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The 3-minute interview
The 3-minute interview: Ron Sarasin
- Ron Sarasin has served as president and chief executive officer of the United States Capitol Historical Society since 2000. The society has produced books, calendars and videos documenting the history of the Capitol building and the legacy of the nation.
The 3-minute interview: Kim Kennedy
- Kim Kennedy, president of Baltimore shipping container company K&K International Inc., was appointed this week by Gov. Martin O’Malley to serve on an expanded Maryland Drug and Alcohol Council.
The 3-minute interview: Bob Beaulieu
- For 32 years, owner Bob Beaulieu has presided over the dark wood, dim light, heavy drinks and purple haze at the Post Pub in downtown D.C., one of the last respectable newsies’ joints on the Eastern Seaboard.
The 3-minute interview: Ann Kenworthy
- Ann Kenworthy was appointed interim executive director of the Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations last week.
The 3-minute interview: Karen Peak
- Karen Peak founded the Safe Kids/Safe Dogs project in 2002 to educate the public about how to interact with dogs and reduce dog-related accidents. She offers free talks and public lectures in Prince William County, where the project
The 3-minute interview: Kristy Streett
- Kristy Streett runs the Urban Education Program at the Irvine Nature Center in Owings Mills. Each year, the Summer Fellowship Program employs 10 Baltimore City high school students for six weeks to teach elementary school students about nature and ecology at the center and off-site. She spoke with The Examiner about what the students get out of the experience.
The 3-minute interview: Jean Janssen
- Jean Janssen just founded a group of farmers markets serving Northern Virginia. Smart Markets Inc. — in Fairfax City, Oakton and Reston — use produce from local farmers only.
The 3-minute interview: Peter Morici - UMCP Economics and auto expert on GM cuts
- Peter Morici is a professor of economics and auto expert at the University of Maryland College Park. This week, GM announced a series of deep cuts that would slash thousands of jobs, cut health benefits for retirees, and steer production away from trucks and SUVs. GM Chief Executive Officer Rick Wagoner called the new strategy “not a plan to survive — it is a plan to win.”
The 3-minute interview: Leann Trowbridge
- Leann Trowbridge is co-owner of Meeps, a small, popular Adams Morgan vintage clothing store that is stuffed full of funky men’s and women’s clothes and accessories. Meeps opened in 1992, but Trowbridge and Danni Shirkey took it over in 2001.
The 3-minute interview: Gerald Gordon
- Gerald Gordon is president and chief executive officer of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority. He is finishing up a visit to Scotland with the Fulbright program to consult on a plan for a region that will see the closing of a nuclear power plant that employs the bulk of the area’s knowledge base.
The 3-minute interview: Aaron Ryder
- L.A. Producer Aaron Ryder brought Renee Zellweger and the“My One and Only” crew to shoot the comedy in Baltimore thanks to our city’s diverse, chameleon looks and the 25 percent rebate the state offers productions. To sweeten the deal, film productions do not have to pay the 6 percent state sales tax. While some of us welcome seeing our city on the silver screen and delight in celebrity sightings, others don’t see the financial gain for the state.
The 3-minute interview: Dr. Clive Callender
- Dr. Clive Callender is founder and director of Howard University Hospital’s transplant center and former chairman of the facility’s Department of Surgery.
The 3-minute interview: Eileen King
- Eileen King has spent more than a decade advocating for abused children who slip through the cracks of the legal system. She is the regional director for Houston-based Justice for Children, a wide-reaching role that has her organizing volunteers, watching local court cases, speaking at conferences and recruiting pro bono attorneys to work on the behalf of children.