RURAL MARYLAND COUNCIL

[photo, Wayne A. Cawley, Jr. Building, 50 Harry S Truman Parkway, Annapolis, Maryland] Charlotte L. Davis, Executive Director

Department of Agriculture
Wayne A. Cawley, Jr., Building, 50 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis, MD 21401 - 8960
(410) 841-5772; fax: (410) 841-5987
e-mail: rmc.mda@maryland.gov
web: www.rural.maryland.gov

Wayne A. Cawley, Jr., Building, 50 Harry S Truman Parkway, Annapolis, Maryland, June 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

RURAL MARYLAND COUNCIL

 EXECUTIVE BOARD
John F. Hartline, Chair (chosen by Executive Board in Dec., 1-year term), 2022

Appointed by Senate President (nonvoting): George C. Edwards; Katie Fry Hester; one vacancy.

Appointed by House Speaker (nonvoting): Brian M. Crosby; Michael W. McKay; Sheree Sample-Hughes.

Appointed by Senate President & House Speaker (nonvoting): Mary Ann Lisanti

Elected by Executive Board: Heidi M. Anderson, Ph.D.; Christopher Benzing; Debbie Bowden; Elizabeth L. Chung; Leslie D. Hart; Darius Johnson; Christopher Kaselemis; Stephen R. McHenry; Lindsay D. Thompson; William R. (Bill) Valentine.

Representatives:
Delmarva Chicken Association: Holly Porter
Maryland Association of Community Action Agencies, Inc.: Santo Grande
Maryland Association of Counties: Wilbur Levengood, Jr.: Jack N. Wilson, Jr.
Maryland Association of Public Library Administrators: John Venditta
Maryland Farm Bureau: Ashton Shipley
Maryland Forests Association: Elizabeth Hill
Maryland Municipal League: John A. Kinnaird; Zackery C. (Zack) Tyndall
Mid-Shore Regional Council: W. Scott Warner
Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore: Gregory E. Padgham
Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland: John F. Hartline
Tri-County Council for Western Maryland: Leanne D. Mazer
Upper Shore Regional Council: Susan O'Neill
Western Maryland Resource, Conservation & Development Council: Craig Hartsock
Federal agencies: David Baker, State Director, Maryland & Delaware Rural Development, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
For-profit organizations: Renee Sheehy
Nonprofit organizations: Michael M. Thielke

Ex officio: Stephen P. Schatz, designee of Governor; Cassandra R. (Cassie) Shirk, designee of Secretary of Agriculture; Elizabeth M. Carven, designee of Secretary of Commerce; Sara A. Seitz, designee of Secretary of Health; Cindy Stone, designee of Secretary of Housing & Community Development; Daniel R. Rider, designee of Secretary of Natural Resources; James C. Hanson, Ph.D., Associate Director, University of Maryland Extension.

[photo, Grain silos, Wye Mills, Maryland]

Grain silos, Wye Mills, Maryland, September 2007. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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