Trust Leadership

 

The Trust is governed by a 19-member board of trustees, which includes five ex-officio positions consisting of the president of the Senate, the speaker of the House, and leaders of the departments of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment. The remaining 14 members, who are appointed by the governor for staggered four-year terms, represent business, education and conservation interests; local government; and the general public.

 

2008 Board of Trustees

Paul J. Allen
Vice President
Constellation Energy Group

(Chair)

Torrey C. Brown, M.D.
Chairman of the Board
Intralytix, Inc.
(Board Vice Chair)

Peter Byrnes
President & CEO
Winchester Homes, Inc. (ret.)
(Treasurer and Finance Chair)

J. Matthew Gambrill, Esq.
Principal
Calvert Marina

(Secretary)


Gary Heath
Chief Arts & Sciences Branch - RETIRED
Instruction and Staff Development
Maryland State Department of Education
(Grants Policy Committee Co-chair)

 

Robert G. Hoyt
Founding Partner
EcoLogix Group
(Grants Policy Committee Co-chair)

 

Tara Potter
Assistant Vice President, External Affairs
Verizon Maryland

(Communications & Marketing Committee Chair)


Honorable John C. Astle
Maryland State Senate

 

Russell Brinsfield
Executive Director
Maryland Center for Agro-Ecology

Honorable Virginia P. Clagett
Maryland House of Delegates

Craig Erickson
Vice President Financial Planning
Erickson Retirement Communities

 


 

 

 

 



 

 

W. Warren Hamel 
Partner
Venable, LLP

 

T. Bryan McIntire
Council Member
Baltimore County Council

 

Dr. Margaret Palmer
Laboratory Director/Professor
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences

 

Eric Schwabb
Deputy Secretary
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
(Ex-Officio, Department of Natural Resources)

Philip S. Smith
President & CEO
CAPTEL

Scot T. Spencer
Senior Program Officer
The Annie E. Casey Foundation

 

Virginia Kearney
Deputy Director
Water Management Administration
Maryland Department of the Environment
(Ex-Officio, Department of the Environment)

Louise Lawrence
Chair

Office of Resource Conservation

Maryland Department of Agriculture
(Ex-Officio, Department of Agriculture)

 

Trustees Emeritus

Honorable Harry R. Hughes
Former Governor of Maryland

 

Honorable Arthur Dorman 
Former Maryland State Senator

Martin H. Poretsky
Poretsky Building Group