Howard Bank announced that it has elected business executive and distinguished military leader Linda L. Singh to its board of directors. Ms. Singh will also serve as a director of the company’s subsidiary, Howard Bank. Ms. Singh has 38 years of corporate, military and local government experience, including her distinguished service as Adjutant General and Secretary of the Maryland Military Department. She also is the founder and CEO of Kaleidoscope Affect, LLC, a consulting and strategic advisory firm in Bowie, Md., and serves on Gov. Larry Hogan’s Advisory Team for COVID-19. Ms. Singh’s experience spans the worlds of business, government and the military. In 2014, she founded Kaleidoscope Affect, which works with companies in defense, federal, state and local government and private industry in the areas of leadership, innovation and technology. Last January she was named Leader in Residence at Towson University where she works directly with the President and Provost to design, develop and implement an inaugural leadership program that focuses on bringing together faculty, students, and industry to impact social change. In January 2020, she was named interim Executive Director and CEO of TEDCO – the Maryland Technology Development Corp. – and served in the position for nine months until a permanent CEO was installed. Ms. Singh, who retired from military service in 2019, enlisted in the Army National Guard and Army Reserves in 1981. Attaining the rank of Major General, Ms. Singh was named as the 29th Adjutant General of Maryland and served in that position from January 2015 to August 2019. She is the first woman and first African American to hold the command. As Adjutant General, Ms. Singh was responsible for the daily operations of the Maryland Military Department, which includes the Maryland Army National Guard, Maryland Air National Guard, Maryland Emergency Management Agency, and Maryland Defense Force. She also was the senior advisor to the governor and was responsible for the daily operations, readiness, administration, and training of more than 6,700 members of the Military Department with an annual budget of more than $314 million. She also served as the senior military officer in the state and was the federal liaison between the governor and the National Guard Bureau. She also was the advisor for senior level officials at ministerial and ambassador levels in Estonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina developing country strategies in support of strengthening coalitions under the Department of Defense State Partnership Program. Over her military career, Ms. Singh has served in staff and command assignments at all levels, including deployment in Kosovo and a combat tour in Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Ms. Singh has been recognized for her military service receiving the Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star Medal among other commendations. In addition to her military career, Ms. Singh was a Managing Director for more than 20 years at Accenture, a leading global management consulting and professional services firm. Upon retirement, she headed the firm’s Health and Public Service Operating Unit with $3.4 billion in revenue and a global team.