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
- The Honorable Sheree Sample-Hughes
- Senator, District 9
- Representing District 1 (Garrett, Allegany, and Washington Counties)