CHESAPEAKE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Chair: Parris N. Glendening, Governor of Maryland

Ex officio: Thomas J. Ridge, Governor of Pennsylvania; James Gilmore, Governor of Virginia; Anthony A. Williams, Mayor, District of Columbia; Noah W. Wenger, Chair, Chesapeake Bay Commission; Carol M. Browner, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

c/o Chesapeake Bay Commission
60 West St., Suite 200
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 263-3420
e-mail: cbc@ari.net
fax: (410) 263-9338

The Chesapeake Executive Council was established by the Chesapeake Bay Agreement of 1983 to coordinate the work of restoring and protecting Chesapeake Bay. In accordance with the 1987 Chesapeake Bay Agreement, the Council is the governing body for these efforts. Parties to the 1987 Agreement are the State of Maryland; the Commonwealths of Pennsylvania and Virginia; the District of Columbia; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, representing the federal government; and the Chesapeake Bay Commission. The Council's six members serve ex officio.

CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
David R. Brubaker, Pennsylvania, Chair

Maryland members appointed by Governor: Elizabeth I. Bauereis, Ph.D.; James A. Soltesz; Lina Vlavianos; Mary Roe Walkup.

Maryland at-large members appointed by Board of Directors, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay: Mark Kalish; G. Steele Phillips; Larry Schweiger.

IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE
William Matuszeski, Maryland, Chair

Maryland members representing State agencies: Verna E. Harrison, Dept. of Natural Resources; Royden N. Powell III, Dept. of Agriculture.

Committee chairs:
David R. Brubaker (Pennsylvania), Citizens Advisory Committee
Russell Pettyjohn, Local Government Advisory Committee
Richard L. Jachowski, Scientific & Technical Advisory Committee

Subcommittee chairs:
Bruce Hicks, Air Subcommittee
Christina Novak (Pennsylvania), Communications Subcommittee
Robert E. Magnien, Ph.D. (Maryland), Information Management Subcommittee
Michael D. Clower (Virginia), Land, Growth & Stewardship Subcommittee
Carolyn V. Watson (Maryland), Living Resources Subcommittee
James R. Collier (District of Columbia), Modeling Subcommittee
William G. Browning (Virginia), Nutrients Subcommittee
Michael S. Haire (Maryland), Toxics Subcommittee

Chesapeake Bay Program Office
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
410 Severn Ave., Suite 109
Annapolis, MD 21403
(410) 267-5700

The Implementation Committee was established in 1984 by the Chesapeake Bay Agreement of 1983. The Committee advises the Chesapeake Executive Council on implementing the Chesapeake Bay Program.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM
Russell Pettyjohn, Pennsylvania, Chair (chosen by Executive Council)

Maryland members appointed by Governor: Margaret R. Myers; J. Harry Norris III; George M. O'Donnell; Fred J. Sissine; Elizabeth H. Tolbert; one vacancy.

Anthony D. Redman, Executive Director

416 Goldsborough St.
Easton, MD 21601
(410) 822-9630

In accordance with the 1987 Chesapeake Bay Agreement, the Governor appointed the Local Government Advisory Committee on the Chesapeake Bay Program in April 1988. The Committee presents to the Chesapeake Executive Council the concerns and opinions of the local governments in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. It also informs local governments about the Chesapeake Bay Program.

The Committee has twenty-four members. Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia each are represented by six members appointed by their respective governors. The District of Columbia is represented by six members appointed by the Mayor.

DEFUNCT UNITS

The Local Government Task Force concluded its work in October 1996.

Interstate Agencies
Maryland & the Federal Government

Maryland Manual On-Line