Sloane Brown

Pastor Michael Phillips of Kingdom Life Church shares his 10 favorite things

This fall, Baltimore nonprofits are offering some feel-good fun in an effort snag your well-earned dollars for their worthy causes.

To become CEO of Plank Industries, Tom Geddes didn’t follow the career track you might expect — studying business and working his way up the corporate ladder.

For Ellen Lupton, graphic design isn’t just the field she specializes in as director of the graphic design MFA program at MICA and as senior curator at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City. Graphic design also delineates her life.

Fashion photographer and videographer Dean Alexander shares 10 possessions he treasures.

Just 31, Rodney Foxworth has already been on the ground floor of several ventures that combine technology with philanthropy to create opportunities for people of color.

For Kim Manfredi, 51, life is about journeys: journeys to physical places, journeys among states of mind and the journey of life itself. "When I was 18 years old, I broke my back," she says. After graduating from the Maryland Institute College of Art, she moved to Arizona, where she painte…

While 10 of her favorite items may be depicted here, the Hon. Pamila J. Brown, 61, has one passion that can’t be captured in a photograph. "I love the law. I love the law," says the Howard County District Court associate judge and president of the Maryland State Bar Association.

Take 10 is a series of occasional features on prominent local residents and the possessions they treasure.As the anchor of WJZ’s 4, 6 and 11 p.m. Eyewitness News, Denise Koch knows the value of visuals when it comes to telling a story. So it’s no surprise that in looking at 10 of her favorite posses…

Andrea Griffin, 54, said she doesn’t like to draw attention to herself."I do not like the limelight. I resonate with a different time period. I feel like I was born in the wrong era," said the Homeland resident, referring to her love of the look associatedwith the 1950s and 1960s. "Wh…

At the inaugural "Mr. Pratt’s Party," the host was everywhere. As the 300 guests entered the Enoch Pratt Free Library, they were greeted by the 19th-century Baltimore businessman who created the city’s library system — as portrayed by Vince Fitzpatrick. Mr. Pratt also watched over the $250…

Dr. Tess Carpenter

Jose Bowen, Goucher College president, reveals his favorite things

Why not propose to your girlfriend while enjoying Baltimore’s Inner Harbor?We learned that Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin ‘Megatron’ Johnson asked Lions Promotion Manager Brittney McNorton to marry him while they were in Baltimore for the Ed Block Courage Awards. Here’s the cute video of the hap…

When the doors of the Baltimore Museum of Industry opened at 6 p.m., the line of folks waiting to get in for its annual Bull & Oyster Roast already stretched halfway across the museum’s parking lot.It was a great welcome for Anita Kassof, only six weeks into her new job as the museum’s executive dir…

Playtime means two different things for Julie Edelson, 35, and her sons Jacob, 7, and Gavin, 3."Gavin is obsessed with anything Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, to the point where he thinks he is one," said the Phoenix stay-at-home mom. "Jake loves building Lego City and playing Super Ma…

The Chocolate Affair was a perfect fit for Tammy Janus. She is all about dressing up.The Fallston resident said she has a reputation in her job as senior vice president of human resources at Mercy Medical Center of never going casual."At work, they tease me because they think I never dress down…

Baltimore native Danny Barnycz creates memorable designs around the world and at home.

Casey Cares Foundation

Roller coaster exec shares his favorite possessions