Unified Community Connections, a nonprofit agency serving children and adults with disabilities throughout Maryland, named Wayne A. Horrell to its board of directors. Horrell has 34 years of experience in the health care field.

Prior to his retirement, Horrell served as the president and CEO of Community Health Charities of Maryland and Delaware. Previous positions include corporate vice president of planning and business development for LifeBridge Health in Maryland, senior vice president of Northwest Hospital Center in Maryland and director of planning and marketing at Citizens General Hospital in Pennsylvania. He has also served as adjunct faculty for the MBA program at Hood College. Horrell began his career as an English teacher and department chair of Blairsville Senior High School in Pennsylvania.

Over the years, Horrell has been a guest lecturer on health policy, insurance and administration at Loyola University Maryland and on health care marketing at Johns Hopkins University.

Horrell is on the Local Management Board of Frederick County in Maryland and has been involved in numerous health charities throughout the region, including the Carroll County Commission on Aging and both the United Way of Maryland and the United Way of Western Pennsylvania.

Horrell holds an MBA from Northland University, and a Master of English and a bachelor’s degree in English education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Unified Community Connections is a nonprofit agency that serves children and adults with a range of disabilities throughout Maryland. Unified Community Connections seeks to advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with disabilities through residential, transportation, employment and adult day services as well as assistive technology, in-home supports and the Delrey School in Arbutus, Md. Headquartered in Hunt Valley, Unified Community Connections operates agency centers in Middle River, Cumberland, Frederick and Hagerstown. (www.unified.org)