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Jennifer Bedon
chief philanthropy officer, Helping Up Mission
After Jennifer Bedon lost her brother to a drug overdose in 2017, she felt
called to help others battling addiction. So when the chief philanthropy
officer position opened up in 2020 at the Helping Up Mission men’s recovery center in Baltimore, she went for it, leaving her job in fundraising at
Baltimore’s Port Discovery. At the mission, Bedon has led fundraising to
build its new Center for Women & Children, which began accepting residents this year. Career opportunities like that “might be one of the most
special things you ever get to do in your life,” she said.
— Christine Condon
PHOTO BY KIM HAIRSTON
Kimberly Johnson
chief operating officer, T. Rowe Price Group
Kimberly Johnson is no stranger to the role of chief operating officer
in financial services. The COO of the Baltimore money management firm
since April was previously COO of the Federal National Mortgage Association, or Fannie Mae, where she led a digital transformation and believed
in “making housing more affordable for people who needed it.”
At T. Rowe, the former Princeton University rugby player, who earned
a Columbia University MBA, leads operations and technology. Opportunities abound, she said, even amid market uncertainty. “I love the mission
around making sure that people … get the best retirement possibilities,
preparing for their futures.”
— Lorraine Mirabella
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