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
No upcoming meetings.
Canceled- Principals' Staff Committee Meeting - November 2025
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
from 1:00pm -
5:00pm
Canceled: Joint MB & PSC Meeting - November 2025
Thursday, November 6, 2025
from 9:00am -
1:00pm
Principals' Staff Committee Meeting - November 2025
Thursday, November 6, 2025
from 9:00am -
10:30am
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.
Our Workgroups & Action Teams
Our Members
- Josh Kurtz (Chair)
Maryland Department of Natural Resources josh.kurtz@maryland.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 abel@defensoresdelacuenca.org - Amy Guise
Amy.m.guise@usace.army.mil - Amy Van Blarcom-Lackey
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) VanBlarcomLackey.Amy@epa.gov - Anna Killius
Chesapeake Bay Commission AKillius@chesbay.us - Bill Dennison
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science dennison@umces.edu - Bill Fink
wfink@cvff.com - Carrie Selberg Robinson
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) carrie.selberg@noaa.gov - Carus Peet
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) carus.peet@hq.dhs.gov - Chris Brosch
Delaware Department of Agriculture chris.brosch@delaware.gov - Chris Penney
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Christopher.penney@usace.army.mil - Cindy Dunn
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources cindydunn@pa.gov - Col. Brian Halberg
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Brian.P.Hallberg@usace.army.mil - Daniel Coogan
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) coogan.daniel@epa.gov - Genevieve LaRouche
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Genevieve_LaRouche@fws.gov - Gregory Patterson
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control gregory.patterson@delaware.gov - Jessica Shirley
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Jesshirley@pa.gov - Jonathan Meade
National Park Service (NPS) jonathan_meade@nps.gov - Kasey Taylor
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) kasey.taylor@usda.gov - Ken Hyer
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) kenhyer@usgs.gov - Kent Leonhardt
West Virginia Department of Agriculture kleonhardt@wvda.us - Kevin Atticks
Maryland Department of Agriculture kevin.atticks@maryland.gov - Kevin Schabow
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Kevin.Schabow@noaa.gov - Marty Qually
Adams County (PA) mqually@adamscountypa.gov - Matthew Lohr
Virginia Office of the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Matthew.lohr@governor.virginia.gov - Michael Tupper
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) mtupper@usgs.gov - Paul Wiedefeld
Maryland Department of Transportation secretary@mdot.state.md.us - Phillip Winslow
U.S. Department of the Navy (DON) phillip.s.winslow.civ@us.navy.mil - Rebecca Flora
Maryland Department of Planning Rebecca.Flora@maryland.gov - Richard Jackson
District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment richard.jackson2@dc.gov - Russell Redding
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture rredding@pa.gov - Scott Settle
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection dallas.s.settle@wv.gov - Sean Mahar
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation sean.mahar@dec.ny.gov - Serena McIlwain
Maryland Department of the Environment serena.mcilwain@maryland.gov - Stefanie Taillon
Virginia Office of the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources Stefanie.Taillon@governor.virginia.gov - Stephen Zettlemoyer
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stephen.zettlemoyer@hq.dhs.gov - Wendy O'Sullivan
National Park Service (NPS) wendy_o'sullivan@nps.gov - Sharon Marino
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) sharon_marino@fws.gov