Howard County's Horizon Foundation Names New Board Members

COLUMBIA, MD — The Horizon Foundation has announced the appointment of two new members of its board of trustees, technology executive Gopi Suri and Mark Cissell, president and CEO of KatzAbosch, an accounting firm. The new trustees will serve four-year terms on the 18-member board of the Horizon Foundation, the largest independent health philanthropy in Maryland.

“We are thrilled to welcome our new trustees and are excited to see the impact they will have on our ability to serve the community effectively and efficiently,” said Nikki Highsmith Vernick, president and CEO of the Horizon Foundation, in a statement. “They bring a wealth of experience and leadership in the community that will help us advance our mission to improve the health and wellness of everyone Howard County.”

Suri currently serves as executive officer of Supriv Group, Ellicott City, and is president of the Suri Foundation, which builds drinking water facilities, toilets, health and hygiene camps and first aid centers in India and other parts of the developing world. He also serves on the board of American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, Maryland chapter, where he mentors and provides career guidance to University of Maryland engineering students.

Cissell has more than 30 years of accounting experience serving individual and business clients in the health care, construction and real estate, nonprofit and government sectors. He currently serves on the executive committee for Maryland Free, a nonpartisan, nonprofit political research and education organization focusing on business and job growth, and as chair of the dean’s advisory board for the University of Baltimore’s Merrick School of Business.