Sherry L. Mason. (term through June, 2012), Hagerstown. Ms. Mason is currently a Human Resources Business Partner for Volvo Powertrain North America.  Her primary responsibilities in this position are to provide strategic human resources support to managers in order to ensure that human resources strategy and activities are aligned with and help to deliver the business goals of the company. 

Laird Patterson (term through June, 2009), Bethesda. Mr. Patterson is a retired former labor negotiator and lobbyist/counsel for Bethlehem Steel.

Homer C. La Rue (term through June, 2013), Columbia.  Mr. La Rue is a professor at Howard University School of Law.  He teaches lawyering skills, civil procedure, professional responsibility, and dispute resolution.  Mr. La Rue also works actively in dispute resolution, serving as an arbitrator and mediator in many proceedings.  He has been on the forefront of clinical education in law schools, serving as director of clinical education for the District of Columbia School of Law, and being involved with the development of a nationally recognized first year clinical experience at the University of Maryland.  Finally, Mr. La Rue has also developed programs to assist persons of color in becoming mediators and arbitrators in labor and non-labor disputes.