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Board of Trustees Profile: Barb Rishel
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Board of Trustees Profile: Barb Rishel

Barbara Rishel was voted in as chair of the CFHoCo Board of Trustees in June of 2024. She is beginning a two-year term as board chair. Where did you grow up? Go to school? I grew up in Baltimore County and moved to Howard County in 1990. I have lived in either Baltimore County or…

Board of Trustees Profile: Steve Singh
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Board of Trustees Profile: Steve Singh

Where did you grow up? Go to school? I grew up in the New Jersey suburbs outside of New York City in a town called Aberdeen Township. I went to Penn State for college, earning a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. After Penn State I went to business school and earned an M.B.A. degree from Villanova.…

Board of Trustees Profile: Marcy Leonard
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Board of Trustees Profile: Marcy Leonard

Where did you grow up? Go to school? I am a Howard County kid who never left Columbia! I attended Stevens Forest and Jeffers Hill Elementary Schools, Owen Brown and Clarksville Middle Schools, and I am a proud Atholton High School graduate. My undergraduate degree is from Haverford College and master’s degree is from Wake…

Board of Trustees Profile: Steve Sass
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Board of Trustees Profile: Steve Sass

Where did you grow up? Go to school? I was raised on Long Island (N.Y.). My parents moved out there from the Bronx when I was six months old. My brothers and I attended public school in Valley Stream/Franklin Square in Nassau County. I first left Long Island for college, earning a B.S. degree in…

Board of Trustees Profile: Lisa Edwards
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Board of Trustees Profile: Lisa Edwards

Where did you grow up? Go to school? As a native Washingtonian who was born in the District of Columbia and raised in the nearby Maryland suburbs, I am a bit of a rarity. I simply adore having such deep roots in my community. Even after attending the University of Delaware (UD) to study Chemical…

Board of Trustees Profile: Sang Oh
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Board of Trustees Profile: Sang Oh

Where did you grow up? Go to school? I was born in Seoul, Korea and immigrated to the United States with my family when I was five years old. We came to Columbia where I learned to speak English, eat pizza at Barry’s in the Mall and graduated from Atholton HS. I received my undergraduate…