Management Board
The Management Board provides strategic planning and operational guidance, and manages the implementation of the partnership's goals, outcomes, strategies and supporting policies.
Meetings
Management Board Meeting - April 2026
Management Board Meeting - May 2026
Management Board Meeting - June 2026
Management Board Meeting - March 2026
Management Board Meeting - February 2026
Management Board Meeting - January 2026
About
The Management Board, chaired by the Director of the Chesapeake Bay Program, works to provide strategic planning, set priorities and offer operational guidance to the Bay Program, including overseeing the goal implementation teams and implementation of the management strategies.
Projects
Governance and Structure Revisions
In ProgressA team of Management Board members or designees will implement structure and governance revisions and report progress to the Principals’ Staff Committee for final approval by July 1, 2026.
Priority Project Submissions
In ProgressThe Management Board has asked Goal Implementation Teams and Workgroups to translate the Beyond 2025 Steering Committee's recommendations into projects that will advance their focus areas.
Strategy Review System (SRS) and Support Materials
In ProgressThis process helps the Chesapeake Bay Program consistently apply adaptive management to its work toward the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement.
Guidance for Management Strategies
CompleteThese guiding documents are designed to help the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership develop and update the Management Strategies that articulate the actions necessary to achieve the goals and outcomes of the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement.
Publications
2025 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement
Publication date:The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement is a collaborative commitment to restore, conserve and protect the nation’s largest estuary and its surrounding watershed.
View document [PDF, 10.9 MB] 2025 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement
Chesapeake Bay Program Governance Document
Publication date:This document describes the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership's organizational function and governance in advancing the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement.
View document [PDF, 1.0 MB] Chesapeake Bay Program Governance Document
A Critical Path Forward for the Chesapeake Bay Program Beyond 2025
Publication date:This report provides a scope of work, or next steps, for the Chesapeake Bay Program as it prepares for the next chapter in its partnership beyond 2025.
View document [PDF, 523.1 KB] A Critical Path Forward for the Chesapeake Bay Program Beyond 2025
Indicators Framework (2026)
Publication date:The Indicators Framework (Framework) is a conceptual model that illustrates the relationships among Indicators and how they are used. Aligned with the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement at the Outcome and Target level, the Framework integrates the information needed to support adaptive management and to communicate progress toward Outcomes and Targets across the Chesapeake Bay Program. It also serves as an accountability framework for the full suite of Watershed Agreement Outcomes, demonstrating a commitment to transparent, objective assessment for a range of audiences.
2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement
Publication date:This plan for collaboration clarifies the Chesapeake Bay Program's vision, mission and values and establishes a set of goals and outcomes for the restoration of the Bay, its tributaries and the lands that surround them.
View document [PDF, 1.6 MB] 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement
Our Workgroups & Action Teams
Our Members
- Daniel Coogan (Chair)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) coogan.daniel@epa.gov - Amy Handen (Coordinator)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) handen.amy@epa.gov - Erin Sonnenburg (Staffer)
Chesapeake Research Consortium Sonnenburg.Erin@epa.gov - Abel Olivo
Defensores De La Cuenca abel@defensoresdelacuenca.org - Adrienne Kotula
Virginia Natural and Historic Resources Adrienne.Kotula@governor.virginia.gov - Anna Killius
Chesapeake Bay Commission AKillius@chesbay.us - Bill Dennison
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science dennison@umces.edu - Bill Fink
Country View Family Farms wfink@cvff.com - Breck Sullivan
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) bsullivan@chesapeakebay.net - Cassandra Davis
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation cassandra.davis@dec.ny.gov - Daniel Bierly
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Daniel.m.bierly@usace.army.mil - Denise Coleman
U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service Denise.Coleman@pa.usda.gov - Genevieve LaRouche
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Genevieve_LaRouche@fws.gov - Holly Walker
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Holly.Walker@delaware.gov - Jill Whitcomb
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection jiwhitcomb@pa.gov - Julia Wakeling
District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment julia.wakeling@dc.gov - Julie Lawson
District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment julie.lawson@dc.gov - Katie Brownson
U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Katherine.Brownson@usda.gov - Ken Hyer
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) kenhyer@usgs.gov - Kevin DuBois
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) kevin.r.dubois.civ@us.navy.mil - Kevin Schabow
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Kevin.Schabow@noaa.gov - Leila Duman
Maryland Department of Natural Resources leila.duman@maryland.gov - Marty Qually
Adams County (PA) mqually@adamscountypa.gov - Scott Settle
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection dallas.s.settle@wv.gov - Steve Saari
District of Columbia steve.saari@dc.gov - Wendy O'Sullivan
National Park Service (NPS) wendy_o'sullivan@nps.gov - Lee McDonnell
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mcdonnell.lee@epa.gov - Gregorio Sandi
Maryland Department of the Environment gsandi@mde.state.md.us - Becky Gwynn
Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources becky.gwynn@dwr.virginia.gov - Claire Jantz
PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources cjantz@pa.gov