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The Board
2010 Executive Board (Effective January 1, 2010)
(Updated: December 1, 2009)
Executive Committee - Officers
- Chairman: Mr. Michael P. Pennington
Executive Director,
Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland
(Representing the Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore)
- First Vice Chair: Bonnie Braun, Ph.D., CFCS
Endowed Chair/Director, Herschel S. Horowitz Center for Health Literacy
University of Maryland, School of Public Health
Associate Professor, State Family Policy Specialist, Maryland Cooperative Extension
(Special Appointment by the Executive Board)
- Second Vice Chair: Tom McLoughlin
Representing the Board At-Large
- Immediate Past Chairman: Mr. Charlie Ross
Former President/CEO, Garrett County Chamber of Commerce
Board Members
By District
- Representing District 1 (Garrett, Allegany and Washington Counties)
Mr. Rodney Glotfelty
Garrett County Health Officer
Garrett County Health Department - Representing District 2 (Frederick, Carroll and Harford Counties)
Ms. Annie Kronk, Ph.D.
Retire Lobbyist (Johns Hopkins University)
- Representing District 3 (Charles, Calvert and St. Mary's Counties)
Mr. Robert Schaller, Ph.D.
Director, Economic and Community Development
St. Mary's County Department of Economic and Community Development
- Representing District 4 (Cecil, Kent and Queen Anne's Counties)
Paul Gunther Queen Anne's County Commission - Representing District 5 (Caroline, Dorchester and Talbot Counties)
Don William Bradley
Town of Hurlock - Representing District 6 (Wicomico, Worcester and Somerset Counties)
Mr. Erroll Mattox
Farm Management Specialist
Maryland Cooperative Extension - Representing District 7 (Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, Montgomery and
Prince George's Counties).
Mr. R. Kevin Brooks
Maryland Rural Development Corporation
Members
- Representing Nonprofit Organizations
Mr. Frederick F. Smyth
Executive Director
Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship Center (Easton)
- Representing For-Profit Organizations
Ms. Colleen T. Peterson
Executive Director
Greater Cumberland Committee
- Representing the Maryland Association
of Counties
- Mr. Robert M. Hutcheson
Allegany County Commissioner
- Ms. Linda Busick
Worcester County Commissioner
- Mr. Robert M. Hutcheson
- Representing the Maryland Municipal League
-
Cheryl Lewis
Circuit Rider
Town of Trappe Mr. Carroll Jones
Mayor
City of Brunswick
-
Cheryl Lewis
- Representing the Maryland State Senate
- The Honorable Thomas McLain Middleton (District 28)
Maryland State Senate - The Honorable Alexander X. Mooney (District 3)
Maryland State Senate - The Honorable Richard F. Colburn (District 37)
Maryland State Senate
- The Honorable Thomas McLain Middleton (District 28)
- Representing the Maryland House of Delegates
- The Honorable Richard B. Weldon, Jr. (District 3B)
Maryland House of Delegates - The Honorable John F. Wood, Jr. (District 29A)
Maryland House of Delegates - The Honorable Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio (District 37B)
Maryland House of Delegates
- The Honorable Richard B. Weldon, Jr. (District 3B)
- Representing the Maryland Rural
Health Association
Denise Matriccini, Vice President of Government Affairs
Maryland Hospital Association- Representing the Maryland Farm Bureau, Inc.
Mr. Mike Phipps- Representing the Maryland Association of Public Library Administrators
Ms. Sharan Marshall
Southern Maryland Regional Library Association- Representing the Maryland Downtown Development Association
Vacant
MDDA- Representing the Maryland Association of Community Action Agencies
Mr. Dave Jordan
Executive Director
Washington County Community Action Council- Representing the Governor's Office
Mr. Earl J. "Buddy" Hance
Agriculture Secretary
- Representing the Maryland Department of Agriculture
Mr. S. Patrick McMillan
Assistant Secretary, Marketing and Consumer Services
Maryland Department of Agriculture- Representing the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development
Mr. Greg Cole
Director, Financial Programs- Representing the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Ms. Sarah Orth
Acting Director, State Office of Rural Health-Office of Health and Policy Planning
- Representing the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development
Ms. Carol Gilbert
Assistant Secretary, Division of Neighborhood Revitalization- Representing the Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Ms. Emily H. Wilson
Senior Advisor- Representing the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland
Wayne Clark
Executive Director
Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland - Representing the Maryland Farm Bureau, Inc.
- Representing Tri-County Council for Western Maryland
Ms. Leanne Mazer
Executive Director
Tri-County Council for Western Maryland - Representing the Upper Shore Regional Council
Mr. John A. Dillman, III
Executive Director
Upper Shore Regional Council - Representing the Mid-Shore Regional Council
Mr. Scott Warner
Executive Director
MidShore Regional Council - Representing the Tri-County Council for the Loweer Eastern Shore
Mr. Michael Pennington
Executive Director
(Chair of the Rural Maryland Council)
- Representing the Southern Maryland Resource, Conservation and Development Council
Franklin Holly
Southern Maryland Resource, Conservation and Development Council - Representing Western Maryland Resource, Conservation and Development Council
Vacant
RC&D Coordinator
Western Maryland Resource, Conservation and Development Council - Representing the Eastern Shore Resource, Conservation and Development Council
Mr. Dave Wilson
RC&D Coordinator
Eastern Shore Resource, Conservation and Development Council - Representing Maryland Cooperative Extension
Mr. Nick T. Place, Ph.D.
Associate Dean and Associate Director
Maryland Cooperative Extension
- Representing the Rural Maryland Foundation
Mr. Robert Agee
Administrator
City of Annapolis
- Representing Federal Government Agencies
Jack Tarburton
State Director
Delaware/Maryland
USDA Rural Development
Charles C. Cawley Sr
Maryland State Executive Director
USDA Farm Service Agency - Representing the State At-Large (Appointed by the Board)
Eric Wargotz, M.D.
President
Queen Anne's County Board of Commissioners
Special Appointments by the Executive Board
- Bonnie Braun, Ph.D., CFCS
Endowed Chair/Director, Herschel S. Horowitz Center for Health Literacy
Associate Professor, State Family Policy Specialist, Maryland Cooperative Extension
- The Honorable Addie Eckardt
Maryland House of Delegates
- Mr. Thomas McLoughlin
Retired Hospital CEO
RMC Second Vice Chair