CBP Organizational Structure and Leadership Overview
The Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) has a structured organizational setup with various committees, workgroups, and teams focusing on different aspects of environmental conservation. Key leaders and stakeholders collaborate on initiatives to protect and restore water quality, habitats, and fisheries in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The structure includes advisory committees, steering committees, goal implementation teams, and workgroups that address specific environmental challenges. Overall, the CBP aims to foster stewardship of the Chesapeake Bay and its surrounding areas through strategic engagement, scientific assessment, and collaborative partnerships.
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CBP Organizational Structure and Leadership 11/30/23 Stakeholder Advisory Committee Chair Lawson Cdtr Blackburn, ACB Staff LoCurto, ACB Chesapeake Executive Council Chair Gov. Wes Moore (MD) Principals Staff Committee Chair Josh Kurtz (Md, DNR) Local Government Advisory Committee Chair Chao Cdtr Cattell Noll, ACB Staff Ottomanelli, ACB Plastic Pollution Action Team Chair - Gallagher, DC DOEE Staff - Robertory, CRC Management Board Chair Campbell, EPA Cdtr Barranco, EPA Staff Vacant Scientific & Technical Advisory Committee Chair Sanford, UMCES Vice-Chair: Dennison, UMCES Cdtr Cole, CRC Strategic Engagement Team Cdtrs Felver, Cattell Noll, ACB Handen, EPA Staff Martinez-Penn, CRC Scientific, Goal Implementation Teams Technical Assessment, and Reporting Maintain Healthy Watersheds Partnering, Leadership & Management Power/Martin EPA/VA DCR Sustainable Fisheries Protect & Restore Vital Habitats Protect & Restore Water Quality Trevena Vacant Foster Chesapeake Stewardship O Sullivan Co-Chair Hyer USGS Co-Chair Van Meter, Penn State Cdtr- Sullivan, USGS Staff- Goldfischer, CRC Schabow NOAA Vacant Vogt NOAA Robertory CRC Lerner EPA Dubow MD DP Claggett USGS Waterman CRC Chair Hunt/Jenkins MD DNR/EPA Guy USFWS Fuentes/Lawal CRC EPA NPS Vacant Vice Chair Hanson CRC Kleis/Gupta Slattery/Gracia NPS Lemke/ Urvina CRC Allen EPA Sonnenburg Cdtr Staff CRC Implementation Workgroups Implementation Workgroups Implementation Workgroups Implementation Workgroups Implementation Workgroups Implementation Workgroups STAR Workgroups
Steering Committees Conowingo WIP Steering Committee Co-Chairs Rowe/Whitcomb, MDE/PADEP Staff Pickford, CRC Beyond 2025 Steering Committee Co-Chairs Killius/Shimkin, CBC/EPA 9/19/23
CBP GIT Implementation Workgroup Structure Goal Implementation Teams Protect & Restore Water Quality Maintain Healthy Watersheds Enhance Partnering, Leadership & Management Foster Chesapeake Stewardship Protect & Restore Vital Habitats Sustainable Fisheries Agriculture Workgroup Ches. Bay Stock Assessment Committee Education Workgroup Fish Passage Workgroup Local Leadership Workgroup No subgroups Forestry Workgroup Stream Health Workgroup Budget and Finance Workgroup Public Access Planning Action Team Maryland and Virginia Interagency Oyster Teams Land Use Workgroup Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Workgroup Governance Document Action Team Stewardship Workgroup Urban Stormwater Workgroup Invasive Catfish Workgroup Wastewater Treatment Workgroup Wetland Workgroup Protected Lands Workgroup Strategy Review System Workgroup Fish Habitat Action Team Brook Trout Action Team Watershed Technical Workgroup Diversity Workgroup Forage Fish Action Team Black Duck Action Team Milestone Workgroup Trading and Offsets Workgroup Agricultural Modeling Team Toxic Contaminants Workgroup 9/19/23 Federal Facilities Workgroup
Other CBP Workgroups Other Workgroups Strategic Engagement Team Scientific Technical, Assessment and Reporting No sub groups Integrated Monitoring Networks Workgroup Status and Trends Workgroup Data Integrity Workgroup Integrated Trends Analysis Team Modeling Workgroup Climate Resiliency Workgroup Criteria Assessment Protocol Workgroup 9/19/23
GIT 1 Sustainable Fisheries Ches. Bay Stock Assessment Committee Invasive Catfish Workgroup Chair Vogt, NOAA Chair Greer, VA Marine Resources Commission Cdtr - Bromilow, ERT Cdtr Bromilow, ERT Staff Robertory, CRC Forage Fish Action Team Chair Vogt, NOAA Cdtr Bromilow, NOAA Staff Robertory, CRC Maryland and Virginia Interagency Oyster Teams Fish Habitat Action Team Chair Moore, CBF Chair Westby/Larkin, NOAA Cdtr Vogt, NOAA Staff Robertory, CRC 9/19/23
GIT 2 Protect & Restore Vital Habitats Fish Passage Workgroup Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Workgroup Brook Trout Action Team Co-Chair Thompson, MD DNR Co-Chair Faulkner, USGS Chair Landry, MD DNR Co-Chair Li, USFWS Co-Chair Ombalksi, Woods and Waters Consulting, LLC Vice-Chair Golden, MD DNR Staff Fuentes, CRC Staff Fuentes, CRC Staff Lawal, CRC Stream Health Workgroup Wetland Workgroup Black Duck Action Team Co-Chair Santoro, MD DNR Chair Mason, VA Institute of Marine Science Co-Chair Lewis, VA DWR Co-Chair - Weglein, MD DNR Co-Chair Berlin, USGS Co-Vice-Chair, Tidal Danielson, DC DOEE Staff Fuentes, CRC Staff Lawal, CRC Co-Vice-Chair, Non-Tidal Nancy Schumm, Prime AE Group, Inc Staff Lawal, CRC 9/19/23
GIT 3 Protect & Restore Water Quality Agriculture Workgroup Wastewater Treatment Workgroup Chair Daubert, VA Tech Agricultural Modeling Team Chair Vacant Vice Chair Braiser, PSU Chair Easton, VT Cdtr - TBD Cdtr Tom Butler, EPA Cdtr Butler, EPA Staff Pickford, CRC Staff Pickford, CRC Staff Pickford, CRC Forestry Workgroup Watershed Technical Workgroup Co-Chairs Chair Davis, NY Department of Environmental Conservation Toxic Contaminants Workgroup Cdtr Brownson, US Forest Service Chair Allen, EPA Cdtr Smith, EPA Staff Waterman, CRC Vice-Chair Majcher, USGS Staff Gupta, CRC Staff Gupta/Austin, CRC/SEE Land Use Workgroup MilestoneWorkgroup Chair Filippino, Hampton Roads Planning District Commission Chair Trevena, EPA Staff Pickford, CRC Cdtr Claggett, USGS Staff Pickford, CRC Federal Facilities Workgroup Chair Norton, NPS Trading and Offsets Workgroup Cdtr Allen, EPA Urban Stormwater Workgroup Chair Foster, Phoenix initiatives Staff Waterman, CRC Chair Goulet, Northern Virginia Regional Commission Vice-Chair Rhoderick, MD Department of Agriculture Cdtr Wood, Chesapeake Stormwater Network Cdtr Gleason, EPA 9/19/23 Staff Gupta, CRC Staff Gupta, CRC
GIT 4 Maintain Healthy Watersheds No subgroups 7/17/23
GIT 5 Foster Chesapeake Stewardship Education Workgroup Protected Lands Workgroup Chair Sprague/Ackerman, NOAA/CBF Chair - Bobo Jr., BLM Cdtr Slattery/ Trelegan, NPS/NOAA Cdtr Gracia, NPS Staff Urvina, CRC Staff Looper, CRC Public Access Planning Action Team Diversity Workgroup Chair Gutierrez, DNR Cdtr Gracia, NPS Co-Chair Omoleye-Hall/Knobloch, NPS/Morgan State University Staff Urvina, CRC Cdtr - Vacant Stewardship Workgroup Staff Looper/Urvina, CRC Co-Chairs Weyand/Traut, City of Gaithersburg/ Greater Baltimore Wilderness Coalition Cdtr Slattery, NPS Staff Looper, CRC 9/19/23
GIT 6 Enhance Partnering, Leadership & Management Local Leadership Workgroup Governance Document Action Team Chair - Les Knapp MDE Chair Vacant Vice Chair Narvaez, UDel Cdtr Allen, EPA Cdtr Rick Mittler, ACB Staffer Sonnenburg, CRC Budget and Finance Workgroup Strategic Review System Planning Team Chair Campbell/ Reed, MD DNR/EPA Cdtr Brzezinski, EPA Cdtr Allen, EPA Staffer Sonnenburg, CRC 9/19/23
Strategic Engagement Team No subgroups 9/19/23
Scientific Technical, Assessment and Reporting Integrated Monitoring Networks Workgroup Cdtr Tango, USGS Staff Goldfischer, CRC Modeling Workgroup Chair- Montali/Bennett, Tetra Tech/USGS Cdtr Linker, EPA Status and Trends Workgroup Co-Cdtr Barnhart/Bell, EPA Staff Vaccant Staff Vaccant Climate Resiliency Workgroup Co-Chair Bennett, USGS Co-Chair - Specht , MD DNR Data Integrity Workgroup Cdtr Reichert-Nguyen, NOAA Chair Johnson, VA DEQ Staff Soueidan, CRC Cdtr Ghosh, USGS Staff Goldfischer, CRC Criteria Assessment Protocol Workgroup Chair Tango, USGS Integrated Trends Analysis Team Staff Goldfischer, CRC Cdtr Sullivan/Gootman, USGS/EPA Staff Vaccant 9/19/23
GIT and Support Group Leaders 9/19/23 Team Chair Vice- Chair Coordinator and Staffer(s) (or Co-Chairs) Schabow NOAA No Vice Chair Vogt & Robertory NOAA/CRC 1 Sustainable Fisheries Hunt/Jenkins MD DNR/EPA No Vice Chair Guy & Fuentes/ Lawal USFWS/CRC 2 Protect and Restore Vital Habitats Trevena EPA Vacant Hanson & Kleis/Gupta CRC & CRC 3 Protect and Restore Water Quality Lerner MD DNR Dubow MD DP Thompson & Waterman USGS & CRC 4 Maintain Healthy Watersheds Vaccant Slattery/Gracia & Looper/ Urvina & Lemke NPS & CRC 5 Foster Stewardship O Sullivan NPS Power/Martin EPA/ VA DCR Vacant Allen & Sonnenburg EPA & CRC 6 Enhance Partnering, Leadership, and Management Hyer USGS Van Meter Penn State Sullivan & Goldfischer USGS & CRC Science, Technical Analysis, and Reporting No Chair No Vice Chair Felver/Noll, Alliance Handen, EPA Martinez- Penn, CRC Strategic Engagement Team
GIT and Support Groups Leadership Profile 9/19/23 GIT Chairs/Co-Chairs Vice-Chairs Coordinators Staffers 1 NOAA PRFC NOAA CRC 2 MD (DNR)/EPA No Vice Chair USFWS CRC (2) DC (DOEE) EPA 3 CRC CRC (2) 4 UMD MD (DP) USGS CRC 5 NPS No Vice Chair NPS (2) CRC (2) 6 EPA/ VA DCR No Vice Chair EPA CRC STAR UMCES, USGS Penn State USGS CRC Comm No Chair No Vice Chair ACB (2), EPA CRC Summary Total: Total: Total: Total: 4 Fed 1 Fed 7 Fed 0 Fed 3 State 2 State 0 State 0 State 0 NGO 0 NGO 4 NGO 11 NGO-Grantee 2 Academic 1 Academic 0 Academic 0 Academic
Federal Office Directors Co-Chair Dubois, DoD Co--Chair Shimkin, EPA Cdtr Handen, EPA 9/19/23