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Annie Whitescarver Brown
Head of broker/dealer distribution,
U.S. Intermediaries division, T. Rowe Price
For Annie Whitescarver Brown, 51, who started in client services at T.
Rowe Price just three days out of college in 1993, the path to a vice president role has been indirect.
In 2004, Brown left the Baltimore-based investment management firm
to raise her young family, returning 10 years later to the industry, which
requires staying on top of investment trends and regulatory changes.
Now, the Towson native heads one of the fastest-growing segments
within the firm’s U.S. wealth area and has for the past five years. Her team
offers a range of investment solutions and services to financial professionals at wealth management firms across the country. Bringing on new and
diverse talent remains one of her top priorities.
Brown, who is the daughter of an investment adviser father and a stockbroker mother, says a positive focus helped her career.
“I lead with a focus on the mission at hand, a focus on our strengths
and then encourage that we use our collective power to achieve and
succeed as a team.”
— Lorraine Mirabella
LLOYD FOX
April Taylor
Chief operating officer, Johns Hopkins Hospital
April Taylor is a proud Charles County native. So, when she was offered
a job as vice president of quality at Johns Hopkins Hospital after more
than a decade at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, she jumped at
the chance to return to her home state.
Since arriving at Hopkins in 2020, Taylor, 43, has endeavored to create
a workplace culture where employees can thrive — a mission she’s continued since being appointed as the hospital’s chief operating officer in June.
“We have a long history of being an employer of choice in the community,” she said, but “with the pandemic, things changed. And so we knew
that we needed to work even harder to make sure that folks continue to
choose us, when they do have other options, even outside of health care.”
Maryland is a special place, Taylor said. Coming back home — and
getting the opportunity to improve the health and well-being of people in
East Baltimore and across the state — has been the highlight of her career.
— Angela Roberts
AMY DAVIS
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