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
No upcoming meetings.
Management Board Meeting - June 2026
Thursday, June 11, 2026
from 9:00am -
1:00pm
Management Board Meeting - May 2026
Thursday, May 14, 2026
from 9:00am -
1:00pm
Management Board Meeting - April 2026
Thursday, April 16, 2026
from 9:00am -
3:00pm
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.
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 sac-ec@chesbay.ac - 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@usgs.gov - 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 - 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 - 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 - Josh Hastings
Wicomico County (MD) Jhastings@wicomicocounty.org - Vivian Dickson
U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service vivian.dickson@usda.gov