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Chesapeake Executive Council

The Chesapeake Executive Council—consisting of the governors of the six watershed states, the mayor of the District of Columbia, the chair of the Chesapeake Bay Commission and the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency—establishes the policy direction for the restoration and protection of the Chesapeake Bay.

Executive Council Meetings

  • October 2021 Executive Council Meeting
  • December 2021 Executive Council Meeting
  • 2020 Executive Council Meeting
  • 2019 Executive Council Meeting
  • 2018 Executive Council Meeting
  • 2017 Executive Council Meeting
  • 2016 Executive Council Meeting
  • 2015 Executive Council Meeting
  • 2014 Executive Council Meeting
  • 2013 Executive Council Meeting
  • 2012 Executive Council Meeting
  • 2011 Executive Council Meeting
  • 2010 Executive Council Meeting
  • 2009 Executive Council Meeting
  • 2008 Executive Council Meeting
  • 2007 Executive Council Meeting
  • 2006 Executive Council Meeting
  • 2005 Executive Council Meeting
  • 2004 Executive Council Meeting
  • 2003 Executive Council Meeting
  • 2002 Executive Council Meeting
  • 2001 Executive Council Meeting
  • 2000 Executive Council Meeting
  • 1999 Executive Council Meeting
  • 1998 Executive Council Meeting

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Scope and Purpose

The Chesapeake Executive Council was established by the Chesapeake Bay Agreement of 1983. Under the 1987 Chesapeake Bay Agreement, membership changed from cabinet secretaries to the governors of Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia; the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; the mayor of the District of Columbia; and the chair of the Chesapeake Bay Commission, a legislative body serving Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Chesapeake 2000 marked the official inclusion of the Bay’s “headwater states”—Delaware, New York and West Virginia—in the Bay Program’s restoration efforts. The governors of New York and Delaware committed to the agreement's water quality goals through a memorandum of understanding signed in 2000. The governor of West Virginia added his signature in 2002.

The Executive Council:

  • Establishes the policy direction for the restoration and protection of the Bay and its living resources.
  • Exerts leadership to marshall public support for the Bay effort.
  • Signs directives, agreements and amendments that set goals and guide policy for Bay restoration.
  • Is accountable to the public for progress made under the Bay agreements.

The Executive Council meets annually. Its Principals' Staff Committee meets as needed to facilitate communication among the Implementation Committee, the advisory committees (Citizens Advisory Committee, Local Government Advisory Committee and the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee) and the Executive Council.

Publications

  • October 14, 2016

    Chesapeake Executive Council Resolution to Support Local Government Engagement

    At the 2016 Chesapeake Executive Council meeting, members of the council adopted a resolution to support and collaborate with local governments and noted the signs of resiliency that are beginning to be seen throughout the...

  • June 08, 2017

    Chesapeake Executive Council Resolution in Support of the Chesapeake Bay Program Partnership

    At the 2017 meeting of the Executive Council, representatives from the six Chesapeake Bay watershed states, the District of Columbia and the Chesapeake Bay Commission signed a resolution in support of the Chesapeake Bay...

  • October 22, 2006

    Memorandum of Understanding among Chesapeake Executive council, Headwater State Jurisdictions and members of the Lawn Care Product Manufacturing Industry

    Nutrient losses from all contributing activities on developed lands account for about one quarter of the excess phosphorus and one eighth of the excess nitrogen loads entering the Chesapeake. Members of the Lawn Care...

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  • Members

    • Michael Regan (Chair), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


      Administrator

      Address:
      1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
      Mail Code: 1101A
      Washington District of Columbia 20460

      • Email: regan.michael@epa.gov
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    • Rachel Felver (Coordinator), Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay


      Director of Communications

      Address:
      1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: rfelver@chesapeakebay.net
      • Phone: (410) 267-5740
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    • Garrett Stewart (Staffer), Chesapeake Research Consortium


      Management Board, Principals' Staff Committee, and Executive Council Staffer

      Address:
      1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: stewartg@chesapeake.org
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    • Marisa Baldine (Staffer), Chesapeake Research Consortium


      Communications Staffer

      Address:
      1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: baldinem@chesapeake.org
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    • Muriel Bowser, District of Columbia

      Address:
      Office of the Mayor, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 316
      Washington, DC District of Columbia 20004

      • Email: eom@dc.gov
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    • John Carney, State of Delaware

      Address:
      Carvel State Office Building, 820 North French Street, 12th Floor
      Wilmington Delaware 19801

      • Email: jcarney@de.gov
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    • Kathy Hochul, State of New York

      Address:
      State Capitol Building
      New York New York 12224

      • Email: gov.hochul@chamber.state.ny.us
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    • Larry Hogan, State of Maryland

      Address:
      100 State Circle
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: http://www.governor.maryland.gov/mail/
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    • Jim Justice, State of West Virginia

      Address:
      1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
      Charleston West Virginia 25305

      • Email: jjustice@wv.gov
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    • Tom Wolf, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

      Address:
      225 Main Capitol Building
      Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17120

      • Email: governor@pa.gov
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    • Glenn Youngkin, Commonwealth of Virginia

      Address:
      Patrick Henry Building
      1111 East Broad Street, 3rd Floor
      Richmond Virginia 23219

      • Email: https://governor.virginia.gov/constituent-services/Communicating-with-the-governors-office
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