WILLIAM “BILL” and LISA STROMBERG are passionate advocates for the transformational power and value of education. Together, they have generously supported a wide range of education-focused initiatives.
Lisa is a 1983 graduate of Goucher College, where she currently serves as the chair of their board of trustees. She was elected to Goucher’s board in 2016 and has served as chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee and the Presidential Inauguration Committee. Lisa has also served on the Presidential Search Committee, the Alumnae/i Association’s Nominating and Reunion Committees, and was also a Class Fund Manager. Lisa also earned her M. Ed at Loyola University Maryland.
In her professional life, Lisa is a former teacher of middle and high school French and Spanish in Maryland and in New Hampshire. Beyond teaching, she has devoted much of her time to volunteering in education-focused roles within the greater Baltimore area. In addition to her roles at Goucher, she has served on the school boards of the School of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Notre Dame Preparatory School, and Mother Seton Academy.
Together, Lisa and Bill are recipients of Catholic Charities’ Distinguished Service Award, and the Order of St. Gregory the Great.
Bill graduated from Johns Hopkins in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree in mathematical sciences. He also earned an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth in 1987. Bill retired as president and CEO of T. Rowe Price in December 2021. He joined the company in 1987 as an equity investment analyst and went on to serve in a variety of roles within the organization, including portfolio manager of the Dividend Growth Fund and the Capital Opportunity Fund. His career pivoted towards leadership beginning in 1996 when he became director of Equity Research, leading the firm’s equity analysts for 10 years. Then from 2006 to 2015, he led U.S. Equity and eventually all Global Equity until becoming CEO and board member in January 2016. In May, after eight years of board service, with six years as board chair, he will retire from the T. Rowe Price board.
On a civic level, Bill has served on a variety of boards and committees within the Baltimore Community throughout his career including the Towson YMCA, Associated Catholic Charities, Loyola Blakefield, the Greater Baltimore Committee, and the Greater Washington Partnership. Bill currently serves on the Johns Hopkins University Board of Trustees and is chair of the Whiting School Advisory Board. Bill has also been a strong supporter of Johns Hopkins’ Athletics programs, having been one of the Blue Jays’ most decorated athletes of all time, setting long-standing records in both baseball and football. He is a charter member of the JHU Athletic Hall of Fame and was also inducted into the National College Football Hall of Fame in 2004. He was a founding Vice President of Blue Jays Unlimited and went on to serve two terms as president.
Beyond their support of this department headship, Bill and Lisa have been strong supporters of athletics, including for the baseball stadium, named Babb Field at Stromberg Stadium, and a football coaching endowment honoring legendary coach Jim Margraff.
Outside of Hopkins, Bill and Lisa have established a variety of scholarships for deserving students at primary schools, high schools, and colleges in Baltimore and beyond.
