Loyola President Terrence M. Sawyer, J.D., recognized as one of the 2025 Influential Marylanders and Power 100
Terrence M. Sawyer, J.D., president of Loyola University Maryland, has been named one of The Daily Record’s 2025 Influential Marylanders and to the publication’s 2025 Power 100 List.
Sawyer is one of 56 honorees recognized by The Daily Record’s editors as Influential Marylanders for their “significant contributions to their respective fields and for their leadership in Maryland.” Honorees are selected from the following areas: civic leadership, communications, education, finance, freestyle, general business, health care, law, philanthropy, real estate, and technology.
Sawyer, who was recognized as an Influential Marylander in the field of education, joins several Loyola alumni on the list, including Christine Aspell, ’90, office managing partner of the KPMG Baltimore office; Joseph Baker, ’80, M.Ed. ’84, director of advancement at Calvert Hall College High School; and Sister Patricia McCarron, SSND, Ph.D., M.Ed. ’88, superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
The Power 100 List offers readers “a look at the 100 men and women who are shaping our businesses, nonprofits, law firms, and other key institutions,” with a focus on “the people who play an outsized role in the culture, lifestyle, civic conversations, and economic fortunes of Maryland.”
Sawyer is joined on the Power 100 List by four Loyola alumni, including Aspell, Jay O’Brien, ’05, vice president of broadcasting and gameday productions for the Baltimore Ravens; R. Alan Butler, MBA ’95, CEO at Erickson Senior Living; and Scott Dorsey, MBA ’86, chairman/CEO at Merritt Properties LLC.
Sawyer is currently leading the University in the implementation of its strategic plan, Together We Rise: Loyola University Maryland’s Strategic Plan for 2030, which strives to make Loyola a preeminent university for student success. Under his leadership, the University is investing in health and STEM infrastructure, including the renovation and expansion of Donnelly Science Center; welcoming record-breaking incoming classes; overseeing the growth of programs and initiatives related to sustainability; and creating a community hub on York Road.
Sawyer has also guided Loyola’s expansion of the University’s academic offerings to meet the evolving needs of students and the marketplace. In addition to welcoming the first cohort of Bachelor of Science in Nursing students in Fall 2025, Loyola is also launching a new Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies, a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science, and a Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science. In Fall 2026, the Sellinger School of Business and Management will offer a new Bachelor of Science in Real Estate, a Bachelor of Business Administration in Digital Marketing and Analytics, and a Bachelor of Science in Financial Risk Management and Insurance.
Sawyer has continued to prioritize the York Road Initiative, a program he was instrumental in developing and launching earlier in his 26-year career at Loyola. He was an early advocate for the recently approved York Corridor Business Improvement District (BID), a key recommendation of the 2015 York Road Commercial Corridor Vision and Action Plan, which Loyola’s York Road Initiative helped shape.
Sawyer became the 25th president of Loyola in January 2022 after 23 years serving the University in several roles as an administrator and affiliate faculty member. As senior vice president, he led the $100 million Bright Minds, Bold Hearts campaign, the largest in Loyola’s history. He also led advancement in raising funds to support strategic capital projects, including the Miguel B. Fernandez Family Center for Innovation and Collaborative Learning, which opened in 2021.
Sawyer currently serves on the boards of the American Council on Education, the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, Catholic Charities, The Center Club, the Greater Baltimore Committee, Loyola Blakefield, the Marion I. & Henry J. Knott Scholarship Foundation, and the Maryland Independent Colleges and Universities Association.