Steering Committee
The Steering Committee guides the Partnership by fostering excellent internal communications, developing strategies and goals for consideration by the broader group, and ensuring work groups are functioning effectively. The Partnership has a set of working groups focused on tasks that align with current goals.
In addition, the Partnership has a full time program manager and Chesapeake Conservation and Climate Corps member. There are also facilitators and staff at various agencies that help contribute to the functions of the partnership.
Current Steering Committee Members (listed alphabetically by last name):
Jan-Michael Archer, University of Maryland School of Public Health
Hedrick Belin, President, Potomac Conservancy
Hilary Bell, Director of Land Acquisition and Planning, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Anthony Bobo, Deputy State Director, Eastern States, US Bureu of Land Management
Katie Brownson, Watershed Specialist, USDA Forest Service
Joel Dunn, President, Chesapeake Conservancy (Co-convener)
Brett Glymph, Executive Director, Virginia Outdoors Foundation
Marcia A. Fox, Executive Director, Delaware Wildlands
Ashley Rebert, Chief of Land Conservation and Stewardship, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Restoration
Anna Killius, Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Commission
Genevieve LaRouche, Field Supervisor, USFWS Chesapeake Bay Field Office, US Fish and Wildlife Service (Co-convener)
Tim Male, Executive Director, Non-Profit Environmental Policy Innovation Center
John McCarthy, Senior Advisor & Director of Strategic Partnerships, Piedmont Environmental Council
Chris Miller, President, Piedmont Environmental Council
Deb Nardone, Executive Director, Clear Water Conservancy
Wendy O’Sullivan, Superintendent, National Park Service, Chesapeake Bay Office (Co-convener)
Mark Platts, President, Susquehanna National Heritage Area
Kristen Saunders, Cross GIT Coordinator, EPA Chesapeake Bay Program
Andrew Szwak, Mid-Atlantic Program Manager, Land Trust Alliance
Fritz Schroeder, President and CEO, Lancaster Conservancy
John Wolf, Acting Chesapeake Bay Coordinator, US Geological Survey
Current Staff and Facilitators (listed alphabetically by last name):
Ben Alexandro, CCP Program Manager, Chesapeake Conservation Partnership
Jamal Childs, Staff Assistant, Chesapeake Conservation and Climate Corps; Chesapeake Conservation Partnership
Aurelia Gracia,National Park Service, Chesapeake Bay Office
Bill Potapchuk, President; Community Building Institute
Britt Slattery, Coordinator, Stewardship GIT, CBP; National Park Service, Chesapeake Bay Office
Wuillam Urvina, Environmental Management Staffer – GIT 5, Chesapeake Bay Program | Chesapeake Research Consortium
John Wolf, Acting Chesapeake Bay Coordinator, US Geological Survey