Events & Resources

Towson University presents the ATHENAPowerLink Baltimore Women in Business Speaker Series, hosted by the StarTUp at the Armory and powered by PNC. This series features trailblazers from across Maryland discussing accomplishments, challenges, and insights as women business leaders. This is a great opportunity to connect with entrepreneurs, business leaders, and community members from Greater Baltimore.

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ATHENAPowerLink® Baltimore Women in Business Speaker Series
Women in Trades Panel

Wednesday, May 14, 8:30–10:30 a.m.
More and more women are starting to enter the trades. Join three women who’ve pushed through barriers to run their own businesses. Each will share their personal stories and discuss their paths to success in these historically male-prominent fields.

The Women in Trades Panel

Anna Gavin is the current President of Fireline Corporation, a Baltimore based business specializing in fire protection installation and services for commercial and industrial facilities. Anna Gavin took over as the third generation president of the company. Since that time, the business has grown to over 250 employees with annual revenues exceeding $50 million.

She received a 2011 SmartCEO Brava Women in Business Award and the 2017 SmartCEO Circle of Excellence Award.  In 2023 she was recognized as a Daily Record’s Top 100 Women in Baltimore and a Family Business Award Honoree by the Baltimore Business Journal.

Fireline is currently listed as the fifth largest women-owned businesses in Baltimore by the Baltimore Business Journal.

Danni has been a plumber for over 23 years. She is dedicated and passionate about her job. Starting Donovan WaterWorks with her family has allowed her to accomplish her dream of offering quality service at affordable pricing and building a relationship with her clients for years to come. Danni loves camping, spending time with her three children, and being outdoors.

Joanna Jane took her gifts from social work and finance to birth O’Hara Development Partners, a community development company that focuses on the heart of the people and the quality of their living by restoring and building residential and commercial properties in urban communities. By hearing the needs of the community first, the O’Hara Development Team is now transforming vacant and decayed properties primarily in Baltimore, MD to provide mixed-income neighborhoods that will strengthen the quality of their living, provide equity, increase home ownership, provide attractive rental opportunities, and return greenspaces to functional outdoor recreational use.

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RESOURCES

The following resources may be of interest for networking and professional development opportunities.

C200

A powerful community of the most successful women in business, representing companies with more than $1.2 trillion in combined revenue and employing more than 2.5 million people.

Dr. Nancy Grasmick Leadership Institute

A principal destination for comprehensive and results-driven leadership development opportunities for individuals and organizations, including the TU Professional Leadership Program for Women.

Small, Minority & Women Business Affairs

We connect the small business community to greater economic opportunities, while implementing and monitoring small, minority, women, and veteran procurement programs across 70 state agencies.

IFundWomen + Maryland

A crowdfunding ecosystem designed to help women-led startups, small businesses, nonprofits, side hustles, and passion projects of Maryland raise funds to launch and grow.

Mayor’s Office of Minority & Women-Owned Business Development

The City of Baltimore’s primary advocate for small, local, minority, and women-owned companies including prime contractors, subcontractors, and joint venture partners.

National Association of Women Business Owners

The unified voice of over 10 million women-owned businesses in the United States representing the fastest-growing segment of the economy.

StarTUp at the Armory

TU’s front door for start-ups, small businesses, as well as our region’s largest corporations. This vibrant public space includes free, co-working space.

Women’s Funding Network

A global alliance that works to develop strategies, mobilize resources, and raise awareness to combat systemic gender and racial inequality at the community level, forging a better quality of life for all.

Women Presidents Organization

The WPO is a non-profit membership organization for women leaders of privately held, multi-million dollar companies.