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
Deputy Director & President,
Clean & Safe Services, Inc.
(302) 425-5371
mmaggitti@downtownvisions.org
Lani Schweiger
Main Street Wilmington Manager
Project & Communication Coordinator
(302) 425-4564
lschweiger@downtownvisions.org
Kate Baker Frawley
Development & Marketing Manager
(302) 425-5373
katebf@downtownvisions.org
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Board of Directors
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
- Bob Chadwick — Acting President and Director, New Castle County Chamber of Commerce
- 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 — President, 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