Who We Are

Downtown Visions is administered by a professional staff and devotes the overwhelming share of its resources to highly visible and effective on-street programs.

Professional Staff

Martin Hageman
Executive Director
(302) 425-5370
mhageman@downtownvisions.org

Loshawn Maxwell
Director of Administration
(302) 425-5374
lmaxwell@downtownvisions.org

Michael Maggitti
Clean & Safe Services
Deputy Director
(302) 425-5371
mmaggitti@downtownvisions.org

Lani Schweiger
Main Street Wilmington
Project & Communication Coordinator
(302) 425-4564
lschweiger@downtownvisions.org

Join Our Team!

Check out our current job opportunities!

Featured

Job Opportunity: Safety Ambassador

Safety Ambassadors are a uniformed patrol who act as a positive, friendly, and welcoming presence in the BID.

Job Opportunity: Cleaning Ambassador

Cleaning Ambassadors are uniformed personnel who act as a positive, friendly and welcoming presence in the BID. They remove litter, graffiti, illegal posters, as well as weeds and leaves to ensure cleanliness and safety.

Downtown Visions

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Norman Pernick, Esq.

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Samira Aird — Sr. VP-Digital Card Marketing, Bank of America
Phil Christian — Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Chase
Vernita Dorsey — Senior VP , WSFS Bank
John Marion — President, Comenity Bank

GOVERNMENT/BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS

Stuart Baron — Member, Design Review Preservation Commission of Wilmington
Hon. Stephanie T. Bolden — Delaware State Representative
Jeff Flynn — Director, City of Wilmington Office of Economic Development
Hon. Hanifa G. N. Shabazz. — President, Wilmington City Council
Stan Soja — Executive Director, Wilmington Parking Authority
Chief Robert J. Tracy — Wilmington Police Department

LAW

Adam Landis, Esq. — Founding Partner, Landis, Rath & Cobb, LLC
Norman Pernick, Esq. — Managing Partner (DE), Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, P.A.
David Powlen, Esq. — Managing Partner, Barnes & Thomburg LLP
David Swayze, Esq. — Partner, Parkowski, Guerke & Swayze P.A.

Accounting

Jeffrey Mitchell — Sr. VP, Siegfried Advisory, LLC

DEVELOPERS

Julie Topkis Nason — VP, Development & Administration, Nason Construction, Inc.
Debbie Schwartz — STM II, LLC, 2nd & LOMA
Robert Snowberger — VP, Development, Buccini/Pollin Group

REAL ESTATE

John Kaczowka — Senior VP, CBRE
Kevin McGonegal — VP, Bellevue Realty

TRANSPORTATION

Jed Hatfield — President, Colonial Parking

NON-PROFITS

Jaime Bohn — Executive Director, Community Service Building Corporation
Martin P. Hageman — Executive Director, WDBID Management Co., (Downtown Visions)
Robert Mulrooney — V.P., Facilities & Services, Christiana Care
Mona Parikh, Esq. — Managing Director, Start It Up Delaware
Peggy Strine — Non-Profit Consultant

LOCAL BUSINESSES

Dan Butler — Restaurateur
Vito DiMaio — Executive VP, Parcels Inc./Virtual Docket LLC
Mark Fields — Managing Director, The Grand Opera House
Julia Han — Owner, Sports Connectio
John Hawkins — Founding Partners, Aloysius Butler & Clark
Bret Morris — Owner, A.R. Morris Jewelers
Geraldine Shaw — Global HR Business Partner-Functions, HR, Chemours Company
Bryan Sikora — Restaurateur
Linda Vandever — Owner, The Nomad

Main Street Wilmington

Chairman of the Board

Stuart Baron — Member, Design Review Preservation Commission of Wilmington

Board Members

Jeff Flynn — Director, City of Wilmington Office of Economic Development
Julia Han — Owner, Sports Connection
Michelle Harlee — Wilmington City Council Member, 4th District
Tad Hershey — Property Manager, The Buccini Pollin Group
Norman Pernick, Esq. — Managing Partner (DE), Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, P.A.
Debbie Schwartz — STM II, LLC, 2nd & LOMA
Denita Thomas — Associate State Director, Small Business Development Center

Ex-officio

Martin Hageman — Executive Director, Downtown Visions/Main Street Wilmington
Diane Laird — State Coordinator, Delaware Office of Economic Development
Lani Schweiger — Project & Communications Coordinator,
Downtown Visions/Main Street Wilmington