Maryland CoastSmart Council Members
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Chair: Josh Kurtz, Secretary
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Coast Smart Council Membership
As of February 2021
State and Agency Appointments (Per Natural Resources Article 3-1003)
| Department of Budget & Management | Jason Wardrup, Office of Capital Budgeting |
| Department of the Environment | Matt Rowe, Assistant Director Water & Science Administration |
| Department of General Services | Spyros Papadimas, P.E., Senior Capital Projects Manager |
| Department of Planning | Michael Bayer, Manager of Infrastructure and Development |
| Department of Transportation | Sandy Hertz, Assistant Director Office of Environment |
| Department of Commerce | Tim La Valle, Director Office of General Services |
| Critical Area Commission | Kate Charbonneau, Executive Director |
| Maryland Emergency Management Agency | Jesse Delph and Vanessa Calaban,
Hazard Mitigation Branch
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| University System of Maryland | Dr. Peter Goodwin, President University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science |
| Treasurer, State of Maryland | Dereck E. Davis, Treasurer |
Governor’s Appointees
As of February 2021
| Local Government | Charles County Government | Beth Groth Planner |
| Environmental | Somerset County Government | Mary R. Phillips, Zoning Specialist |
| Business | BayLand Consultants & Designers, Inc. | Sepehr Baharlou, P.E. |
| Environmental | University of Maryland Civil and Environmental Engineering | Dr. Ed Link, Senior Research Engineer |
| Business | GWWO Architects | Chris Elcock, AIA, IISA, LEED AP - Associate Principal |
