BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ronald H. Fithian, Chair (chosen by Council in Jan., 1-year term)
Jackie Gregory, 1st Vice-Chair (chosen by Council in Jan., 1-year term)
Jack N. Wilson, Jr., 2nd Vice-Chair (chosen by Council in Jan., 1-year term)
Albert H. Nickerson, 3rd Vice-Chair (chosen by Council in Jan., 1-year term)
D. Robert Meffley, Treasurer (chosen by Council in Jan., 1-year term)
Christopher M. Corchiarino, Secretary
Stephen S. Hershey, Jr., Legislative representative
Terms expire 2024.
LEGISLATIVE MEMBERS
Dist. 35: Jason C. Gallion; Michael Griffith; Kevin B. Hornberger; Teresa E. Reilly.
Dist. 36: Steven J. Arentz; Jefferson L. Ghrist; Stephen S. Hershey, Jr.; Jay A. Jacobs.
CECIL COUNTY MEMBERS
Appointed by County Council: Jackie Gregory; Rebecca Hamilton; D. Robert Meffley.
Appointed by County municipalities: Richard L. Taylor III, Mayor of Chesapeake City
Nonvoting members: Donna R. Culberson; Alfred G. Miller.
KENT COUNTY MEMBERS
Appointed by Board of County Commissioners: Ronald H. Fithian; Albert H. Nickerson; John F. Price IV.
Appointed by County municipalities: Donald E. Sutton, Mayor of Betterton
Nonvoting member: Shelley L. Heller
QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY MEMBERS
Appointed by Board of County Commissioners: Christopher M. Corchiarino; Patrick McLaughlin; Jack N. Wilson, Jr..
Appointed by County municipalities: Charles M. Rhodes, Jr., Commissioner, Church Hill.
Nonvoting members: Philip L. Dumenil; James J. Moran.
Susan O'Neill, Executive Director
122 North Cross St., 2nd floor, Chestertown, MD 21620
(410) 810-2126; fax: (866) 571-2637
e-mail: soneill@kentgov.org
web: http://usrcmd.org/
In October 2003, the Upper Shore Regional Council was created (Chapter 100, Acts of 2003). The Council is a regional planning and development agency for Cecil, Kent and Queen Anne's counties. It exists to foster the physical, economic and social development of the region. For the development of the area's human and economic resources, the Council initiates and coordinates plans and projects.
The Council consists of seventeen voting members. These include three commissioners, appointed by their county governing bodies; one municipal elected official, appointed by their municipal corporations, from each of Cecil, Kent and Queen Anne's counties; and those members of the General Assembly who have the major portion of their legislative election district in the region. In addition, the county administrators and remaining county commissioners from each of the three member counties, as well as the remaining legislators who represent the region serve as nonvoting ex officio members (Code Economic Development Article, secs. 13-1001 through 13-1011).
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