About Us
We're a diverse group of cosmopolitans who seek to raise awareness of the Enoch Pratt Free Library as a vital part of Baltimore’s identity. Through bold, innovative programs and outreach efforts, the group provides a venue for emerging creative thinkers who want to establish a lifeline between their library, their city, and their communities. The Pratt Contemporaries programming also extends outside of the Library to offer members the experience of Baltimore’s cultural life in the community at large.
For more information about events and membership levels, contact Roswell Encina at (410) 545-3115 or email at rencina@prattlibrary.org.
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Pratt Contemporaries Board of Directors
- Kate Rawson Powell, Chair (Editor, Provision Policy, LLC)
- Jacob Hodes, Vice Chair (Brown Advisory)
- Elizabeth Aneckstein (Community Volunteer)
- Daman C. Blakeney (Brown Capital Management)
- Christopher D. Brandt (Founder and Managing Partner, Audacious Inquiry)
- Sarah Kotula Brandt (Attorney)
- Michael Carroll (Johns Hopkins University Press)
- Alexa Corcoran (Co-Owner, Let's Dish! and Founder, Archway Creative Marketing & Design)
- Rick Corcoran (Founder and Partner, Slate Capital Group)
- Ned Courtemanche (McDonogh School)
- Christine Espenshade (Jones, Lang, LaSalle)
- Lori Finkelstein (Maryland Zoo)
- Lionel Foster (Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth and Baltimore Sun Columnist)
- Jung Lieu (Community Volunteer)
- Karen Malinowski (Maryland Office of the Attorney General)
- Jennifer Miller (Vice President, PNC Bank Asset Management Group)
- Ramal Moreland (M&T Bank)
- Caitlin V. Nesseler (Ober|Kaler)
- Brendan O'Brien (Principal, Cobblestone Wealth Management, LLC)
- Beulah Sabundayo (Johns Hopkins University)
- Paul Sabundayo (Mercy Medical Center)
- Erica Reaves (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
- Corey Williams (National Education Association)
- Gina Adams Zentz (Venable LLC)
Staff Liaisons
- Roswell Encina, Director of Communications
- Shelly Terranova, Annual Fund Director
Honorary Members
- Cyrus Chestnut
- Ira Glass
- Laura Lippman
- Robert McClintock
- Awadagin Pratt
- Marc Steiner
- Manil Suri
- John Waters
- Tom Wolfe
