Maryland CoastSmart Council Members
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Chair: Josh Kurtz, Secretary
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Coast Smart Council Membership
As of April 2025
State and Agency Appointments (Per Natural Resources Article 3-1003)
| Department of Budget & Management | Jason Wardrup, Office of Capital Budgeting |
| Department of the Environment | Matt Rowe, Assistant Director Water & Science Administration |
| Department of General Services | Spyros Papadimas, P.E., Senior Capital Projects Manager |
| Department of Planning | Jill Lemke, Infrastructure and Development Manager
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| Department of Transportation | Allison Gost, Program Manager Climate Risk Mitigation
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| Department of Commerce | John Papavasiliou, Chief Operating Officer
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| Critical Area Commission | Erik Fisher, Chairman
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| Maryland Emergency Management Agency | Jesse Delph, Hazard Mitigation Branch
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| University System of Maryland | Dr. Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm, President University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
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| Comptroller, State of Maryland | Brooke E. Lierman, Comptroller
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Governor’s Appointees
As of January 2024
Local Government
| Mayor, Crisfield | Darlene Taylor |
| Environmental | Charles County Government | Beth Groth, Planner |
| Business | Stantec Inc. | Rebecca Aiken, Coastal Engineer |
| Environmental | University of Maryland Civil and Environmental Engineering | Dr. Greg Baecher, Professor |
| Business | Somerset County Government | Mary R. Philips, Zoning Specialist |
