Otis Rolley is the President and CEO of the Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC), the lead economic development agency for Baltimore City. Otis’ career has been dedicated to civic engagement, advancing equity, economic development, and community development in cities, and leading organizations across the for-profit, public, philanthropic, and non-profit sectors.
His 25+ years of experience also includes serving in various leadership positions. He has led a major corporate foundation and led the US grant-making at a major private foundation. He managed the strategic planning and urban development unit of a national management consulting firm. He has held cabinet roles with five different mayors in three large U.S. cities. He has been chief of staff, managing a $2B budget; city planning director for Maryland’s largest independent city; managed a multi-billion dollar economic development pipeline for New Jersey’s largest city; and he has served as the first deputy housing commissioner for the 5th largest public housing and community development agency in the US.
Ever committed to volunteerism, building capacity, and pursuing justice, Otis is chair of the Baltimore Hotel Corporation, a board member of the West North Avenue Redevelopment Authority, Visit Baltimore, Downtown Partnership, Charles Street Development Corporation, the Stonewall Community Foundation, an Advisory Board member for Black Girls Vote, and a governing board member of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Study (America’s oldest Black think tank). He has served on a number of local and national governing boards, including but not limited to the Asset Funders Network, Municipal Employees Credit Union of Baltimore, Living Cities, and the Executive Committee of the Families & Workers Fund.
Otis and his partner Jason live in the Otterbein neighborhood. He is the father of three children: Nia, Noah, and Grace. He has a Master’s in City Planning degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University.
Kimberly “Kim” Clark is the Executive Vice President of the City of Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC). In her capacity as EVP, she oversees neighborhood development, business development, real estate development, capital budgeting, small and minority-owned business initiative, innovation development, marketing, research, and analytics.
Among her achievements at BDC, Clark helped structure public-private partnership financing of various major redevelopment projects, including Tax Increment Financing (TIF) projects; Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOTS) for several major developments; and the financing of grocery store projects. She was instrumental in the retention of a number of businesses and assisted smaller businesses with expansions. Clark represented the City in the development of the Horseshoe Casino Baltimore, the redevelopment of Inner Harbor East and Belvedere Square as well as other projects.
Clark is the Immediate Past President of the Maryland Economic Development Association; Governance Chair of the Urban Land Institute Baltimore Council; Board member of the Emerging Technology Centers, Small Business Resource Center, Leadership Maryland, Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc., & the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts; and is a member of the International Economic Development Council. In 2016, she was named by the Daily Record as one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women, received the Mayor’s Medal for Meritorious Service, and was honored by Mercy High School with the Sister M. Joannes Clifford Distinguished Alumni award. Clark graduated Leadership MD in 2009 and is a Greater Baltimore Committee Leadership Class of 2007 graduate.
