Steering Committee

The Steering Committee guides the Partnership by fostering excellent internal communications, developing strategies and goals for consideration by the broader group, and ensuring work groups are functioning effectively. The Partnership has a set of working groups focused on tasks that align with current goals.

In addition, the Partnership has a full time program manager and Chesapeake Conservation and Climate Corps member. There are also facilitators and staff at various agencies that help contribute to the functions of the partnership.

Current Steering Committee Members (listed alphabetically by last name):

Hedrick Belin, President, Potomac Conservancy

Hilary Bell, Director of Land Acquisition and Planning, Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Anthony Bobo,  Deputy State Director, Eastern States, US Bureu of Land Management

Katie Brownson, Watershed Specialist, USDA Forest Service

Joel Dunn, President, Chesapeake Conservancy (Co-convener)

Marcia A. Fox, Executive Director, Delaware Wildlands

Brett Glymph, Executive Director, Virginia Outdoors Foundation

Dr. Claire Jantz,  Deputy Secretary of Conservation and Technical Services, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Restoration

Anna Killius, Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Commission

Genevieve LaRouche, Field Supervisor, USFWS Chesapeake Bay Field Office, US Fish and Wildlife Service 

Tim Male, Executive Director, Non-Profit Environmental Policy Innovation Center

John McCarthy, Senior Advisor & Director of Strategic Partnerships, Piedmont Environmental Council

Chris Miller, President, Piedmont Environmental Council 

Wendy O’Sullivan, Superintendent, National Park Service, Chesapeake Bay Office (Co-convener)

Mark Platts, President, Susquehanna National Heritage Area

Kristen Saunders, Cross GIT Coordinator, EPA Chesapeake Bay Program

Fritz Schroeder, President and CEO, Lancaster Conservancy

Mike Slattery, Regional Landscape Conservation Program Manager Science Applications, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Co-convener)

Donnan Stoicovy, Interim Executive Director, Clear Water Conservancy

Andrew Szwak, Mid-Atlantic Program Manager, Land Trust Alliance

Matthew Wells, Director, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation

John Wolf, Acting Chesapeake Bay Coordinator, US Geological Survey

Current Staff and Facilitators (listed alphabetically by last name):

Ben Alexandro, CCP Program Director, Chesapeake Conservation Partnership

Chase Douglas, CCP Program Coordinator, Chesapeake Conservation Partnership

Aurelia Gracia, National Park Service, Chesapeake Bay Office

Kaelyn Kobosko, Staff Assistant, Chesapeake Conservation and Climate Corps; Chesapeake Conservation Partnership

Daniel Koval, Environmental Management Staffer, Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team | CBP

Bill Potapchuk, President; Community Building Institute

Britt Slattery, Coordinator, Stewardship GIT, CBP; National Park Service, Chesapeake Bay Office

Wuillam Urvina, Environmental Management Staffer – GIT 5, Chesapeake Bay Program | Chesapeake Research Consortium

John Wolf, Acting Chesapeake Bay Coordinator, US Geological Survey