MARYLAND DAIRY INDUSTRY OVERSIGHT & ADVISORY COUNCIL

Appointed by Governor to 3-year terms:
Samuel G. Tressler III, Chair (chosen by Governor), 2018

[photo, Cows, Kinder Farm Park, Millersville, Maryland] Kimberly A. Young, 2012; Janet Stiles Fulton, 2015.

William J. Chomicki; Louis H. DeBaugh; Michael R. Haines; Joseph H. Vona; Barbara A. Wetzel. Terms expire 2018.

Carlton J. Brown; Marla R. Caplon; James A. Cella; Mary Shank Creek; Amanda Rife; James A. Vona. Terms expire 2021.

Cows, Kinder Farm Park, Millersville, Maryland, August 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

[photo, Cows, Anne Arundel County Fair, Crownsville, Maryland] Advisory nonvoting members:
Appointed by Senate President: J. B. Jennings
Appointed by House Speaker: Jay A. Jacobs
Appointed by Secretary of Agriculture: Steven A. Connelly
Appointed by Secretary of Health: Barbara A. Brookmyer, M.D.; Stephanie J. Rowles.
Appointed by Dean, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Maryland, College Park: Robert R. Peters, Ph.D.

Cows, Anne Arundel County Fair, Crownsville, Maryland, September 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Staff:
Mark S. Powell (410) 841-5775
Marketing & Agricultural Development, Dept. of Agriculture
50 Harry S Truman Parkway, Annapolis, MD 21401 - 8960
e-mail: mark.powell@maryland.gov

Cheryl L. Eichelberger (301) 791-4779
Center for Milk & Dairy Product Safety, Maryland Dept. of Health
1360 Marshall St., Hagerstown, MD 21740
e-mail: cheryl.eichelberger@maryland.gov

[photo, Cow, Kinder Farm Park, Millersville, Maryland]

Cow, Kinder Farm Park, Millersville, Maryland, January 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Annual Report to Governor due Oct. 1 (Executive Order 01.01.2006.07).

In July 2006, the Maryland Dairy Industry Oversight and Advisory Council was authorized by the Governor (Executive Order 01.01.2006.07).

The Council works to improve and sustain the economic viability of Maryland's dairy industry. While encouraging collaboration among the State agencies responsible for regulating the dairy industry, the Council also evaluates the current regulatory structure; potential federal and State regulatory changes; and current quality assurance controls within the industry. Further, the Council identifies barriers to profitability in the dairy industry, and technological changes which will affect the industry.

Annually, the Council recommends strategies to support Maryland's dairy industry.

The Council's fifteen voting members are appointed to three-year terms by the Governor.

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