LEAD Maryland Foundation, Inc. Executive Committee:
- President Kenny Bounds
- Vice President Mark Powell
- Secretary Jeff Rathell
- Treasurer Ken Korando
- University of Maryland Representative Robert "Bob" Tjaden
Board Members:
- Kenny Bounds Government Affairs Officer, MidAtlantic Farm Credit
- James R. "Jim" Boyle Farm owner/operator and President, Boyle Brothers, Inc.
- Becky Brashear Executive Assistant, The Great Frederick Fair, Inc.
- Kim Coble Maryland Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
- Valerie Connelly Director of Governmental Relations, MD Farm Bureau
- Colby Ferguson Business Development Specialist, Agriculture, Frederick Co. Office of Economic Development
- Vanessa Finney Executive Director, MD Nursery & Landscape Assn.; President, Quercus, Inc.
- Earl F. "Buddy" Hance Secretary, Maryland Department of Agriculture
- Jana Hutchison Dairy Scientist, AIPL, ARS, USDA Beltsville; Edwards family dairy farm
- Ken Korando Owner Solomons Island Winery
- Ewing McDowell Owner and Manager, Prospect Hill Farm
- Stephen R. McHenry Executive Director, Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation
- W. Michael "Mike" Phipps President, Maryland Farm Bureau
- Mark Powell Chief, Marketing and Agricultural Development Division, MD Department of Agriculture
- Jeff Rathell President, Rathell Farm Equipment Co., Inc.
- Bill Satterfield Executive Director, Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc.
- Henry A. Schmidt Retired from agribusiness; owns farm in Anne Arundel County
- C. John Sullivan, III President, MD Agricultural Education Foundation; Deputy Chief of Staff, Harford Co. Executive's Office, Harford Co. Division of Agricultural Affairs
- Mark Sultenfuss Program Manager, Field Crops Unit, University of Maryland Wye Research and Education Center
- Robert "Bob" Tjaden Assistant Director Agriculture and Natural Resources Programs, University of Maryland Extension
- Emily Wilson Director of Governmental Relations, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
- Gail Yeiser Assistant to the Dean, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland
For more information, contact
Susan Harrison; 410-827-8056
Last updated:
07/1/2009