2025 Chesapeake Executive Council Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday, December 2, 2025 from 11:30am - 12:30pm
Purpose
The Chesapeake Executive Council will convene for their annual meeting on Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland. The Chesapeake Executive Council consists of the governors of Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia; the mayor of the District of Columbia, the chair of the tri-state legislative Chesapeake Bay Commission; and the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, who represents the federal government.
The Chesapeake Executive Council establishes the policy direction for the restoration, protection and conservation of the Chesapeake Bay and it's habitats, wildlife and fisheries. They provide leadership in promoting public support for Bay restoration, protection and conservation, and are held accountable by the public for progress made under the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement.
Attendees:
- Governor Wes Moore, State of Maryland (Executive Council Chair)
- Governor Matthew Meyer, State of Delaware
- Governor Josh Shapiro, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Governor Glenn Youngkin, Commonwealth of Virginia
- Mayor Muriel Bowser, District of Columbia
- Maryland State Senator Sara Love (Chesapeake Bay Commission Chair)
- Environmental Protection Agency Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi
- Elizabeth Wolters, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Agriculture and Markets, State of New York
- Jeremy Bandy, Director, Division of Water and Waste Management, State of West Virginia
Location
The 2025 Executive Council meeting will be live-streamed. Register to attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/iiZYXf1yRUiFbnqgkce3Nw
Address
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Related Files
Meeting materials will be posted as they become available.
Agenda
Supporting Documents
- Agricultural Advisory Committee Recommendations to the Chesapeake Executive Council [PDF, 1.9 MB]
- Local Government Advisory Committee Recommendations to the Chesapeake Executive Council [PDF, 745.3 KB]
- Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee Recommendations to the Chesapeake Executive Council [PDF, 231.5 KB]
- Stakeholders Advisory Committee Recommendations to the Chesapeake Executive Council [PDF, 587.5 KB]
- Advisory Committee Backgrounder [PDF, 207.7 KB]
- Revised Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement [PDF, 10.9 MB]
- Chesapeake Bay Program Governance Recommendations [PDF, 204.6 KB]
- Chesapeake Bay Program Structure Recommendations [PDF, 259.1 KB]
- Beyond 2025 Backgrounder [PDF, 191.0 KB]
- Executive Council Tribal Partnership Charge [PDF, 73.8 KB]
- Executive Council Tribal Partnership Charge Backgrounder [PDF, 202.3 KB]