Board of Trustees

Sarah W. Colenda graduated from Perryville High School and is a lifelong resident of Cecil County. She resides in Principio Furnace near Perryville, Maryland. Ms. Colenda is the executive director of the Principio Furnace Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization in Cecil County. She is a Maryland Farm Bureau member, vice president of the board of directors for the Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenways, secretary of the Elkton YMCA, board member of the YMCA of the Chesapeake, vice president of the Chesapeake Heritage Conservancy, Inc. (Skipjack Martha Lewis), past president of the Rotary Club of North East, has served on the boards of Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna, Perryville Chamber of Commerce, Cecil County Chamber of Commerce and the Arc.

Ms. Colenda has worked with numerous other community groups including West Cecil Health Center, Harford and Cecil County Boys and Girls Club, Fair Hill International, Elk Creek Combine Driving and Fair Hill International Young Event Horse Championships, special events for Union Hospital, Boy Scouts Round Table, Cecil County Fair, and has served on the Cecil County Comprehensive Plan Review Committee.

Donna Horgan is a lifelong resident of Elkton who graduated from Elkton High School and attended Cecil College. Both of her daughters graduated from Cecil College as well. Donna has served the state of Maryland for our 43 years, twenty-nine of them working for the Maryland Senate as the legislative assistant to the President of the Senate, Thomas V. "Mike" Miller, Jr. Also served as the reading clerk for the Senate.

Donna has served as president of the Maryland Association of Community Colleges (MACC, 2014–2016), and on MACC's Legislative Committee. Horgan served as the Maryland State Coordinator for the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT)—a national association for community colleges—serving in that capacity for 11 years as well as being a former board member.

Donna is an established and successful realtor with Key Realty in Elkton, MD. She is a member of the Elkton United Methodist Church and a former member of their Board of Trustees.

Donna served on the Maryland Real Estate Commission from June 2021 to June 2025 and also served as the chairman appointed by Maryland Governor Larry J. Hogan, Jr. from 2023–2025.

In April 2026 Donna was appointed to serve on the Women’s Commission for Cecil County by the Cecil County Council and Executive Director.

Raymond W. Hamm, Jr., better known as "Chick," was appointed Director of Finance for Cecil County on March 4, 2025. He joined County Government following retirement from a 47 year commercial banking career. Mr. Hamm previously served as President, CEO and Director of Mercantile County Bank and later became PNC Bank’s Commercial Market Leader for Greater Maryland. He has served on numerous boards, agencies and commissions supporting the education, health care, and economic development needs of the community. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Cecil College and is also a Director and Treasurer of the Bainbridge Development Corporation. He is a past member of the Maryland State Economic Development Commission. He was the Board Chair for Union Hospital in Cecil County and later served as a board member for the Christiana Care Health System.

Mr. Hamm received a B.A. degree, cum laude, in Business Administration from Loyola College of Maryland in 1982. He received a Master of Business Administration degree with a Finance Concentration from Loyola College in 1983.

Kathleen Kunda earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from Wilmington University and served as a coordinator with Cecil County Public Schools for 14 years. In this role, she was the Business and Education Partnership Advisory Council coordinator as well as the Base Realignment and Closure liaison. Following her retirement from CCPS in 2012, she spent four years as a project coordinator at Cecil College working with STEM and Beyond Night events in Cecil and Harford counties as well as the college's Career Blast program. Currently serves as an elementary math and reading tutor for Cecil County Public Schools.

Ms. Kunda was on the board of directors of the Cecil College Foundation and has also been active in the community as a member of the Republican Central Committee, Women in Defense STEM Subcommittee, Boys and Girls Club of Cecil County board, Northeastern Maryland Technology Council Visionary Alumni Subcommittee, Susquehanna Workforce Network Youth Council, Elkton Alliance board, and Cecil County Chamber of Commerce Ambassador and Membership Committee.

Ms. Kunda was presented with the Athena Award, which honors women who demonstrate excellence, creativity, and initiative in their profession along with community involvement and leadership. In addition, she has received an NMTC Visionary Award and Junior Achievement of Delaware Legacy Award and was selected as the Cecil County Chamber Member of the Year.

Mark G. Mortenson is a graduate of Alfred University, where he earned dual Bachelor of Science degrees in physics and ceramic engineering, graduating cum laude in both disciplines. He holds a Master of Science degree in materials science from Pennsylvania State University and a Juris Doctor degree from George Washington University.

Mr. Mortenson is a co-founder of Clene Nanomedicine, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLNN) and serves as its Chief Science Officer, where he oversees pharmaceutical product and process development, manufacturing, and all intellectual property strategies. Clene was the first to establish that naturally occurring cellular metabolic pathways can be supported by catalytic mechanisms driven by unique clean-surface metallic nanocrystals known as CNM-Au8^®. The company is advancing first-in-class therapeutic candidates targeting neuroprotection in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), remyelination in multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease, all currently in human clinical trials. Clene is also providing CNM-Au8® to hundreds of ALS and MS patients through FDA approved compassionate use protocols.

Mr. Mortenson is the co-inventor of Clene's foundational Clean-Surface Nanocrystal technology platform and is named as inventor or co-inventor on more than 30 issued U.S. patents and hundreds of corresponding foreign patents. He is also the author of 20 peer reviewed publications.

He previously held multiple senior leadership roles, including Chief Operating Officer and President, across several former DuPont joint ventures, overseeing research, development, and manufacturing operations for an organization of more than 300 employees. He has also served as Chief Patent Counsel responsible for a portfolio of approximately 5,500 patents and patent applications across the United States and 44 foreign countries.

In recognition of his contributions to the life sciences industry, Mr. Mortenson was appointed by the Governor of Maryland to the Maryland Life Sciences Advisory Board, where he continues to serve, helping guide the state's strategy to maintain its preeminence in the life sciences sector. He also served as Chairman of the Cecil College Board of Trustees from 2019 to 2024 and is currently in his second six-year gubernatorial appointment, having transitioned to the Board in 2015 from the Cecil College Foundation, where he served since 2011 including as Chair of its Planned Giving Committee.

Mr. Mortenson is also the co-founder of the newly established Quantum Biology Forum which was sponsored by Northwell Health and United Therapeutics.

Dr. Ozden Coksaygan, MD., has been a medical practitioner in Cecil County for more than 20 years, with offices located at 718 North Bridge Street in Elkton. She completed her residency at Wilson Memorial Hospital in Johnson City, N.Y., and was the Attending Physician at Laurelwood Care Center.

Dr. Coksaygan established her Primary Care Clinic in December 2017 and has been a Medical Staff Member for Union Hospital and ChristianaCare. A native of Turkey, Dr. Coksaygan began her medical education at Trakya University Medical School and Istanbul University’s Cerrahpasa Medical School.

Todd Anthony Hurt, a lifelong resident of Cecil County and Cecil College alumnus, was sworn in as a member of the Cecil College Board of Trustees in 2025. A 2016 graduate of the college, Mr. Hurt earned his degree in Business Management as an adult student using the GI Bill. After Cecil, he continued his academic journey at the University of Maryland University College (now the University of Maryland Global Campus), where he completed a degree in Business Administration in 2018. A graduate of Perryville High School and a native of Port Deposit, Mr. Hurt is committed to giving back to the community.

Mr. Hurt works as a Department of the Army civilian at Aberdeen Proving Ground, where he supports the mission of the Communications-Electronics Command. In both his professional and volunteer endeavors, he is known as a dedicated leader who champions the success of others. As a Trustee, Mr. Hurt hopes to inspire and support fellow veterans, showing them that Cecil College is a place where they can thrive.

Outside of his professional life, Mr. Hurt is a devoted family man and respected community leader. Together with his wife, Adrianne, and their three children—Ashlynn, Trent, and Hunter—he upholds strong values rooted in family, military service, and athletics. As a dedicated youth sports coach, Mr. Hurt has made a meaningful and lasting impact through his involvement with Perryville Little League, Perryville High School football, and his daughter’s travel softball team.