Secretary
Vanessa moved to Baltimore in 2023 with her husband and their black lab mix, Max. They rented a home in Highlandtown for a year before purchasing their first home in the Patterson Park neighborhood. Vanessa's professional life has spanned many nonprofit organizations, roles, and cities - from three years as the Head Stage Manager at Houston Ballet to her current role as Manager of Strategy at Fello, the leading disability services provider in Maryland. Vanessa loves serving her community as a PPNA Board member, meeting neighbors, and planning fun social events. In her spare time, she loves to travel (33 countries and counting), go salsa dancing, and explore Baltimore with the incredible friends she has made in the city.
Justin George
Treasurer
Justin George has lived in Patterson Park since 2021 and joined the PPNA board in April of 2025. He was elected as Treasurer February 2026. Justin came from DC with a history of serving his community as well as the greater region. Justin’s focus as Treasurer is to provide process to allow grant support by the PPNA for our community, create financial efficiencies where possible, and establish a reliable and stable financial reporting process for PPNA. Justin is no stranger to serving communities of different values and identities and hopes to find the through point by which all our neighbors can feel connected, heard, and represented.
Vice President, North Sector
Mary Hennigan moved into the neighborhood on the advice of her brother. He said it was an up and coming area - that was in the early 80's. Thirty-five plus years later she feels he might be right! In those thirty-five years she kept the house but often lived in countries like Azerbaijan and North Sudan. Yet, she would always come back to her home. She loves the area as it is rich in diversity, in caring and friendly neighbors and convenient to all things Baltimore. Yes, traffic on Orleans can keep one up at night, and rats can eat an entire container garden but the neighbors, the row house experiences make living here well-worth it. After a long-career in international nutrition Mary is able to now give back, through community activities, to this wonderful slice of Baltimore.
Casey Chapman
Vice President, South Sector
Casey moved to Patterson Park during Covid, and quickly developed a deep appreciation for the park and the neighborhood. After a stint in Uganda, he has returned to settle down and hopes to continue to build connections and community. He has spent his life in a wide variety of pursuits, including Stand-Up Comedy, Theatre, Restaurants and Non-Profit Work, all of which have contributed to a biting, seemingly cynical, sense of humor that masks an optimistic streak wider than the Patapsco. He firmly believes that Patterson Park Neighborhood has the potential to combine community building with community action to impact all of Baltimore's quality of life.
Vice President, West Sector
Colin has lived in Patterson Park since 2014 and enjoys meeting people, making connections in the community, and spending time at the park. His work with PPNA focuses on creative placemaking, traffic calming, community connectedness, and pedestrian and neighborhood safety. More broadly, he's happy to support neighborhood and city efforts that celebrate diversity, foster inclusion, and increase equity of opportunity for all neighbors and residents of Baltimore. Colin is a bike commuter and an avid bike rider and is excited for the city's Complete Streets commitment to design safe multimodal transit infrastructure throughout the city, particularly with respect to bicycle infrastructure in the Wolfe/Washington (north-south) corridors and in the Bank/Gough (east-west) corridors. He invites you to join one of the many regular group bike rides with him and your neighbors to meet people, explore the city, and have fun.
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