Meet the Parks & People team

We’re dedicated to improving Baltimore through greenspace and education.

Get in touch with us
Phone: (410) 448-5663
Email: info@parksandpeople.org

Jenny Chelmow
Grants Manager
jenny.chelmow@parksandpeople.org

Jenny Hope (x124)
Director of Fundraising
jenny.hope@parksandpeople.org

Darius White (x118)
Director of Park Projects
darius.white@parksandpeople.org

Joann Ancheta (x103)
Director of Finance
joann.ancheta@parksandpeople.org

Gabriel Carter (x135)
Communications Manager
gabriel.carter@parksandpeople.org

Alicia Copeland (x116)
Director of Youth Programs
alicia.copeland@parksandpeople.org

Laura Connelly (x138)
Environmental Park Projects Manager
laura.connelly@parksandpeople.org

Robyn Trayham (x132)
Manager of Youth Programs Administration
robyn.trayham@parksandpeople.org

Zianab Sankoh (x113)
Volunteer & Community Engagement Manager
zianab.sankoh@parksandpeople.org

Carolina Agurcia (x134)
Donor Relations Manager
carolina.agurcia@parksandpeople.org

David Berman (x111)
Design and Construction Project Manager
david.berman@parksandpeople.org

Janae Edley
Design & Construction Project Coordinator
janae.edley@parksandpeople.org

Sophie Solomon
Environmental Education Manager
sophie.solomon@parksandpeople.org

Frank Lance
President & CEO

Wayne Lawson (x112)
Director of Administration

Anita Moyd (x109)
Assistant to the President & CEO
anita.moyd@parksandpeople.org

Join Our Team

Aaron Moore, Chair
Orange Element, Principal
Member Since 2012

Sheri Parks, Ph.D., Vice Chair and Secretary
Community and Organizational Strategist
Member Since 2020

Heather Plitt, Treasurer
Clifton Larson Allen, LLP
Technical Director, State and Local Government
Member Since 2017

Franklyn Baker
United Way of Central Maryland,
President & CEO
Member Since 2018

Ted Border
Whiting-Turner Contracting
Division Vice President
Member Since 2022

Christopher Fedak
Atlantic Union Bank,
VP Commercial Banking
Member Since 2017

Richard Gamper
Brown Advisory, Head of Messaging
Member Since 2016

Cara Garcia-Bou
T. Rowe Price Foundation
Learning & Communications Officer
Member Since 2021

Josepha Hendler
Meyerhoff Charitable Funds
Member Since 2022

Talib Horne
Annie E. Casey Foundation, Director,
Baltimore Civic Site
Member Since 2020

Tammira Lucas, D.B.A.

CEO, The Cube Cowork
Assistant Professor, Coppin State University
Member Since 2021

C. Daniel Mullins, PhD
University of Maryland
School of Pharmacy
Professor and Chair PHSR
Member Since 2020

Ryan Preston Palmer, Esq.
RPP LAW,
Principal Counsel
Member Since 2021

Tenyo Pearl, EdD
Coppin State University,
Director of Non-profit Leadership
Member Since 2021

David B. Robinson
Truist, Mortgage Senior VP,
Maryland Area Manager
Member Since 2020