Board of Trustees

The Chesapeake Bay Trust was created in 1985 by the Maryland 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, Chairman of the Board
Verizon, Asst. Vice President External Affairs

Paul J. Allen
Senior Vice President - Corporate Affairs Division
Constellation Energy Group

Honorable John Astle
Exofficio, Senate

Dr. Russell Brinsfield
Executive Director
Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology

Torrey C. Brown, M.D.
Chairman of the Board, Intralytix, Inc.

Peter Byrnes, Vice-Chairman of the Board

Honorable Virginia P. Clagett
Exofficio, House of Delegates

Stuart A. Clarke, Treasurer of the Board
Executive Director
Town Creek Foundation

Honorable Valerie Ervin
Montgomery County Council

J. Matthew Gambrill, Esq.
Principal, Calvert Marina

Joseph Gill
Deputy Secretary
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Exofficio

W. Warren Hamel, Esq.
Venable, LLP – Partner

John P. Hollerbach, CPA
President & CEO, HarVest Bank of Maryland

Virginia (Ginny) Kearney
Water Management Administration
Maryland Department of the Environment
Exofficio

Louise Lawrence
Chief, Office of Resource Conservation
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Exofficio

Dr. Margaret Palmer
UMD-Chesapeake Biological Lab, Director

Terence Smith
Journalist

Scot T. Spencer, Secretary of the Board
The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Lise Van Susteren, M.D.

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