In the February 10, 2026 Annual Membership Meeting of Baltimore Sister Cities, Inc. (BSC), the following items (A, B, C) will be submitted for approval by the BSC membership. The meeting will be held online via Zoom at 6:00pm – 7:00pm ET. The information has been posted on this webpage so that members have a chance to review it before the meeting.
Who can vote in the BSC Annual Membership Meeting:
- Members of BSC’s constituent sister city committees who have paid their 2026 membership dues — both Regular and Associate level members. (Honorary and Corporate members cannot vote, unless they are also a Regular or Associate member.)
- Members of BSC that are “Unaffiliated” membership type (they do not belong to a sister city committee) and have paid their 2026 membership dues.
On this page below:
- A. 2025 Accomplishments Report
- B. 2026 Plan
- C. Baltimore Sister City Board Elections
- D. Sister City Committee Chairs
A. 2025 Accomplishments Report
(for BSC-level activities and activities for the constituent sister city committees)
View proposed 2025 Accomplishments Report (PDF, 4.3mb)
PDF was initially posted on: 2026-01-28 at 3:50pm ET
PDF was updated 2026-02-09 at 2:15pm ET:
• A note (red text) was added to p6, to indicate the 2025 financial numbers will be voted on in the Feb 24, 2026 board meeting instead of the Feb 10 Annual meeting.
• Total funds raised: Updated the numbers on the BRSCC and BXSCC pages.
PDF was updated 2026-02-24 at 11:12am ET:
• Financial numbers were updated to match BSC’s latest financial records. This impacts BRSCC’s row on p6 and the total funds raised on the BCSCC, BLASCC, BOSCC, and BRSCC pages.
After the 2026-02-24 Board meeting, the final PDF was posted here.
B. 2026 Plan
(for BSC-level activities and activities for the constituent sister city committees)
View proposed 2026 Plan (PDF, 1.8mb)
PDF posted on: 2026-01-28 at 3:50pm ET
After the 2026-02-24 Board meeting, the final PDF was posted here.
C. Baltimore Sister Cities Board Elections
Board of Directors
Below is the list of Baltimore Sister Cities board directors that represent sister city committees and other organizations on our board, as defined in our bylaws.
Persons indicated with an asterisk (*) and green highlight are nominees, up for election at this year’s Annual Membership Meeting on February 10, 2026. These nominations were made by the sister city committees and other organizations represented on the BSC, Inc. Board. Opposing nominations, if desired, can be made at the Annual Membership Meeting on February 10, 2026.
Persons WITHOUT an asterisk are in the middle of their board term and therefore NOT up for reelection on February 10, 2026.
| Organization | Representative | Term (2 years) |
|---|---|---|
| BSC: | Changwon (BCSCC) Representative: Christian Oh * | 2026 & 2027 |
| | Gbarnga (BGSCC) Representative: Luana Kiandoli * | 2026 & 2027 |
| | Kawasaki (BKSCC) Representative: Tiffany Thompson * | 2026 & 2027 |
| Luxor-Alexandria (BLASCC) Representative: Jon Davol | 2025 & 2026 | |
| | Odesa (BOSCC) Representative: Karina Mandell * | 2026 & 2027 |
| | Rotterdam (BRSCC) Representative: Gary Davison * | 2026 & 2027 |
| | Xiamen (BXSCC) Representative: Hosea Chew | 2025 & 2026 |
| Mayor’s Office: | Baltimore Mayor’s Office Representative: Nina Themelis * (Director, Mayor’s Office of Government Relations) | 2026 & 2027 |
| MIMA: | Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs Representative: Masuma Islam Lonczak | 2025 & 2026 |
| BDC: | Baltimore Development Corporation: [Position vacant until BDC finishes reorganization] | N/A |
| Create Baltimore: | Create Baltimore (formerly BOPA): [Position vacant until BSC receives direction from the City] | N/A |
Notes:
- The positions of the non-voting (a.k.a. co-opted) observers on the board are not approved at the Annual Membership Meeting — they are approved at Board Meetings (per BSC Bylaws Article 4.3). Currently there are no non-voting members of the board.
- If a constituency anticipates that its Director may not be able to attend all scheduled Board meetings during their tenure, it can request Board approval for an Alternate Board Director to attend, with full voting rights, any future meetings that its Director is unable to attend. Alternate Board Directors are not approved at the Annual Membership Meeting — they are approved at Board Meetings (per BSC Bylaws Article 4.4).
Officers of the Board
The following list is informational only. Officers of the Board are elected at the 1st Board Meeting of the year following the Annual Membership Meeting. This year, the 1st Board Meeting is on February 24, 2026. The ballot topics for the Board Meeting will be distributed separately. The officers are not elected in the BSC Annual Membership Meeting, however they are all by definition voting Board Directors of BSC (per BSC bylaws Article 4.3).
| Officer Position | Person | Current Term |
|---|---|---|
| BSC Inc. President | John Facelo | 2024 & 2025 (Ends at 1st board meeting of 2026) |
| BSC Inc. Vice President | Nancy Taylor | 2025 & 2026 (Ends at 1st board meeting of 2027) |
| BSC Inc. Treasurer | Jay Gordon | 2025 (Ends at 1st board meeting of 2026) |
| BSC Inc. Secretary | Toni Latimore | 2025 & 2026 Term (Ends at 1st board meeting of 2027) |
D. Sister City Committee Chairs
The following list is informational only. The chairs are elected by their committee members. The chairs are not elected in the BSC Annual Membership Meeting.
| Committee | Chair | Term (2 years) |
|---|---|---|
| Changwon (BCSCC) | Christian Oh | 2026 & 2027 |
| Gbarnga (BGSCC) | Luana Kiandoli | 2025 & 2026 |
| Kawasaki (BKSCC) | [Position vacant] | |
| Luxor-Alexandria (BLASCC) | Jon Davol | 2026 & 2027 |
| Odesa (BOSCC) | Karina Mandell | 2026 & 2027 |
| Rotterdam (BRSCC) | Rachel Sengers (Acting Chair) | 2026 & 2027 |
| Xiamen (BXSCC) | Chelsea Nakabayashi | 2026 & 2027 |
