10-24-2021 Women to Watch - Flipbook - Page 16
RACHEL PEREA
44, director, controls,
global corporate real estate,
Under Armour
With several corporate offices
located around the world, Under
Armour, the Baltimore-based sports
apparel company, has solidified
its status as a global brand. Rachel
Perea, who oversees the company’s
global corporate real estate projects,
is a critical piece of that growth.
Perea is responsible for analyzing budgets, reviewing costs and
schedules, and ensuring compliance
with company policies. “When I
have a goal we need to get to, I’m determined to meet those milestones
and those goals,” Perea said. “I like to
take the technical pieces and transform them into what other people
can understand.”
— Hallie Miller
PHOTO BY KARL M. FERRON
BRION “LADY BRION” GILL
31, spoken word artist, founder
and executive director of the
Pennsylvania Avenue Black Arts &
Entertainment District
Brion Gill describes her mission like this: “I
speak for those you forgot to listen to.”
Sometimes, Lady Brion (the name she prefers) speaks in words. In April, she won the 2021
Woman of the World Poetry Slam in Dallas and
was part of the squad that brought Baltimore
the National Poetry Slam team championship.
Sometimes, she speaks in deeds. She
founded the Pennsylvania Avenue Black Arts
& Entertainment District in 2019. Despite the
pandemic, Lady Brion has already mounted
Baltimore’s inaugural Black Artist Fair in 2021
and has two more festivals planned for this
fall. She also hopes to launch a multimilliondollar capital campaign to build a new cultural
center. As she puts it: “I use my art to motivate
and mobilize. I want to inspire people to act.”
— Mary Carole McCauley
PHOTO BY AMY DAVIS
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