Principals’ Staff Committee

The Principals’ Staff Committee works on behalf of the Executive Council to translate the restoration vision into policy and implementation actions: accepting items for Council consideration and approval, setting agendas for Council meetings, providing briefings to the Watershed Agreement signatories and providing policy and program direction to the Management Board.

Upcoming Meetings

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Scope and Purpose

The Principals' Staff Committee (PSC) acts as the policy advisors to the Executive Council, accepting items for Council consideration and approval, and setting agendas for Council meetings. Individual members of the PSC arrange and provide briefings to their principals, the Agreement signatories. The PSC also provides policy and program direction to the Management Board.

Publications

The Chesapeake Bay Program Principals' Staff Committee (PSC) accepts the report and recommendations in the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Strategy (DEIJ Strategy) - developed by an independent consultant for the Chesapeake Bay Program Diversity Workgroup of the Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT) and finalized in 2020. To the extent consistent with state and federal law and policy, members of the PSC will strive to implement the recommendations of the DEIJ Strategy.

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Workgroups and Action Teams

Conowingo WIP Steering Committee Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Action Team Independent Evaluator Action Team

Members

Matt Strickler (Chair), Virginia Office of Natural Resources

Address:
VA Secretary of Natural Resources Patrick Henry Building
1111 East Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219

Email: matt.strickler@governor.virginia.gov
Phone: (804) 786-0044

Greg Barranco (Coordinator), Government Affairs, Partnerships Team Lead, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Address:
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Suite 112
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email: barranco.greg@epa.gov
Phone: (410) 267-5778

Garrett Stewart (Staffer), Management Board, Principals' Staff Committee, and Executive Council Staffer, Chesapeake Research Consortium

Address:
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email: stewartg@chesapeake.org

David Paylor, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

Address:
Office of the Director, VA Dept of Environmental Quality, 629 East Main Street, P.O. Box 10009
Richmond, Virginia 23218

Email: dkpaylor@deq.virginia.gov
Phone: (804) 698-4020

Ann Swanson, Chesapeake Bay Commission

Address:
60 West Street
Suite 406
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email: aswanson@chesbay.us
Phone: (410) 263-3420

Wendi Weber, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Address:
300 Westgate Center Drive
Hadley, Massachusetts 01035

Email: wendi_weber@fews.gov
Phone: (413) 253-8300

Tommy Wells, District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE)

Address:
1200 First Street, NE
Washington, Districtofcolumbia 20001

Email: tommy.wells@dc.gov
Phone: (202) 535-2615

Joe Bartenfelder, Maryland Department of Agriculture

Address:
50 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email: joe.bartenfelder@maryland.gov
Phone: (410) 841-5880

Russell Redding, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture

Address:
2301 North Cameron Street
Room 211
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110

Email: rredding@pa.gov
Phone: (717) 783-6985

Cindy Dunn, Secretary for Conservation and Technical Services, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (PA DCNR)

Address:
Rachel Carson State Office Bldg, 7th floor
PO Box 8767
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105

Email: cindydunn@pa.gov
Phone: (717) 787-9306

Clyde Cristman, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation

Address:
600 East Main Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219

Email: clyde.cristman@dcr.virginia.gov
Phone: (804) 786-6124

Pete Rahn, Maryland Department of Transportation

Address:
7201 Corporate Center Drive
P.O. Box 548
Hanover, Maryland 21076

Email: secretary@mdot.state.md.us
Phone: (410) 865-1000

Michael Tupper, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Address:
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston, Virginia 20192

Email: mtupper@usgs.gov
Phone: (703) 648-6660

Basil Seggos, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Address:
625 Broadway
Albany, Newyork 12233

Email: Basil.seggos@dec.ny.gov
Phone: (518) 402-8545

Patrick McDonnell, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

Address:
Rachel Carson State Office
400 Market Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105

Email: pmcdonnell@pa.gov

Michael Scuse, Delaware Department of Agriculture

Address:
2320 South DuPoint Highway
Dover, Delaware 19901

Email: michael.scuse@state.de.us
Phone: (302) 698-4501

Austin Caperton, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection

Address:
601 57th Street
Charleston, Westvirginia 25304

Email: austin.caperton@wv.gov

Shawn Garvin, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

Address:
89 Kings Highway
Dover, Delaware 19901

Email: shawn.garvin@state.de.us
Phone: (302) 739-9000

Kent Leonhardt, West Virginia Department of Agriculture

Address:
1900 Kanawha Boulevard
East State Capitol, Room E-28
Charleston, Westvirginia 25035

Email: kleonhardt@wvda.us
Phone: (304) 558-3550

Sharon Baumann, U.S. Department of the Navy

Address:
1510 Gilbert Street
Building N-26, Room 3300
Norfolk, Virginia 23510

Email: Sharon.Baumann@navy.mil
Phone: (757) 341-0363

Robert McCord, Maryland Department of Planning

Address:
301 W. Preston Street
Annapolis, Maryland 21201

Email: robert.mccord@maryland.gov
Phone: 410-767-4510

Brian Benham, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech

Address:
Seitz Hall, RM 209, Virginia Tech
155 Ag Quad Lane
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061

Email: benham@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-5705

Cosmo Servidio, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 3

Address:
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

Email: R3_RA@epa.gov
Phone: (215) 814-2900

Rob Farrell, Virginia Department of Agriculture & Forestry

Address:
900 Natural Resources Drive
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903

Email: rob.farrell@dof.virginia.gov
Phone: (434) 977-6555

Bettina Ring, Virginia Department of Agriculture & Forestry

Address:
VA Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Patrick Henry Building
1111 East Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219

Email: bettina.ring@governor.virginia.gov
Phone: (804) 692-2511

Matt Strickler, Virginia Office of Natural Resources

Address:
VA Secretary of Natural Resources Patrick Henry Building
1111 East Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219

Email: matt.strickler@governor.virginia.gov
Phone: (804) 786-0044

Matt Ehrhart, Citizens' Advisory Committee

Address:
970 Spencer Road
Avondale, Pennsylvania 1931-9514

Email: mehrhart@stroudcenter.org
Phone: (610) 268-2153 x308

Jonathan Meade, National Park Service (NPS)

Address:
200 Chestnut Street
5th floor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106

Email: jonathan_meade@nps.gov
Phone: (215) 597-9014

Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio, Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Address:
580 Taylor Avenue
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email: jeannie.riccio@maryland.gov
Phone: (410) 260-8101

Carrie Selberg Robinson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Address:
1315 East-West Highway
14th Floor
Silver spring, Maryland 20910

Email: carrie.selberg@noaa.gov
Phone: (301) 427-8708

Andrew Miller, Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (non voting)

Address:
UMBC - Social Science Building
211-I Sondheim Hall
Baltimore, Maryland 21250

Email: miller@umbc.edu
Phone: (443) 904-4484

Jasmine Gore, City of Hopewell (VA)

Address:
300 North Main Street
Hopewell, Virginia 23860

Email: goreje@alumni.vcu.edu
Phone: (804) 931-9476