More than 130 freshman students gathered at Anne Arundel Community College’s Regional Higher Education Center for the Fort Meade Alliance’s Tech Mania on Oct. 27. The morning was spent with students rotating in and out of classrooms, each of which had an interactive STEM-related lesson from participating FMA member companies…...
Fort Meade Alliance Appoints New President-Elect
The Fort Meade Alliance (FMA) Executive Committee and Board of Directors have appointed Doreen E. Harwood, Senior Vice President of Leidos as the organization’s President-Elect. Harwood will take over the position from current FMA President Steve Tiller of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston on July 1, 2018. “Doreen is a quintessential…...
Fort Meade Alliance Welcomes New Board Members
The Fort Meade Alliance (FMA) appointed one new Executive Committee member, two new board members and re-elected three board members during its June 15, 2017 Annual Meeting & Cocktail Reception. The terms were effective July 1. Penny Cantwell, Vice President, Howard Bank returns to the Executive Committee after a one-year…...
FMA Foundation Reaches Major Milestone for Resiliency and Education Center at Fort Meade
(Hanover, Md. June 21, 2017) — The Fort Meade Alliance Foundation has been awarded $500,000 from the State of Maryland for its campaign to create a new Resiliency and Education Center at Fort George G. Meade. This latest funding achievement marks a significant milestone in the Foundation’s $3.6 million Ready…...
FMA’s Tech Mania Engages Students through Innovative STEM Presentations
On April 28, 2017, over 120 ninth-grade students from around Baltimore County attended the Fort Meade Alliance’s Tech Mania held at Community College of Baltimore County’s Essex (CCBC) campus. Students from Catonsville High School, Dulaney High School, Owings Mills High School, Pikesville High School and Woodlawn High School spent the…...
Collaboration, innovation by private sector core to fighting leading national security threat
In less than a decade, cyber has evolved from an issue that didn’t warrant inclusion in threat assessment briefings to the leading threat to U.S. national security. Addressing that threat will require heightened defenses, new federal policy, a cadre of experts and robust innovation from the private sector. That was…...