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Board of Trustees

The Chesapeake Bay Trust was created in 1985 by the General Assembly as a non-profit grant-making organization with the mission of engaging the citizens of Maryland in efforts to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. The Trust’s 19-member Board of Trustees has two ex-officio representatives from the State General Assembly and one each from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MDNR), Maryland Department of the Environment (MDA), and Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA). The remaining fourteen members of the Board are appointed by the Governor.

Chesapeake Bay Trust Board of Trustees 2010-2011

Tara Potter, Chair of the Board
Verizon

Honorable John Astle
Maryland State Senate

Torrey C. Brown, M.D.
Intralytix, Inc.


Stuart A. Clarke
Town Creek Foundation

Honorable Valerie Ervin
Montgomery County Council

J. Matthew Gambrill, Esq.
Calvert Marina

F. Carter Heim
HeimLantz, P.C

Honorable Adam Ortiz
Office of the Prince George’s County Executive

Virginia (Ginny) Kearney
Maryland Department of the Environment

Joseph Gill
Maryland Department of Natural Resources

W. Warren Hamel, Esq.
Venable, LLP

Louise Lawrence
Maryland Department of Agriculture

Steve Linhard

St. Mary's School & Parish

Dr. Margaret Palmer
UMD-Chesapeake Biological Lab

Terence Smith
Journalist

Scot T. Spencer
The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Lise Van Susteren, M.D.