DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

SECRETARY

Office of Secretary
Department of Natural Resources
Tawes State Office Building, 580 Taylor Ave., Annapolis, MD 21401 - 2397
(410) 260-8101; fax: (410) 260-8111; tty: (410) 260-8835
e-mail: josh.kurtz@maryland.gov
web: http://dnr.maryland.gov/

Chair, Governor's Council on the Chesapeake Bay (Governor's Chesapeake Bay Cabinet), 2023-. Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2023-; Smart Growth Subcabinet, 2023-. Chair, Cliff Erosion Steering Committee, 2023-; Coast Smart Council, 2023-; Rural Legacy Board, 2023-; Scenic and Wild Rivers Review Board, 2023-. Co-Chair, Executive Committee for Dredged Material Management Plans, 2023-; Project Green Classrooms Initiative, 2023-.

Board of Directors, Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation, 2023-. Member, Governor's Intergovernmental Commission for Agriculture, 2023-; Maryland Agricultural Education and Rural Development Assistance Board, 2023-; Animal Waste Technology Fund Advisory Committee, 2023-; Bay Restoration Fund Advisory Committee, 2023-; Commission for the Innovation & Advancement of Carbon Markets & Sustainable Tree Plantings, 2023-; Chesapeake Bay Commission, 2023-; Chesapeake Bay Trust, 2023-; Commission on Climate Change, 2023-; Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays, 2023-; Deep Creek Lake Policy and Review Board, 2023-; Maryland Efficient Grant Application Council, 2023-; Maryland Green Building Council, 2023-; Maryland Green Purchasing Committee, 2023-; Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, 2023-; Historic St. Mary’s City Fort to 400 Commission, 2023-; Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee, 2023-; Invasive Plants Advisory Committee, 2023-; Council on Open Data, 2023-; Patuxent River Commission, 2023-; Pesticide Advisory Committee, 2023-; Potomac River Fisheries Commission, 2023-; Rural Maryland Council, 2023-; Seafood Marketing Advisory Committee, 2023-; Maryland Semiquincentennial Commission, 2023-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee on Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, 2023-; State Soil Conservation Committee, 2023-; Transportation Enhancements Program Executive Committee, 2023-.

University of Delaware, B.S. (wildlife conservation), 2008; George Mason University, M.P.P. (public policy), 2011. Director, Policy and Government Relations, The Nature Conservancy in Maryland, 2013-21. Maryland Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 2021-23.

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