Executive Board Members

Executive Committee – Officers

• RMC Chair:
  Susan O’Neill
  Executive Director
  Upper Shore Regional Council
• RMC First Vice-Chair:
  Greg Padgham
  Executive Director
  Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore 
• RMC Second Vice-Chair:
  Chris Benzing
  Executive Director
  Maryland Rural Development Corporation 
• Representing RMC Joint Planning and Development Committee:
  Mike Thielke
  Executive Director
  Eastern Shore Entrepreneurship Center 
• Representing RMC Legislative Committee:
  Lindsay Thompson
  Executive Director
• Maryland Grain Producers 

• Representing RMC Agriculture Committee:
  Matthew Teffeau
• Government Affairs Manager
• Choptank Electric Cooperative
• RMPIF Chair:
  Scott Warner
  Executive Director
• Mid-Shore Regional Council 
• Representing Rural Maryland Foundation:
  Daniel Rider
  Forest Program Director
• Maryland Department of Natural Resources 
• Representing University of Maryland Eastern Shore:
• Dr. Heidi Anderson
• President
• University of Maryland Eastern Shore 
• Immediate Past Chair
  John Hartline
  Executive Director
  Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland 
  
  Board Members
  By District
  • Representing District 1 (Garrett, Allegany, and Washington Counties)
    • Ms. Leslie Hart, Washington County Economic Development
  • Representing District 2 (Frederick, Carroll, and Harford Counties)
    • Elizabeth Chung, Asian American Center of Frederick
  • Representing District 3 (Charles, Calvert, and St. Mary’s Counties)
    • Chris Kaselemis, St. Mary’s County Office Department of Economic Development
  • Representing District 4 (Cecil, Kent, and Queen Anne’s Counties)
    • Dawson Hunter, Kent County
  • Representing District 5 (Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties)
    • Debbie Bowden, Caroline County Economic Development
  • Representing District 6 ( Wicomico, Worchester, and Somerset Counties) 
  •          Matt Holloway, Quantico Creek Sod Farm, and Baywater Farm
  • Representing For-Profit Organizations
    • Renee Sheehy, Delmarva Power
  • Representing State At-Large
    • Bill Valentine, Retired Allegany County Commissioner

  Members

  • Representing the Maryland Association of Counties
    • Jack Wilson, Board of Commissioners, Queen Anne’s County
  • Representing the Maryland Municipal League
    • Zack Tyndall, Mayor, Town of Berlin
  • Representing the Governor’s Office
    • Steve Schatz, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
  • Representing Maryland Farm Bureau
    • Ashton Shipley, Maryland Farm Bureau
  • Representing Special Appointment
    • Steve McHenry, Maryland Agricultural & Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation (MARBIDCO)
  • Representing USDA Rural Development
    • David Baker, USDA Rural Development
  • Representing Maryland Department of Commerce
    • Lori Ratzburg, Maryland Department of Commerce
  • Representing Maryland Department of Agriculture
    • Cassie Shirk, Maryland Department of Agriculture
  • Representing Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development
    • Cindy Stone, Department of Housing and Community Development
  • Representing Maryland Department of Health
    • Sara Seitz, Maryland Department of Health
  • Representing Tri-County Council for Western Maryland
  •          Leanne Mazer, Tri-County Council for Western Maryland
  • Representing Western Maryland Resource Conservation and Development Council 
  •          Craig Hartsock, Western Maryland Resource Conservation and Development Council
  • Representing Special Appointment 
  •           Jerry McLaurin, PFC Black Chamber of Commerce
  • Representing Maryland Association of Community Action Agencies
    • Santo Grande, Maryland Association of Community Action Agencies
  • Representing Maryland Forest Association  
    • Beth Hill,  Maryland Forests Association
  • Representing Delmarva Poultry Industry
    • Holly Porter, Delmarva Poultry Industry
  • Representing Maryland Association of Public Library Administration 
  •          Elizabeth Hulett, Maryland Association of Public Library Administration
  • Representing University of Maryland Extension 
  •          Jinhee Kim, University of Maryland Extension
  • Representing Maryland House of Delegates
    • The Honorable Sheree Sample-Hughes
      Delegate, District 37A
    • The Honorable Brian Crosby
      Delegate, District 29B
    • Representing Maryland Senate
    • The Honorable Mike McKay
      Senator, District 1
    • The Honorable Katie Fry Hester
  • Senator, District 9