Recognition Societies
These distinguished individuals and organizations generously provide vital support to HCC students through leadership and commitment to the college's mission.
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Legacy Society
Recognizes those who have made legacy gifts, such as bequest, that invest in the future of students who will be tomorrow’s pillars of society.
- Anonymous
- Estate of Vivian “Millie” Bailey
- Brandon Bellamy
- Barbara J. Bice
- Nancy Caplan
- Christopher J. Cherry
- Michael J. Cherry
- Estate of Lillian Veronica Cunningham
- Dr. Mary Ellen Duncan*
- Estate of Renee Gier
- Lawrence and Barbara Greenfeld
- Estate of Edward and Marcia Harris
- Susan Hellenbrand
- Ann Kienlen
- Kenneth and Marie Kittelberger*
- Estate of John J. Langan, Jr.
- Benay Leff
- Patrick* and Jill McCuan
- Mildred Murray
- Ken and Dorothy Plantz
- Estate of Elsa Orley Ponce
- Mary C. Ratcliffe
- Alan and Judy Ratner
- Steven Sachs
- Estate of Margaret Schoenbrodt
- Zack Shariff
- Kenneth and Linda Solow
- Todd Thompson
- Estate of Thomas James Truby
- Barbara Van Winkle
- Stephen* and Brenda Walker
*Deceased
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President's Circle
Recognizes those who have partnered with the foundation in building relationships to promote the college and have a lifetime donation of more than $100,000 to support HCC students.
Anonymous
Apple Ford Lincoln
Bank of America
Baltimore Gas and Electric
Vivian C. Bailey*
Lillian Bauder
Cathy and Danny Bell
Boyer Gilbert Family Foundation
Yolanda and Francis Bruno
Cardoni Waddell, LLC
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Carney, Kelehan, Bresler, Bennett, and Scherr, LLP
Thomas P. Clement and Wonsook Kim
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
Columbia Film Society
Community Foundation of Howard County
Cosmopolitan Incorporated
Helen P. Denit Charitable Trust
Ellicott City-Columbia Lions Club
EMJAY Engineering and Construction Co., Inc.
Exelon Foundation
First National Bank
Fulton Bank
Galbraith-Winer Family Trust
The Paul and Ellen Gaske Foundation
Cheryl Griffin
Rand Griffin
Hamel Builders
Edward and Fern Hamel
Harkins
Robert and Mimie Helm
John and Kathleen Hetherington
Wilson and Anne Hoerichs*
The Horizon Foundation of Howard County, Inc.
PepsiCo Foundation
Peter* and Elizabeth Horowitz
Howard Bank
Howard County Arts Council and the Howard County Government
Howard County General Hospital, A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine
The Howard Hughes Corporation
David and Debra Huber/HRLD Foundation
The Jain Family Foundation
Janet Jew
Bob and Bach Jeffrey
JoshuaOneNine Foundation
The Kahlert Foundation
Kaiser Permanente
Se Ung and Hee Soon Kim
Kenneth and Marie Kittelberger*
LG-TEK
Elizabeth and Ken Lundeen
Lundy Family Foundation
M&T Bank
Mangione Family Foundation
Maryland State Arts Council
Patrick* and Jill McCuan
MedStar Health
Mercedes-Benz of Silver Spring
Merritt Properties
Rebecca Mihelcic-Chapman*
John G. Monteabaro Charitable Foundation
Charles and Mildred Murray
Networking Concepts
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Dona and Hank Oldfield
PepsiCo Foundation
PNC Bank
PRFB Charitable Foundation
Riparius Construction
The Jim and Patty Rouse Charitable Foundation
The Rouse Company Foundation
The Ryland Group
Sandy Spring Bank
Fred and Sandy Schoenbrodt
James and Barbara Schulte
SDC Properties
Richard B. Talkin Family
Thomas & Wonsook Foundation
Gail M. Thompson
Truist
Barb Van Winkle
Stephen* and Brenda Walker
Wells Fargo Bank
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
Women's Giving Circle of Howard County
Work Strategy/Brian McIntyre
W.R. Grace Foundation
Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation
*deceased
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1970 Society
($25,000 - $99,999) Recognizes annual leadership giving in 2026.
Bill and Deana Allen Apple Ford, Inc. Lillian Bauder BIC Educational Foundation Capital Bank Brian M Cutick Gregory Flowers The Howard Hughes Corporation Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center Foundation Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation -
Pathway Society
($10,000 - $24,999) Recognizes individuals, organizations and businesses that have annually contributed to funding student achievement in 2026.
Allons Voyage American Contracting & Environmental Services Anonymous L. Earl and Mary T. Armiger Doug and Kyle Brooks Christopher Cochran Sal Dunn Ellicott City-Columbia Lions Club George Ensenat Galbraith-Winer Family Trust Harkins Builders, Inc. Hobbs & Associates Al and Mary Ellen Hunt Insituform Technologies The Jain Family Foundation Janet Jew The Langford Fund Ken and Elizabeth Lundeen M&T Charitable Foundation Mark and Sharon Mayr MileOne Autogroup Networking Concepts, Inc. Pinnacle Financial Partners Cecilia D. Pitas Sandy Spring Bank Slingshot LP Kenneth and Linda Solow Courtney and Richard Watson The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company Paul W. Wojcik -
Scholars Society
($5,000 - $9,999) Recognizes individuals, organizations, and businesses that annually committed to helping students achieve their educational goals in 2026.
Academy Express, LLC AH Construction Company Amtek Anonymous APL Federal Credit Union Ann and Richard Bohnet Boyer Gilbert Family Foundation, Inc. BTS Software Solutions Buch Construction, Inc. Campus Works, Inc. Caplan Group, Inc. CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Patrick Cole The Columbia (MD) Chapter of the Links, Incorporated COPT Defense Properties Kaye A. Craft George W. Davis Educational Systems Federal Credit Union EMJAY Engineering and Construction Co., Inc. Fulton Bank, N. A. James and Laura Grant Gula Tech Adventures Bob and Sandy Hogue The Horizon Foundation of Howard County, Inc. The Kahlert Foundation Koffel Compliance, LLC Jeffrey Link M&T Bank Machado Construction Co., Inc. MedStar Health Mark Mihelcic Orchard Development Corporation Carl and Mamie Perkins PNC Bank PNC Charitable Foundation Richard and Diane Roca Jonathan Ruckdeschel and Jane O'Leary Security Development Corporation St John Baptist Church Tenable Thomasville Restoration Truist Washington Area New Automobile Dealers Association Women's Giving Circle -
Partners in Success
($2,500 - $4,999) Recognizes individuals and corporate donations that annually partner with Howard Community College to help students succeed in 2026.
AAUW of Howard County Alternative Capital Funding Ames & Gough Anderson Fire Protection, Inc. Anonymous Blend360 Blue Vista Real Estate, LLC Nancy A. Briguglio Business Women's Network The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics Cianbro Corporation Community Foundatin of Howard County Davis, Agnor, Rapaport, & Skalny, LLC Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Elite Income Advisors Ira Friedrich and Carol Bucher Nicholas Grosso Guy Knows F&B, LLC Hamel Builders, Inc. Bert and Joan Hash Andrew and Jennifer Hilger Howard County Tourism Council Chuck and Anne Johnson Greg and Roberta Kahlert Donna and Stephen Kaplan Kiwanis Club of Ellicott City Kramon & Graham, P.A. Sze-Ping Kuo Carol Ann Leal M Luis Construction Co., Inc. Merritt Properties, LLC Mid-Atlantic Electrical Contracting, Inc. Miles and Stockbridge Paul and Valerie Miller The Miller Family Foundation, Inc. NASA Federal Credit Union Newbridge Wireless The Noah Homayouni Lacrosse Foundation Orchard Wealth Management At Morgan Stanley Polaris Alpha, a Parsons Company Prostatis Financial Advisors Group Ronald and Gerry Roberson Rotary Club of Columbia-Patuxent, Inc. Rustiq Bakery and Cafe Donald and Bernadette Sandruck Soccer Association of Columbia/Howard County Southern Mechanical, Inc. Jamie Tanguay Tensley Consulting Trane Company, Inc. Univest Bank & Trust Co. Wellpoint - Elevance Health, Inc. Dr. Daria Willis Wingstop Hanover Minah C. Woo -
Circle of Friends
($1,000 - $2,499) Recognizes the many friends of Howard Community College that prioritize making an annual donation for HCC students in 2026.
Althea's Almost Famous, LLC Anonymous Arctic Wolf Arium AE Assurance Title, LLC Cheryl Anne Balchunas Hayward Bell Barbara J. Bice Alison Elizabeth Canning Jarrett L. Carter, Sr. Columbia Association Pascal Crosley Downtown Columbia Partnership Tee Dronenburg Dvorak, LLC Echo Marketing First Citizens Bank Lesley Flaim Franck La Scelta Clothing Marcellous Frye Cynthia Graham Lawrence and Barbara Greenfeld Edward and Fern Hamel Beth and John Hayden HCAR Cares Patrick Hennessy IdeaCrew, Inc. Incite Automation Inter-Lux Geetha Jayaram and Jayaram Kumar Kathleen M. Fowler Insurance Agency, Inc. Michael and Carolyn Kelemen Derrick Leak Jerry I. Levine Lewicky, O'Connor, Hunt & Meiser Masterpeace Solutions Ronald A. Mayer James G. McAllister Michael Graves Architecture and Design Kathleen Mikszan Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Nichols Contracting John and Margaret Oehrli Kevin Popielarczyk Eric G. Regelin Steve and Lee Sachs Chuck and Mary Ann Scully Sungmi E. Shin Silver Diner T&B Electric Teco Industries of MD, Inc. Thomas Commercial Services, LLC Barb Van Winkle and Joan Lovelace Robert L Veninga Jim Thomas Voltz David and Jane Wasser Whiteford, Taylor and Preston, LLP William J. and Dorothy K. O'Neill Foundation