2013 Chesapeake Executive Council Meeting

This meeting is open to the public. Unless otherwise noted, it may be recorded for internal use.

Date and Time

Thursday, December 12, 2013 from 11:15pm - 12:15am

Purpose

On Thursday, December 12, the Chesapeake Executive Council held a public presentation and press event at the U.S. National Arboretum Visitor Center in Washington, D.C. Executive Council members highlighted the Chesapeake Bay Program's thirty-year history, discussed future restoration and conservation efforts, and named Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley its new council chair. O’Malley served two consecutive terms as chair in 2007 and 2008, and accepted this transfer of leadership from District of Columbia Mayor Vincent C. Gray, who became chair in July 2012. O'Malley promised to lead the Bay Program and its partners into a new era of progress and accountability, which will include the signing of a new Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement. The agreement, now in its draft form, will be the fourth of its kind and will set a series of goals and outcomes that will guide restoration across the watershed.

In Attendance

  • Vincent C. Gray, Mayor, District of Columbia
  • Martin O'Malley, Governor, Maryland
  • Maggie McIntosh, Chairman, Chesapeake Bay Commission
  • Robert Perciasepe, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Collin O'Mara, Secretary, Delaware Department of Recreation and Environmental Control
  • Kylah Hynes, Associate Director, New York Governors Office
  • Andrew Zemba, Director, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
  • Doug Domenech, Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources
  • Teresa Koon, Assistant Director, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
  • Ann Mills, Deputy Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Event Photographs

To view photographs from this event, please visit our Flickr album.

Location

U.S. National Arboretum Washington, D.C.

Related Files

Meeting materials will be posted as they become available.

Presentations

Supporting Documents

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