STAFF
Laurie Schwartz | President
Laurie has dedicated her career to helping make Baltimore an even better place to live and work. In the early 1980s, Laurie helped the city and area businesses start Downtown Partnership. She then served as its first President for over fifteen years. Following a stint at City Hall with Mayor O’Malley, Laurie worked as an independent consultant for nine years. During this time, she helped Waterfront property owners, Waterfront area attractions, and the City of Baltimore start Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore, Inc. In 2010, Laurie agreed to join the organization full-time as its Executive Director. In her spare time, Laurie paints and shows her artwork. She is also an avid swimmer, and is training for her first harbor swim from Fells Point to Tidepoint.
Contact: 443.743.3307 | Laurie@WaterfrontPartnership.org
Adam Lindquist |Vice President, Programs and Environmental Initiatives
Adam is a passionate advocate for the creation and activation of parks and other public spaces for environmental, educational, and recreational use. He received his Master of Community Planning from the University of Maryland in 2010 and joined Waterfront Partnership shortly thereafter. Adam leads the Healthy Harbor Initiative as well as events and programs for the organization. In addition to creating Baltimore’s iconic Mr. Trash Wheel, he leads the Great Baltimore Oyster Partnership in raising over a million oysters in the Baltimore Harbor, launched the Harbor Scholars program to help improve environmental education in City Schools, and is spearheading the Baltimore Blueway, a water trail planning effort for Baltimore waterways.
Contact: 443.743.3309 | Adam@WaterfrontPartnership.org
Amber Chavis | Senior Accountant
Amber has a dynamic past experience in accounting, with nearly ten years in the field. Before joining the Waterfront Partnership, she held accounting positions at RailAmerica, Inc. and Medical Staffing Network, Inc. Most recently, she worked at Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, first as an accounting tech and then advancing to the assistant finance director. As assistant finance director, she was responsible for managing six finance staff members, preparing monthly financial reports for leadership, and coordinating the annual budget for high-totaling grants, along with many other duties. Amber holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Finance degree from East Carolina University.
Contact: 443.743.3310 | Amber@WaterfrontPartnership.org
Leanna Wetmore | Director of Events and Programs
Leanna moved to Baltimore from upstate New York for her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She started her career as a community organizer in 2008 and joined Waterfront Partnership as the manager of Neighborhood Programs for the Healthy Harbor Initiative in 2014. She has facilitated dozens of community murals and hundreds of greening and restoration projects. Now, as director of events and programs, Leanna is excited to build on her relationships with communities and engage new stakeholders at the waterfront. Leanna creates fun and engaging social and environmental programs and events that engender a feeling of pride and appreciation for our gorgeous harbor. From teaching kayak lessons to being a Maryland Master Gardener, Leanna enjoys all things water, plants, and people! When she isn’t at the waterfront, you can find her experimenting in her own garden, making art, and working on house projects with her husband and son, Max. She dreams of the day they can paddle to the harbor on an SUP, splash around, and catch a concert from the water!
Contact: 410.561.7308 | Leanna@WaterfrontPartnership.org
Micah Miles, Ph.D. | Staff Scientist, Healthy Harbor Program Manager
Micah joined the Waterfront Partnership in 2021 after completing her doctoral degree at the University of Georgia in Integrative Conservation. Micah is an urban wildlife ecologist with experience studying urban reptiles and amphibians and the communities that seek to conserve these taxa. She is a certified Associate Ecologist and Associate Wildlife Biologist with a passion for inspiring others to experience the natural world around them, from wherever they are, exactly as they are. Micah is responsible for coordinating water conservation initiatives in the inner harbor, such as water quality sampling, habitat restoration projects, and environmental education and outreach.
Contact: Micah@waterfrontpartnership.org
Chelsea Anspach | Communications Manager, Healthy Harbor Initiative
Chelsea joined Waterfront Partnership in July 2020. She grew up in southern Maryland right between the Chesapeake Bay and the Patuxent River. She graduated from Gettysburg College with a major in Studio Art. She has worked at various cultural institutions over the last seven years including the Annmarie Sculpture Garden, ArtJamz, and the Baltimore Museum of Industry. Her experiences at each institution were all about public engagement through events and social media. She has taught children about compost and worms and put-on large-scale painting events in the center of Washington, DC. A consummate artist, her illustrations have been published in a variety of magazines. Chelsea is responsible for running all social media platforms for the Waterfront Partnership including Mr. and Prof. Trash Wheel. She loves using creative storytelling to engage and create connections within a community.
Contact: 443.743.3308 x3312 | Chelsea@WaterfrontPartnership.org
Lorenzo Mack-Johnson | Chesapeake Conservation corp Intern
Lorenzo joined the Waterfront Partnership team through the Chesapeake Conservation Corp. He is attending the University of Baltimore to obtain a B.A. in Environmental Sustainability. Lorenzo obtained his Maryland Master Naturalist certification in July 2021 and plans to use his knowledge to explore the world around him.
Contact: Lorenzo@waterfrontpartnership.org
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Michael Beatty
Beatty Development Group
James Bond
Living Classrooms Foundation
Matthew Garbark
Department of Public Works
Michael Cunningham
Constellation Energy
Brian Dean
T. Rowe Price
Terry Donahue
Waterfront Marriott Hotel
Rachel Duncan
Federal Hill Resident
Donald C. Fry
Greater Baltimore Committee
Marco Greenberg
Consultant
Michael Hankin
Brown Advisory
Sarah Harrison
Morgan Stanley
Frank Lance
Parks and People Foundation
Mark Conway
Councilman District 4
Tim O’Donald, Board Chair
Harbor East Management
Mark Pollak
Ballard Spahr LLP
Mark Potter
Maryland Science Center
John Quinn
BGE
Dale Schmidt
National Aquarium
Steve Sharkey
Department of Transportation
Zed Smith
Cordish Company
Traceé Strum-Gilliam
PRR, Inc.
Dan Taylor
Baltimore Development Corporation
Carmera Thomas-Wilhite
The Conservation Fund
Ira Weinstein, Treasurer
Cohn Reznick LLP
Eric Costello
Councilman District 11
WATERFRONT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Michael Beatty
Beatty Development
James Bond
Living Classrooms Foundation
David Bookhout
Avalon Bay
Terry Donahue
Waterfront Marriott Hotel
Susan Flanigan
Resident
Gail Furman
Max’s on Broadway
Tim O’Donald, Board Chair
Harbor East Management Group
Mark Potter
Maryland Science Center
Julian Demiri
Rusty Scupper
Dale Schmidt
National Aquarium
Doug Schmidt
Workshop Development
Zed Smith
Cordish Company
Gerben Van Dorpe
Harbor East Management Group
Eric Costello
Councilman District 11