About Us
Baltimore and Rotterdam’s Sister City relationship was established by the mayors of Baltimore, Maryland and Rotterdam, The Netherlands in 1985. The Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee (BRSCC) is a volunteer-run committee based in Baltimore that manages the relationship. The committee is part of Baltimore Sister Cities, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that manages the sister city relationships that were established by Baltimore Mayor’s Office.
Mission
Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee (BRSCC) promotes economic, cultural, educational, health/environmental and other cooperation and exchanges between Baltimore, Maryland, USA and Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and supports Baltimore region’s other activities and programs related to the Netherlands and the local Dutch community.
Committee Leadership
Chair:
Rachel Sengers
Vice Chair:
Ryan Eubanks
Treasurer:
Gislin Dagnelie, Ph.D.
Acting Secretary:
Rachel Sengers
Member at Large & BRSCC’s representative on the BSC, Inc. Board:
Gary Davison
Previous Chairs & Vice Chairs
Gislin Dagnelie, Ph.D. (Chair)
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Teresa Leslie (Vice Chair)
Gary Davison (Vice Chair)
Joe Joice (Chair)
United Sortation Solutions
Annet Couwenberg (Chair)
Maryland Institute College of Art
Stephen Bradley (Vice Chair)
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Bill Gaskins (Vice Chair)
Murry Bentley, Ph.D. (Chair)
Jordan Warnick (Chair)
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Our Activities
About Sister Cities
Sister-city relationships are overseen by the international non-profit organization Sister Cities International. These programs foster cross-cultural understanding and cooperation through the activities of ordinary citizens within the context of long-term, officially-sanctioned, municipal relations.
Baltimore has relationships with several sister cities around the world. Volunteer-run sister city committees manage the sister city relationships. The committees are local residents who share an interest in cultural, educational, and professional exchanges and who volunteer their time to bring the benefits of international relations to Baltimore.
Get Involved
The Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee is made up of all volunteers.
Contact us if you are interested in helping out with any our activities, have any suggestions, or want to attend a meeting. Meetings are held once a month.
