Thomas Hogan
Managing Owner
Tom is an Annapolis native. His first job was a dishwasher at Busch’s Chesapeake Inn at age 14. At age 18, he moved to the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The plan was to stay for 2 or 3 months and enjoy island life before starting college. However, the trip lasted for ten years. During this time, Tom attended the University of the Virgin Islands. While in the Caribbean, Tom worked at a trendy family-run hotel named Club Comanche. It was here that he learned the basics of cooking and restaurant management. Hurricane Hugo devastated the island of St. Croix in 1989, and Tom moved back to Annapolis in 1990.
Tom graduated from the University of Maryland and completed his Master’s Degree in Business / Financial Management. Tom, along with his business partners, also owns the very popular Federal House Bar & Grille located on the City Dock in downtown Annapolis, and the Bayside Bull, an Edgewater institution. Tom manages the operations of Main and Market and the business office.
He is an active member of several restaurant trade associations and is a member of the golf committee for the Hospice of the Chesapeake. Currently, he lives in Annapolis, MD with his wife, Sue.
Evie Turner
Vice President
Evie was born in Chicago to an Italian mother who is a fantastic cook and baker and a father who loves to sail the Chesapeake Bay. Their love to entertain on the water or at home influenced her at a young age for food and friends. Her 1st catering job was at 14 years of age which kept her busy as she attended St. Mary’s High School in Annapolis.
Whether catering on weekends, on holiday break from Roanoke College or choosing to turn it into her career in 1997, Main & Market has been a constant in her life. Evie Turner has come full circle with Main & Market. Evie’s passion for catering and attention to detail continues her drive to create the ultimate catering experience. She has completed numerous years of Catersource Seminars and is a member of the International Catering Association. Main & Market honored Evie in 2002 for YWCA TWIN (Tribute to Women in Industry) and continues to stay involved with the YWCA of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County. Evie uses her creativity and experience to assist and guide the Main and Market Team. Evie resides in Severna Park with her husband, Arnold, daughter Claire and her son, Patrick.
Missy Harrison
Catering Kitchen Manager
Missy Harrison was born in Glen Burnie, MD and raised there her entire life. Missy has devoted 8 years of her culinary and management expertise to the Main Ingredient, demonstrating leadership skills as Restaurant Manager, Catering Lead Server, Director of Food Services for the Maryland Freestate Challenge Program at Aberdeen Proving Ground and currently Catering Kitchen Manager. Her love for the hospitality industry started as a teenager pursuing her Hotel/Restaurant Management Degree at Pennsylvania Culinary Institute in Pittsburgh, PA. Missy moved on to a work a food kiosk for a friend; she cooked, served and independently ran the kiosk for 2 years. Missy then worked for a student travel agency where she was the hotel coordinator for over 700 student groups. Missy had really missed the cooking aspect of her career and decided to make a career change back to the restaurant side of the hospitality industry. She joined the team at Main Ingredient in 2007 and started to climb the ladder. In her spare time, Missy loves relaxing with her husband, Sean and Boxers, Mosley and Juice. She enjoys traveling and rooting for her favorite team, the Baltimore Ravens.
Debra Darrow
Senior Sales Consultant
Debra Darrow joined Main & Market in summer of 2008. She arrived with a background of event planning for a major real estate company. This experience, combined with Debra’s passion for personal entertaining, made her a natural for catering sales. Her attention to detail and love of people make Main & Market a perfect fit.
Debra welcomes you to try Main & Market the next time you want to wow your guests or impress your client.
Jennifer Vertlieb
Staffing Director / Catering Manager
Jennifer was born in Augsburg, Germany into a military family; she has lived in numerous states as well as overseas. While affiliated with the military, Jennifer was head FRG (Family Readiness Group) leader, and in charge of all fundraisers, soldier care packages, and many events, this sparked her love for the industry. Once Jennifer moved back to Millersville, MD with her two children Madison and Mason, Main and Market welcomed her with open arms.
Jennifer started her career as a server at Main and Market with no experience and quickly moved up to Lead and Prop Management. After two years Jennifer was promoted to Staffing Director/Catering Manager. Jennifer takes pride in developing customer relationships, supervising catering teams, ensuring client satisfaction, as well as, supporting the firm’s excellent image. In her free time, Jennifer enjoys ballroom and salsa dancing as well as other numerous activities with her family and friends. The Main and Market team has become an extended family to her, and she cannot wait to see what the future holds.
April Louise Haynes
Office Manager
April celebrates Fifteen years as our Office Manager. She is affectionately known as the “Voice and Glue” of Main & Market. April comes to us with over Fifteen years of Customer Service Management. Her consistent positive attitude lends light to the workplace worthy of sharing. April’s professional approach to company business is noticed by all who come in contact with her. She maintains the functional flow between our Catering Sales Team, Kitchen and Accounting Office. April was honored as our 2009 YWCA Twin recipient. April would quote that “Success would be nothing without someone to share it with.” Her personal and professional achievements can be accredited back to an active family base, a supportive extended family and a grounded belief in God. She is grateful for loving and accomplished parents, solid work ethics which began early in life, and a commitment to academic achievement. April strives to provide a positive role model for her son who is continuously influenced by her success.
Christina M. Rossetti
Controller
Christina is a native Annapolitan who has been fascinated by the food and beverage industry from an early age. She has made the hospitality industry her passion for over the past two decades. Christy started in the industry in high school and worked her way up to hosting, waiting tables, bartending in college and becoming a regional restaurant training coordinator and shift leader in her early 20’s. As a 2001 Towson graduate with a degree in Advertising, she is a vital part of the Main & Market marketing team. Early in her career Christy was an event planner in Washington D.C. and catered countless weddings. This including events for the President of the United States, The Smithsonian Group, various Embassies, and Fortune 500 companies. She then studied at the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley where she continued to further her education in food and wine, worked for two prominent corporate restaurant groups. Christy began working for Main & Market in 2008 as the General Manager for the Café. She was the General Manager for ten wonderful years and now is the Controller for both Main & Market and Federal House Bar & Grille overseeing finances and assisting in managing day-to-day operations.
Casey Brungart
Lead Caterer / Director of Staff Development
Casey joined our catering team in 2010 after many years of service in the food and beverage industry. Born and raised in Annapolis, Casey knew that when it came to catered events, Main & Market’s know how and quality products, along with community involvement made the decision to join the team a very easy one.
Casey started as one of our caterers who then quickly moved up to a Lead caterer, and Director of Staff Development. Casey ensures that everyone involved, from team members to clients, have all the knowledge necessary for a successful, non-stressful event.
Casey looks forward to working with you on your next catered event.
Lila Wyre
Bakery Manager
Lila Wrye is a native Texan from the capital city of Austin. After graduating from high school, she attended classes at the Texas Culinary Academy while working in photography. Lila has a lifetime love of baking and fine foods, and began employment in the bakery at Main & Market upon moving to Annapolis in 1999. By 2012, Lila was promoted to Bakery Manager and continues to win Annapolis’ Best Desserts. She lives on Maryland’s eastern shore with her husband, son, and daughter. At home, movies, cooking, and outdoor activities with the family occupy her time.
LLoyd Dunlap-Pampuro
General Manager Cafe
Lloyd spent the first 23 years of his life in southern Georgia. His first memories of food are of his grandmother allowing him to sit in the kitchen and prepare meals, and then of his grandfather’s BBQ and smoked ham on Christmas. While attending college he got job at a counseling center, and then moved onto food service in which he worked every job position up to management. In 2011 he moved to Annapolis and fell in love with the people, scenery, and food. Lloyd met his husband while bartending one night and they married in 2016. This motivated him and he spent time training and learning and moved his way up to kitchen manager and then senior kitchen manager. Wanting to learn more about the liquor industry, he also worked in sales in the beverage sector before coming to Main and Market. He has only one kid, a very loving yellow lab named Rylee.
Julie Ryan
Sales Consultant
Julie Ryan was born and raised in the Annapolis area. She learned the art of cooking from her grandfather, Pasquale, who was the executive chef at The House of Representatives in DC. Culinary arts has always been her passion, and she began catering at the age of 12. After high school, Julie enrolled at Anne Arundel Community College in the HCAT program until transferring to Santa Monica College in California shortly after that. Once in LA, she continued to work in hospitality services and event planning for the entertainment industry. After relocating back to the Annapolis area, Julie has since joined the team at Main and Market to continue to use her knowledge of and expertise of the hospitality industry as a Sales Consultant.
Nanette Williams
Sales Consultant
Nanette Williams was born in Annapolis, MD. She graduated from Annapolis Senior High School and continues to have several local connections. In 1984 Nanette joined the United States Navy and was stationed in Norfolk, VA. After four years of service, Nanette was Honorably Discharged. She began working with the United States Postal Service continuing her dedication to the United States, developing her personal touch.
After ten years of service, Nanette left the postal service for modeling and acting. In 2003 she moved to Los Angeles, CA where she did background work on a host of tv shows, and movies. It was here in Los Angeles that she began working on set productions, and with event planners and realized that she enjoyed this line of work.
In 2006 she returned home, to Annapolis and began working with a commercial management company as a receptionist. She continued there until she heard about Main and Market. In 2008, she started working with Main and Market as a server, and shortly after that she was moved to a Lead position on her first wedding, which she says, “was terrifying.” After many successful events, she had received a promotion to Director of Staffing for Main and Market, and the past year and a half, she has been working as a full-time Sales Consultant – which she loves.
Nanette still goes out on service jobs and continues to drop her wisdom notes, “everything must have a purpose” you will hear her say. She is thankful for her upbringing, God-fearing parents, grandmother, and great-grandmother who were all incredible cooks. Nanette is affectionately known as the “Lead” by her children, who have worked with Main and Market as servers, and gets a kick out of her need to have everything in its place and placed with purpose, even at home, or her husband’s business. She enjoys decorating and redecorating spaces with the same pieces that, somehow looks brand new when she’s finished.
Diane Fantone
Sales Consultant
Diane’s formal training began in the mid-’80s when she obtained an A.S. degree in Culinary Arts and a B.S. in Food Service Management from Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI. Diane has been in the food industry for the past 30 years. She has held various management positions including event planning and has trained with some top-notch chefs and managers for hotels, restaurants, country clubs and food service companies. In 1994 Diane joined the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group in San Francisco, CA where she held several management positions. The Mandarin (a member of The Leading Hotels of the World and ranked as one of the top hotels in the US) inspired her to travel and allowed her to live overseas, attending cooking courses and experiencing a broad array of truly local cuisines. Since moving to Annapolis, Diane has owned and operated her own chef/catering company and taught as a culinary instructor at Anne Arundel Community College. In her spare time, Diane likes to enjoy sports, live music, being with family and traveling whenever possible.
Diane Prout
Private School Lunch Program Manager
Diane Prout joined the Main & Market team with over 17 years of Print Production and Customer Service Management. She has a unique perspective on our private school lunch program, as her child attended one of our participating private schools. Diane recognizes how valuable an online, well-balanced, and user-friendly lunch program is to a private school and their families. She has an insight into what the parent expects, and the student enjoys in our lunches. She believes customer service is just as outstanding as the lunches we serve. Diane enjoys traveling with her family, horseback riding, and time spent with friends along the Chesapeake Bay.