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Tracy Gosson is the President of Sagesse, Inc., a firm she launched in 2007 that offers high impact marketing, business and economic development, and management consulting services to organizations from large-scale government agencies and corporations to niche nonprofits. Tracy has over 20 years experience developing innovative marketing strategies that directly address challenges and produce tangible results. She is the founding Executive Director of the Live Baltimore Home Center and is a dynamic speaker that has been invited to share her innovative and enthusiastic experience with many organizations. Prior to Live Baltimore, she spent ten years working in television and film, building an understanding of effective communications that translated into expansive national and regional media coverage for many successes clients.

Under her nine years of leadership Live Baltimore became a nationally recognized organization, receiving numerous awards and was prominently established as a comprehensive urban marketing initiative that has been the model for similar efforts in many cities. Live Baltimore’s unique, market-based approach has been heralded as having a significant role in the resurgence of Baltimore City neighborhoods and population growth in the past decade.

Managing a $1 million operating budget she launched a high-profile media campaign attracting Washington DC workers to move to Baltimore City; developed corporate membership programs and customized product lines that generated over 40% of annual income; launched the Home Center, a one-stop-shop retail facility assisting potential new residents in their city living search; created award-winning website with dynamic consumer tracking component, attracting over 40,000 monthly visitors; published City Living Resource Guide, a bi-annual full color magazine; developed award-winning Welcome to Baltimore City Living Relocation Kit; and cultivated I Love City Life into a ubiquitous brand with specialty merchandise and city-wide Ambassador members.

Tracy resides in the circa 1875 rowhome that she renovated in the historic neighborhood of Butchers Hill in Baltimore, Maryland. She currently serves as a board member of the Baltimore Efficiency and Economy Foundation and the Greater Baltimore Committee The LEADERship. She served as the president of the Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks Board of Directors from 2004-2008, was a member of Mayor Dixon's Blue Ribbon Committee on Tax Reform and is a former member of Baltimore City’s Mayor O’Malley’s Cabinet.

Tracy was awarded the State of Maryland Department of Housing & Community Development 2004 Home Ownership Advocate of the Year, the Daily Record Innovator of the Year 2003, 40 Under 40 Emerging Leaders 2002 from the Baltimore Business Journal and Top 25 Young Leaders to Watch 2002 from The Baltimore Times. She is also a graduate of the Greater Baltimore Committee’s The LEADERship class of 2003.


the team
We have pulled together a team of highly skilled professionals that accept nothing short of perfection in their work. Award-winning graphic designers and publication specialists, event producers, database experts, web designers and copywriters are just a few of our team members. No matter the project or scale of the vision, we build a team of experts that generates cost-effective results.


join the team
We are recruiting talented team members to work with us on a variety of projects. If you have exceptional experience in your field and are looking bring your creative energy to work everyday then we would like to talk to you. Please send an email telling us a little about yourself and your successes, along with your resume, to the contact below.

Contact Us
sagesse, inc.
2122 e. pratt street
baltimore, md. 21231
(443) 829-9674
info@sagesseinc.com