In the February 25, 2025 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 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 2025 membership dues — both Regular and Associate level members. (Honorary and Corporate members cannot vote.)
- Members of BSC that are “Unaffiliated” membership type (they do not belong to a sister city committee) and have paid their 2025 membership dues.
On this page below:
A. 2024 Accomplishments Report
(for BSC-level activities and activities for the constituent sister city committees)
View proposed 2024 Accomplishments Report (PDF, 2.2mb)
Proposed PDF posted 2025-02-11 8:30pm ET
PDF was updated 2025-02-18 at 8:55pm ET (Total Assets and Deposits were updated on p3)
Final PDF posted on: 2025-02-25 9:20pm ET
B. 2025 Plan
(for BSC-level activities and activities for the constituent sister city committees)
View proposed 2025 Plan (PDF, 1.8mb)
Proposed PDF posted 2025-02-14 9:30pm ET
Final PDF posted on: 2025-02-25 9:20pm ET
C. Board Elections
Below is the list of 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 this year. These nominations were made by the sister city committees and other organizations represented on our BSC, Inc. board. Opposing nominations, if desired, can be made at the February 25, 2025 Annual Membership Meeting.
Persons WITHOUT an asterisk are in the middle of their board term and therefore NOT up for reelection on February 25, 2025.
| Organization | Representative | Term (2 years) |
|---|---|---|
| BSC: | Changwon (BCSCC) Representative: Michelle Lee * | 2025 only |
| | Gbarnga (BGSCC) Representative: Luana Kiandoli | 2024 & 2025 |
| | Kawasaki (BKSCC) Representative: Victoria Minka * | 2025 & 2026 |
| Luxor-Alexandria (BLASCC) Representative: Jon Davol | 2024 & 2025 | |
| | Odesa (BOSCC) Representative: Karina Mandell | 2024 & 2025 |
| | Rotterdam (BRSCC) Representative: Gary Davison | 2024 & 2025 |
| | Xiamen (BXSCC) Representative: Hosea Chew * | 2025 only |
| Mayor’s Office: | Baltimore Mayor’s Office Representative: Nina Themelis (Director, Mayor’s Office of Government Relations) | 2024 & 2025 |
| MIMA: | Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs Representative: Masuma Islam Lonczak * | 2025 & 2026 |
| BDC: | Baltimore Development Corporation Representative: William Cawthern (Director of Baltimore Foreign Trade Zone #74) | 2024 & 2025 |
Note: The positions of the non-voting (a.k.a. co-opted) observers on the board are not approved at the Annual Membership Meeting but at Board Meetings. Currently there are no non-voting members of the board.
Officers of the Board
The following list is informational only. Officers of the Board are elected at the 1st Board Meeting of the year immediately following the Annual Membership Meeting on February 25, 2025. 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 | Jan 31, 2024 – Jan 31, 2026 |
| BSC Inc. Vice President | Nancy Taylor | Nov 18, 2024 – Feb 25, 2025 |
| BSC Inc. Treasurer | Jay Gordon | Dec 10, 2024 – Jan 31, 2026 |
| BSC Inc. Secretary | Toni Latimore | Jan 1, 2025 – Feb 25, 2025 |
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) | Michelle Lee | 2025 only |
| Gbarnga (BGSCC) | Luana Kiandoli | 2025 & 2026 |
| Kawasaki (BKSCC) | Michael Young (Chair) | 2025 & 2026 |
| Victoria Minka (Co-Chair) | 2025 & 2026 | |
| Luxor-Alexandria (BLASCC) | Jon Davol | 2025 only |
| Odesa (BOSCC) | Karina Mandell | 2024 & 2025 |
| Rotterdam (BRSCC) | Rachel Sengers | 2024 & 2025 |
| Xiamen (BXSCC) | Xin (Cindy) Wang | 2025 only |
