Over 200 people attended the MIDC’s 25th Anniversary Celebration on Sunday, May 7, at the Baltimore Museum of Industry. Governor Larry Hogan congratulated the MIDC on 25 years of successfully increasing trade and investment between both communities, noting that Maryland has moved into the ranks of the top ten states in the nation for overall economic performance adding more than 95,000 jobs in 2016.
MIDC Executive Director Barry Bogage was awarded the 2017 “Hanan Y. Sibel Maryland/Israel-Business Leadership Award” for his 25 years of leadership and professional excellence. Hanan Sibel, Co-Founder of the MIDC and namesake of the award, presented Barry the well-deserved award. Governor Hogan also presented Barry with a Governor’s Citation from the State of Maryland.
JM Schapiro, Jill Mull and Dara Schnee, grandchildren of the late Marvin Schapiro, the visionary behind the founding of the MIDC, said their grandfather would have been incredibly proud to see the success of the organization and the business partnerships that have grown and flourished.
Alvin Katz, 25th Anniversary Chairman, thanked the 25th Anniversary sponsors including Gold Sponsor Epstein Becker Green, and Silver Sponsors, Baker Donelson, Hanan & Carole Sibel Foundation, KatzAbosch, LifeBridge Health, Lockheed Martin, Mintz Levin and The Trendlines Group of Israel.
Other 25th Anniversary presenters included MIDC board members Lynn Shapiro Snyder of Epstein Becker and Green, and Mike Gill, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Commerce.
Traveling from Israel for the 25th Anniversary Celebration were Nissim Hadas, President of Elta Systems along with Israel Lupa and Yaron Tzvi who were also participating with Governor Hogan in the ribbon cutting of Elta’s new Maryland facility; Todd Dollinger, President of The Trendlines Group; and Avi Rosenzweig, the MIDC’s Israeli Business Development Representative.
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