BALTIMORE, MD (Monday, February 10, 2025) – The Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC) Board of Directors named Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman as the 2025 Chair at a meeting on Friday, January 17. Baltimore City Mayor Brandon M. Scott will serve as Vice Chair, a role Pittman held in 2024.
“I’m honored to serve as the new chair of the Baltimore Metropolitan Council at a time when regional collaboration is more important than ever”, said County Executive Pittman. “I look forward to partnering with my colleagues to ensure that BMC continues to be a driving force for smart, equitable growth.”
Howard County Executive Calvin Ball moved to nominate County Executive Pittman to serve as chair, seconded by Carroll County Commissioner Ed Rothstein. The vote was unanimous. County Executive Pittman thanked BMC Staff for their hard work and welcomed Baltimore County Executive Katherine Klausmeier to the BMC Board of Directors.
County Executive Pittman was elected Anne Arundel County Executive in 2018, and re-elected in 2022. Raised on a farm in Anne Arundel County, he took over the farm’s hay production and became a nationally recognized horse trainer. He has more than three decades of experience managing nonprofits and small businesses and has always been a dedicated community organizer, centering compassion in his work with people and animals.
As County Executive, Pittman has pledged to make Anne Arundel County “The Best Place - For All,” by “Putting Communities First.” His strategy is to engage communities from every sector and to practice transparency and data-driven policymaking.
Mayor Brandon M. Scott is the 52nd Mayor of Baltimore City. He has been serving as mayor since December 8, 2020. Before becoming mayor, Scott was the President of the Baltimore City Council from May 2019 to December 2020. He was first elected to the City Council in 2011 at the age of 27, making him one of the youngest people ever elected to the Baltimore City Council.
Scott is a lifelong resident of Baltimore and a graduate of Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School and St. Mary's College of Maryland.
Newly appointed Baltimore County Executive Katherine Klausmeier has joined the BMC Board. She was sworn in as Baltimore County’s 15th—and first female—County Executive on January 7, 2025. Before her appointment as Baltimore County Executive, Klausmeier has served as a member of the Maryland State Senate since 2003, representing District 8. In addition to her more than 20 years of experience in the State Senate, she also represented District 8 as a member of the House of Delegates from 1995-2003.
As the elections concluded, BMC Executive Director Mike Kelly thanked Commissioner Moran for a great year as Chair and extended a warm welcome to County Executive Klausmeier.
"I am looking forward to working closely with County Executive Pittman in 2025. BMC has always been lucky to have great local leadership, and this year will be no exception,” said Mike Kelly.
BMC’s Board of Directors includes elected executives from Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard and Queen Anne’s Counties, as well as representatives of the state legislature and private sector. It will next meet again on Friday, April 25, 2025.
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