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Lee Gaines named to Board of Directors of the Maryland Public Policy Institute
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SUSAN FIREY, Director of Media Relations, 240.686.3510, sfirey@mdpolicy.orgAPRIL 17, 2012FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE###ROCKVILLE, MD - Two prominent businessmen have been named to the board of directors of the Maryland Public Policy Institute.William D. A. Zerhouni, CEO of I Cubed Analytics in Howard County, and William L. “Lee” Gaines, Jr. president of Gaines and Company in Baltimore County, were named to the Maryland Public Policy Institute’s board which guides decision making for the state’s leading conservative free -market policy organization.
The firm Zerhouni leads, I Cubed Analytics, focuses on data mining in the biotech, law and scientific fields. Before founding I Cubed, Zerhouni, who lives in Columbia, served as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. Before that, Zerhouni served as a patent litigator for the pharmaceutical industry at Covington & Burling and Kirkland & Ellis in Washington, D.C. There, he focused on litigating drug patent cases.
He also advised biopharmaceutical and health care companies on their patent portfolios and evaluated the intellectual property of various growth state companies. .
William L. Gaines, Jr. owns and operates the utility contractor business begun by his father, W.L. Gaines, Sr., in 1954. The business began in small subdivisions in Baltimore County and expanded as the county grew in the 1950s and ’60s. The company also has an office in Raleigh, NC. By 1997, it had become the top producing utility contractor in Maryland, and one of the top 10 – 20 producing utility contractors in the country over the past 15 years.
Gaines has served as president and a board member of the Associated Utility Contractors of Maryland and as a longtime board member of the National Utility Contractors Association. A graduate of Yale, Gaines has served as a trustee of Boys Latin School and Gilman School in Baltimore and serves today as a trustee at Yorktown University.
“Will and Lee bring the kind of business expertise, management acumen and knowledge of the Maryland landscape that will make them invaluable members of our board and trusted advisors to our organization,” said Christopher B. Summers, president of the Maryland Public Policy Institute. “We are thrilled to have them on board and look forward to their contributions.”
The two join a 9-member board, led by Chairman Thomas E. Kelso, which also includes former Maryland Secretary of Business and Economic Development, James T. Brady. Former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. serves as an emeritus member.
Founded in 2001, the Maryland Public Policy Institute is a 501 (C) (3) nonpartisan public policy research and education organization that focuses on Maryland public policy issues.
The mission of the Maryland Public Policy Institute is to formulate and promote public policies at all levels of government based on principles of free enterprise, limited government, and civil society.Founded in 2001, the Maryland Public Policy Institute is a nonpartisan public policy research and education organization that focuses on state policy issues. Our goal is to provide accurate and timely research analysis of Maryland policy issues and market these findings to key primary audiences. The mission of the Maryland Public Policy Institute is to formulate and promote public policies at all levels of government based on principles of free enterprise, limited government, and civil society.
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Lee & Beth Gaines meet with Eric Canter and Andy Harris.
Lee & Beth Gaines meet with majority leader Eric Canter and Congressman Andy Harris. -
Gaines provides the infrastructure for Greenspring’s Quarry Lake.
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February Crew of the Month
The crew of the month for February goes to new foreman Mike Tarr’s crew from Maryland that is currently working at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
Traveling 400 miles away to a job presents its own challenge and Mike has more then met them, managing people, lodging and meals in addition to normal crew issues.
Mike’s crew is working at J Area at Fort Bragg for Old North Utilities. They are replacing old water lines in the roadway at Fort Bragg with new P.V.C. (C-900) mains. There are at times a spider’s webs of existing utilities to deal with. In addition there are lots of existing users to be kept in water service and happy. These customers have guns! In some weeks we can only get after it on a couple days, while using the other days for multiple tie-ins and other prep work. It is a very different tempo. On several days Mike’s crew have broke 500’ and once broke 900’. This was along a roadway! The crew works 4- 10 hour days before returning home to Maryland. Other key members of this crew are operators Billy Rogers and Jesse Petry, pipe layer Will Griffin, Ron Edgerton and Colin Gaines. Also, Mark Butcher occasionally supplemented Mike with additional N.C. forces and was himself instrumental in helping Mike organize the project. This crew will receive a free dinner and article on the web site.
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January Crew of the Month
The crew of the month for January goes to Mike Shotola’s crew, working at Knox Landing at Camp LeJeune, N.C.
With personnel changes in the N.C. office limiting visits from Raleigh, Mike was forced to take on additional duties. These include handling stake out, utility marking and material orders while supervising his crew. As for the crew’s activities, they were very productive despite jumping from sewer to water to storm drain from day to day and sometimes during the same day. Other key members if the crew are operators Jason Burlson, Gerry and Junior Padilla. They were able to routinely install 500-700’ of water per day. They installed 21 water taps one day.
The crew also did all the testing themselves. They also were able to do many of the adjustments themselves. In addition Mike received kudos from the general contractor for the excellent safety program he was managing. The crew will get a free lunch and mention on the website. Great work!