mr. James E. Proctor, III, Community Activist
Mr. Tim Quinn, Local Restaurant Owner
Hon. J. Frank Raley, Fmr. State Senator
Hon. Victor Ramirez, State Delegate
Mr. Tim Reyburn, President, Russett Community Association
Ms. Terry Meyerhoff Rubenstein, Executive Director, Meyerhoff Foundation
Mr. Dan Rupli, Western Maryland Attorney
Mr. Stanley J. Salett, Community Activist
Rabbi Amy Scheinerman, Rabbi, Beth Shalom Congregation of Carroll County
Bishop John R. Schol, Bishop, The Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church
Hon. Luiz R.S. Simmons, State Delegate
Rev. Robert Simpson, Associate Executive Director, Baptist Convention of Maryland and Delaware
Mr. Kun K. Sin, President, Korean American Association of Maryland
Rev. Perry A. Smith, III, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church of North Brentwood
Hon. Ryan Spiegel, Gaithersburg City Councilmember
Hon. Terry Stackpole, Chair, Talbot Association of Clergy and Laity
Mr. Gerald Stansbury, President, NAACP Maryland State Conference
Mrs. Donna Stevenson, CEO, Early Morning Software, Inc.
Mr. Doug Stiegler, Association of Maryland Families
Mr. Shale D. Stiller, President, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc.
Hon. Herman Taylor, State Delegate
Mr. Michael R. Taylor, Community Activist
Mr. Edward Terry, Community Activist
Hon. Michael L. Vaughn, State Delegate
Ms. Rebecca R. Wagner, Montgomery County Interfaith Works
Mr. Otis Warren, II, CEO, Otis Warren Companies
Rev. Jonathan Weaver, Greater Mount Nebo African Methodist Episcopal
Hon. Bruce Williams, Mayor, City of Takoma Park
Hon. John Willis, Fmr. Secretary of State
Hon. Ronald Wylie, Executive Director, Adventist Community Services of Greater Washington