Principals’ Staff Committee
The Principals’ Staff Committee works on behalf of the Executive Council to translate the restoration vision into policy and implementation actions: accepting items for Council consideration and approval, setting agendas for Council meetings, providing briefings to the Watershed Agreement signatories and providing policy and program direction to the Management Board.
Upcoming Meetings
No upcoming meetings.
Scope and Purpose
The Principals' Staff Committee (PSC) acts as the policy advisors to the Executive Council, accepting items for Council consideration and approval, and setting agendas for Council meetings. Individual members of the PSC arrange and provide briefings to their principals, the Agreement signatories. The PSC also provides policy and program direction to the Management Board.
Publications
Principals' Staff Committee: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Action Statement
Published on August 18, 2020 in Adoption StatementThe Chesapeake Bay Program Principals' Staff Committee (PSC) accepts the report and recommendations in the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Strategy (DEIJ Strategy) - developed by an independent consultant for the Chesapeake Bay Program Diversity Workgroup of the Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT) and finalized in 2020. To the extent consistent with state and federal law and policy, members of the PSC will strive to implement the recommendations of the DEIJ Strategy.
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Members
Josh Kurtz (Chair), Maryland Department of Natural Resources
580 Taylor Avenue
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: josh.kurtz@maryland.gov
Phone: (410) 260-8101
Martha Shimkin (Vice Chair), Director, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 3
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21403
Email: Shimkin.Martha@epa.gov
Phone: (410) 267-9850
Greg Barranco (Coordinator), Government Affairs, Partnerships Team Lead, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: barranco.greg@epa.gov
Phone: (410) 267-5778
Erin Sonnenburg (Staffer), Environmental Management Staffer, Chesapeake Research Consortium
Ann Shikany, U.S. Department of Transportation
Col. Col. Brian Halberg, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Anna Killius, Chesapeake Bay Commission
60 West Street, Unit 406
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: AKillius@chesbay.us
Phone: 410-263-3420
Carrie Selberg Robinson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
1315 East-West Highway
14th Floor
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
Email: carrie.selberg@noaa.gov
Phone: (301) 427-8708
Cindy Dunn, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (PA DCNR)
Rachel Carson State Office Bldg, 7th floor
PO Box 8767
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105
Email: cindydunn@pa.gov
Phone: (717) 787-9306
Daniel Chao, Local Government Advisory Committee
Jonathan Meade, National Park Service (NPS)
200 Chestnut Street
5th floor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
Email: jonathan_meade@nps.gov
Phone: (215) 597-9014
Kent Leonhardt, West Virginia Department of Agriculture
1900 Kanawha Boulevard
East State Capitol, Room E-28
Charleston, West Virginia 25035
Email: kleonhardt@wvda.us
Phone: (304) 558-3550
Kevin Atticks, Maryland Department of Agriculture
50 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: kevin.atticks@maryland.gov
Phone: (410) 841-5880
Michael Rolband, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Patrick Henry Building 1111 E. Broad Street
Suite 1400
Richmond, Virginia 23219
Email: michael.rolband@deq.virginia.gov
Michael Scuse, Delaware Department of Agriculture
2320 South DuPoint Highway
Dover, Delaware 19901
Email: michael.scuse@state.de.us
Phone: (302) 698-4501
Michael Tupper, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston, Virginia 20192
Email: mtupper@usgs.gov
Phone: (703) 648-6660
Rebecca Flora, Maryland Department of Planning
301 W. Preston Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Email: Rebecca.Flora@maryland.gov
Phone: (410) 767-4510
Richard Jackson, District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE)
Rob Farrell, Virginia Department of Agriculture & Forestry
900 Natural Resources Drive
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
Email: rob.farrell@dof.virginia.gov
Phone: (434) 977-6555
Russell Redding, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
2301 North Cameron Street
Room 211
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110
Email: rredding@pa.gov
Phone: (717) 783-6985
Scott Mandirola, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
601 57th St. SE
Charleston, West Virginia 25304
Email: Scott.g.mandirola@wv.gov
Phone: (304) 926-0499
Serena McIlwain, Maryland Department of the Environment
1800 Washington Blvd
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Email: serena.mcilwain@maryland.gov
Phone: (410) 537-3804
Shawn Garvin, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Travis Voyles, Virginia Office of Natural Resources
Patrick Henry Building 1111 E. Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
Email: travis.Voyles@governor.virginia.gov
Adam Ortiz, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 3
Chuck Herrick, Stakeholders' Advisory Committee
Robert Gentry, U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
Kasey Taylor, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Kevin Du Bois, U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
1510 Gilbert Street
Norfolk, Virginia 23511
Email: kevin.r.dubois.civ@us.navy.mil
Phone: (757) 650-2720
Col. Col. Francis Pera, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Matthew Lohr, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Jessica Shirley, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Matthew Wells, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
600 East Main Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
Email: Matthew.wells@dcr.virginia.gov
Phone: (804) 786-6124
Sean Mahar, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Wendi Weber, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
300 Westgate Center Drive
Hadley, Massachusetts 01035
Email: wendi_weber@fews.gov
Phone: (413) 253-8300