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The Board
2011 Executive Board
(Updated: April 4, 2011)
Executive Committee - Officers
- 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
- First Vice Chair: Scott Warner
Executive Director,
MidShore Regional Council - Second Vice Chair: Tom McLoughlin
Representing the Board At-Large
- Immediate Past Chairman: Michael P. Pennington
Executive Director,
Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland
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)
Vacant
- 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 - 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. Michael Thielke
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
- The Honorable Loiuse L. Gulyas
Commissioner, Worcester County
- The Honorable Gregan T. Crawford
Chair, Garrett County Board Of County Commissioners
- The Honorable Loiuse L. Gulyas
- Representing the Maryland Municipal League
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Cheryl Lewis
Circuit Rider
Town of Trappe
- William M. Breichner
Councilman, City of Hagerstown
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Cheryl Lewis
- Representing the Maryland General Assembly
- The Honorable Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio (District 37B)
Maryland House of Delegates
- The Honorable Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio (District 37B)
- Representing the Maryland Rural
Health Association
Denise Matriccini Vice President of Government Affairs
Maryland Hospital Association - Representing the Maryland Farm Bureau, Inc.
Vacant - Representing the Maryland Association of Public Library Administrators
Ms. Sharan Marshall
Southern Maryland Regional Library Association - Representing the Maryland Downtown Development Association
Vacant
- 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
Vacant
- 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 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 Holley
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. Ralpha Bucca
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
Consultant
- 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
- The Honorable Addie Eckardt
Maryland House of Delegates