Released October 23, 2009

(Columbia, MD) -- Howard Community College Educational Foundation, Inc. (HCCEF) Executive Director Missy Mattey announces the addition of Kenneth Kolb to the HCCEF board of directors.

Kolb, a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University, is vice president of Hunt Valley-based Riparius Construction, Inc.  Ken has a diverse background with commercial projects, high and low-rise structures, renovations, non-profit organizations, projects, student housing and design-build projects.  As a father of three, he has been active in the Hereford Recreation League, coaching soccer and baseball for the past ten years.  Ken has also been an active leader and role model for the Boy Scouts of America for the past eight years.

Ken was a participant of Howard Community College’s (HCC) third commission on the future.  He participates in activities for professional organizations including National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), Chesapeake Area Society of Health Care Engineering (CASHE), Urban Land Institute (UCI) and The American Institute of Architects (AIA).  Ken is a LEED accredited professional of the U.S. Green Building Council.

Returning HCCEF board members are:

·  P. Michael Nagle, Nagle & Zaller, PC (Chairperson)

·  Alexander Ruygrok, Cross Country Settlements (1st Vice Chair)

·  Kathleen Hetherington, HCC (Secretary)

·  Edward L. Waddell, Cardoni Waddell, LLC (Treasurer)

·  Robert I. Jeffrey, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Inc. (Assistant Treasurer)

·  Roberta Dillow (Trustee Liaison)

·  Timothy Brown, GE Commercial Finance

·  Michael W. Davis, Davis, Agnor, Rapaport & Skalny, LLC

·  Chip Doetsch, Apple Ford

·  Michael Drummond, Harkins Builders

·  Abigail Glassberg, CB Richard Ellis

·  Peter Horowitz

·  Padraic Kennedy

·  Kenneth Kolb, Riparius Construction

·  C. Alan Jefferson, Wachovia Bank

·  Miji Kim, Cosmopolitan, Inc.

·  Christopher Marasco, Howard Bank

·  Steven Margolis, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

·  Sang W. Oh, Talkin and Oh, LLP

·  Rhonda O’Quinn, Creig Northrop and The Northrop Team, Long and Foster Real Estate

·  Darryl Stokes, BGE

·  Todd Thompson, Lockheed Martin Corporation

·  Patricia Turner, HCC, Faculty Representative

Barbara Van Winkle, Nancy Adams Personnel

About HCC
Howard Community College (HCC) is a publicly funded two-year community college serving the educational needs of the citizens and employers in Howard County, Maryland since 1970. With its slogan, “You Can Get There from Here,” the college has forged a variety of partnerships to offer career and transfer programs to over 28,000 students annually at its main campus in Columbia, the Ecker Business Training Center, Laurel College Center, and the historic Belmont Conference Center. Located midway between two major metropolitan areas, Washington DC and Baltimore, MD, Howard Community College is an affordable, community-based institution that has long been recognized for its ability to inspire learning, and the lifelong pursuit of personal and professional goals. Among its many awards is the prestigious U.S. Senate Productivity Award for organizational performance excellence.