Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission
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Members of the Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission
The Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission was authorized by the General Assembly on July 1, 2010 (
Chapter 489, Acts of 2010) and sunset as a commission on December 31, 2020. The members of the commission as December 31, 2020 were as follows:
- Susan Summers, Chair and Representative of the Agricultural Community
- Mary Ann Lisanti, Vice Chair, Maryland House of Delegates
- Melissa Wells, House of Delegates Environment & Transportation Committee
- Vacancy, Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee
- J.B. Jennings, Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee
- Secretary Robert S. McCord, Maryland Department of Planning
- Devon Dodson, Secretary's designee, Maryland Department of the Environment
- R. Earl Lewis, Jr., Deputy Secretary at Maryland Department of Transportation
- Secretary Kenneth C. Holt, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development
- Sandi Olek, Secretary's designee, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
- Roger Venezia, Secretary's designee, Maryland Department of Commerce
- Secretary Joseph Bartenfelder, Maryland Department of Agriculture
- Robert Gorrell, Executive Director of the Maryland Public School Construction Program, Superintendent's designee, Maryland State Department of Education
- Charlotte Lawson Davis, the Rural Maryland Council's designee
- Gerrit Knaap, Director, University of Maryland National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education
- Michael O'Connor, Mayor, City of Frederick, MML Representative
- Leslie (Les) Knapp, Jr., Legal and Policy Counsel, Maryland Association of Counties (MACo), MACo Representative
- Kevin L. Small, Director, Town of Bel Air Planning, MML Representative
- Deborah Carpenter, Director, Charles County Department of Planning and Growth Management, MACO Representative
- Vacancy, Smart Growth Representative
- Frank Hertsch, Principal, Morris & Ritchie Associates, Residential Building & Development Representative
- Thomas M. Ballentine Jr., National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, Commercial Building & Development Representative
- Michael R. Davis, Esq., Attorney, Davis, Agnor, Rapaport & Skalny, LLC, Transportation Representative
- Vacancy, Western Maryland Representative
- Greg Bowen, President of Land Stewardship Solutions, Southern Maryland Representative
- Richard R. Brush, Division Chief of Land Development Division, Montgomery County, Washington Metro Area Representative
- Bryce Turner, President, Brown, Craig and Turner, Baltimore Metro Area Representative
- Vacancy, Rural Community Representative
- Leo Vondas, Principal, Bethesda Properties, LLC, Washington Metro Area Representative
- Eric E. Soter, Principal, Rodgers Consulting, Inc., Washington Metro Area Representative
- Vacancy, Eastern Shore Representative
- Jessica Zuniga, Board member, Maryland Affordable Housing Coalition, Housing Representative
- James Kruger, President/CEO Retired, James P. Kruger & Associates, Representative of the Baltimore Metropolitan Area
- Vacancy, Environment Representative