RURAL MARYLAND COUNCIL

Minutes

Charlotte L. Davis, Executive Director

[photo, Wayne A. Cawley, Jr. Building, 50 Harry S Truman Parkway, Annapolis, Maryland]

c/o Office of Marketing, Animal Industries, & Consumer Services
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.


Budget	Organizational Chart


Organizational Structure	Origin & Functions	Reports

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

RURAL MARYLAND COUNCIL

EXECUTIVE BOARD
John F. Hartline, Chair (chosen by Executive Board in Dec., 1-year term), 2020

Appointed by Senate President (nonvoting): George C. Edwards; Katie Fry Hester; Douglas J. J. Peters.

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: Christopher Benzing; Elizabeth L. Chung; Jean E. Fabi; Leslie D. Hart; Joshua A. Hastings; Christopher Kaselemis; Stephen R. McHenry; Lindsay D. Thompson; William R. (Bill) Valentine.

Representatives:
Eastern Shore Resource Conservation & Development Council: Ralph Bucca
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: Sharan Marshall
Maryland Downtown Development Association: Amy Seitz
Maryland Farm Bureau: Trish Hildebrand Bucci
Maryland Municipal League: John A. Kinnaird; Jaime M. Windon
Maryland Rural Health Association: Lara D. Wilson
Mid-Shore Regional Council: W. Scott Warner
Southern Maryland Resource, Conservation & Development Council: one vacancy
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: Denise Lovelady, 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.

Executive Director

charlotte.davis@maryland.gov

MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION & RURAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND