Principals’ Staff Committee
The Principals' Staff Committee works on behalf of the Chesapeake Executive Council to translate their vision into policy and action. Members of the committee include high-level state and federal leaders.
Meetings
Principals' Staff Meeting - June 27 2025
Principals' Staff Committee Meeting - August 2025
Principals' Staff Committee Meeting - November 2025
Principals' Staff Committee Meeting - May 2025
Principals' Staff Committee Meeting - March 2025
Principals' Staff Committee Meeting - January 2025
About
The Principals' Staff Committee works on behalf of the Chesapeake Executive Council to translate their vision into policy and action. The PSC accepts items for Executive Council consideration and approval, sets agendas for Executive Council meetings, provides briefings to the signatories of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement and provides policy and program direction to the Management Board.
Publications
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Action Statement
Publication date:This statement marks the Chesapeake Bay Program's acceptance of the report and recommendations in the 2020 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Strategy.
View document [PDF, 284.2 KB] Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Action Statement
Our Workgroups & Action Teams
Our Members
- Josh Kurtz (Chair)
Maryland Department of Natural Resources josh.kurtz@maryland.gov - Lee McDonnell (Vice Chair)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mcdonnell.lee@epa.gov - Amy Handen (Coordinator)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency handen.amy@epa.gov - Erin Sonnenburg (Staffer)
Chesapeake Research Consortium Sonnenburg.Erin@epa.gov - Kevin Atticks
Maryland Department of Agriculture kevin.atticks@maryland.gov - Chris Brosch
Delaware Department of Agriculture chris.brosch@state.de.us - Cindy Dunn
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (PA DCNR) cindydunn@pa.gov - Rebecca Flora
Maryland Department of Planning Rebecca.Flora@maryland.gov - Robert Gentry
U.S. Forest Service (USFS) robert.gentry@usda.gov - Col. Brian Halberg
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Brian.P.Hallberg@usace.army.mil - Richard Jackson
District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE) richard.jackson2@dc.gov - Anna Killius
Chesapeake Bay Commission AKillius@chesbay.us - Kent Leonhardt
West Virginia Department of Agriculture kleonhardt@wvda.us - Cathy Libertz
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Libertz.Catherine@epa.gov - Matthew Lohr
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Matthew.lohr@governor.virginia.gov - Sean Mahar
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation sean.mahar@dec.ny.gov - Scott Mandirola
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Scott.g.mandirola@wv.gov - Serena McIlwain
Maryland Department of the Environment serena.mcilwain@maryland.gov - Jonathan Meade
National Park Service (NPS) jonathan_meade@nps.gov - Abel Olivo
Defensores De La Cuenca abel@defensoresdelacuenca.org - Gregory Patterson
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control gregory.patterson@delaware.gov - Chris Penney
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Christopher.penney@usace.army.mil - Marty Qually
Adams County (PA) mqually@adamscountypa.gov - Russell Redding
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture rredding@pa.gov - Carrie Selberg Robinson
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) carrie.selberg@noaa.gov - Larry Sanford
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science lsanford@umces.edu - Ann Shikany
U.S. Department of Transportation Ann.Shikany@dot.gov - Jessica Shirley
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Jesshirley@pa.gov - Stefanie Taillon
Virginia Office of Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources Stefanie.Taillon@governor.virginia.gov - Kasey Taylor
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) kasey.taylor@usda.gov - Michael Tupper
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) mtupper@usgs.gov - Paul Wiedefeld
Maryland Department of Transportation secretary@mdot.state.md.us