March 4, 2010 — Shirley Collier, CEO of Optemax, LLC, has been elected as chair of The Horizon Foundation’s Board of Trustees. Beforehand, Collier owned Paragon Computer Services. Collier founded "Computer Mania," a free computer symposium for girls in the public school system. She is the immediate past chair the Howard County Economic Development Authority’s Board and currently serves on the Neotech Advisory Board. She is also a founding member and past president of the International Alliance of Technology Integrators. Currently, she is a member of the Howard County Superintendent's Advisory Council for Educational Partnerships and is vice president of the Board of the Multinational Development of Women in Technology.