Members Appointed by the Governor

Mr. J. Robert Frazee (Chair)
President, MidAtlantic Farm Credit
Westminster, MD
Representing Commercial Lending Institutions

Ms. Phyllis Kilby (Vice Chair)
Owner and Operator, Kilby Cream and Dairy Farm
Colora, MD
Representing Agricultural Producers

Mr. Pete Alexander
Retired District Manager, Glatfelter Pulp Wood Company
Salisbury, MD
Representing Timber and Forest Products Industry

Mr. Joseph Chisholm
Retired Bank Vice President
Pocomoke, MD
Representing Commercial Lending Institutions

Ms. Faith Elliott Rossing
Director of Eco. Dev. & Agriculture
Queen Anne's County
Representing Rural Economic Development

Mr. William Gerweck
Allied Propane
Chesapeake City, MD
Representing Ag, Forestry or Seafood., or Economic Development

Dr. Howard Leathers
Associate Professor, Dept. of Agricultural & Resource Economics
College Park, MD
Representing Public Finance

Ms. Karen Oertel
Co-Owner, Harris Crab House, Inc. and W.H. Harris Seafood, Inc.
Centreville, MD
Representing Aquaculture Producers

Mr. A. Orrell Saulsbury, III
Former Owner, Saulsbury Brothers
Ridgely, MD
Representing Commercial Food or Fiber Processing

Mr. W. David Thompson
Founder & President, Foxborough Nursery, Inc.
Street, MD
Representing Agricultural Producers

Agency Representatives

Mr. Greg Cole
Director, Financing Programs
Maryland Dept. of Business & Econiomic Development
Representing DBED (Ex Officio)

Mr. Donald Darnall
Executive Director
Maryland Food Center Authority
Representing MFCA (Ex Officio)

Mr. David Jenkins
Executive Director
Rural Maryland Council
Representing RMC (Ex Officio)

Mr. S. Patrick McMillan
Assistant Secretary
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Representing MDA (Ex Officio)

Dr. Nick Place
Associate Dean / Associate Director
Maryland Cooperative Extension
Representing MCE (Ex Officio)

Ms. Emily Wilson
Director of Government Affairs
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Representing MD DNR (Ex Officio)

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