Marjorie Rodgers Cheshire

​Ms. Cheshire’s experience in organizational leadership and her deep background in compliance, strategy, marketing and brand development is an asset to the board. Her work advising and volunteering for civic organizations focused on business development, education and the arts also brings a diverse perspective to our work.

​Marjorie Rodgers Cheshire is the President and Chief Operating Officer of A&R Development, a diversified real estate investment company, which owns large-scale multifamily, commercial, and mixed-use properties in the Baltimore and Washington markets. Ms. Cheshire is responsible for the firm’s business operations, asset management, and strategic initiatives and has held her current position since 2004.

Prior to joining A&R, Ms. Cheshire spent many years in senior leadership positions in the media and sports industries. Ms. Cheshire was the Senior Director of Brand & Consumer Marketing for the National Football League, was a Vice President of Business Development for Oxygen Media, and served as a Director and Special Assistant to the Chairman & CEO of ESPN. Early in her career, Ms. Cheshire also worked as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group and in brand management at Nestle Foods.

Ms. Cheshire is a director and chair of the compliance committee for PNC Financial Services Group. She also serves as chair of the board of Baltimore Equitable Insurance and is a trustee of Johns Hopkins Medicine and Johns Hopkins Hospital. Ms. Cheshire has a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.