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Board of Directors

Charles A. Stek, Chairman

President, Environmental Stewardship Strategies
Former Projects Director to Senator Paul Sarbanes and Senator Ben Cardin
Maryland

Patrick F. Noonan, Vice Chairman
Chairman Emeritus, The Conservation Fund
Maryland

Paul E. Hagen, Secretary
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.
Washington, DC

Nicholas H. Dilks, Treasurer
Partner, Ecosystem Investment Partners
Maryland

Stephen R. Adkins
Chief, Chickahominy Tribe
Chief Deputy Director, Virginia Dept. of Human Resources Management
Virginia

Donald R. Baugh
Vice President for Environmental Education, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Maryland

Scott Beatty, Jr.
President and Chief Operating Officer, Shore Bancshares, Inc.
Maryland

Gilbert M. Grosvenor
Chairman of the Board, National Geographic Society
Virginia

Page Hayhurst
Executive Director, Virginia Living Museum
Virginia

Ann W. Loomis
Director, Federal Public Policy, Dominion
Former Chief of Staff to Senator John Warner
Virginia

Dr. Mamie Parker
Assistant Director U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Ret.
Virginia

Blaine T. Phillips, Jr.
Vice President and Mid-Atlantic Director, The Conservation Fund
Delaware

John J. Reynolds
Senior Advisor Government Relations, The Student Conservation Association
Former Deputy Director of the National Park Service
Virginia

William H. Street
Executive Director, James River Association
Virginia

Ann P. Swanson
Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Commission
Maryland

H.W. (Skip) Wieder, Jr.
Senior Vice President Emeritus, Geisinger Health System
Director, Susquehanna River Heartland Coalition for Environmental Studies
Pennsylvania

Honorary Members

U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes
Maryland, Retired

U.S. Senator John Warner
Virginia, Retired

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