MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL
COMMISSION
(LA1104, formerly 31.01.11.04)
Laurie Adelhardt, Executive Director
(410) 841-5882
A. Orrell Saulsbury III, Chair, 1996

Appointed by Governor: John M. Burrier,
Donald M. Hoopes, James B. Steele, Jr.,
Gerald B. Truitt, Jr. Terms expire 1996.
Richard E. Card, D.V.M., Donald C.
Essich, Richard L. Marshall, Christopher
D. Parker, Emory R. Patton, Melony R.
Richards, Myron L. Wilhide Terms expire
1997.
Donald Balderston, Earl F. Hance,
Thomas A. Hopkins, Ph.D., G. Paul
Lynch, Mehrle H. Ramsburg, Jr., Kay R.
Richardson, Gary W. Whitaker Terms
expire 1998.
Ex officio: Thomas A. Fretz, Ph.D., Dean,
College of Agriculture & Natural
Resources, University of Maryland
College Park

DEPUTY SECRETARY
Henry A. Virts, D.V.M., Deputy Secretary
(410) 841-5881

CHESAPEAKE BAY AGRICULTURAL
PROGRAMS
Thomas W. Simpson, State Coordinator
(410) 841-5865

GOVERMENTAL AFFAIRS
S. Patrick McMillan (410) 841-5886

INTERNAL AUDIT
Vacancy (410) 841-5881

PRINCIPAL COUNSEL
Craig A. Nielsen (410) 841-5883

PUBLIC INFORMATION
Harold H. Kanarek (410) 841-5882

AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT
& SEAFOOD MARKETING
(LA1109, formerly 31.01.11.09)
FY1996 appropriation $593,710
FY1996 authorized positions 6
Bradley H. Powers, Director (410) 841-5724

AQUACULTURE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
Douglas C. Burdette, Jr., Chair,
1996 (410) 841-5724
Appointed by Governor: Susan C.
Keilholtz, 1996, Richard A. Pelz,
1996, William R. Woodfield, Jr.,
1996, John F. Tucker Brown, 1997,
Wade Dudrow, 1997, Mark W.
LaVorgna, 1997, William Voorhies,
1997, Betty S. Duty, 1998, Stanley
G. Serfling, 1998, Timothy
Sughrue, 1988, John P. Travis,
1998

Designated by Senate President:
William H. Amoss

Designated by House Speaker: John F.
Slade III

Designated by Secretary of
Agriculture: F. William Sieling III

Designated by Secretary of Natural
Resources: Sgt. Robert W. Davis,
Natural Resources Police Force, W.
Peter Jensen, Fisheries Service.

Designated by Chancellor, University
of Maryland System: Frederick W.
Wheaton, Ph.D., College of
Agriculture & Natural Resources,
University of Maryland College Park

nonvoting members: Pradeep
Ganguly, Ph.D., designee of
Secretary of Business & Economic
Development, Mary Jo Garreis,
designee of Secretary of the
Environment, Alan Taylor, designee
of Secretary of Health & Mental
Hygiene.

SEAFOOD MARKETING ADVISORY
COMMISSION
William R. Woodfield, Jr., Chair,
1997 (410) 841-5820
Appointed by Governor with Senate
advice & consent (11 members
appointed with advice of Secretary of
Agriculture): John C. Brooks, Jr.,
1996, Barry Schomborg, 1996,
William C. King III, 1997, George
O'Donnell, 1997, Robert H. Evans,
1998, A. Arthur Oertel, 1998, Clare
Vanderbeek, 1998, Tony P.
Mazzaccaro, Ph.D., 1999,
Constance H. Pergerson, 1999, Ray
Sterling, 1999

Ex officio: F. William Sieling III,
designee of Secretary of Agriculture,
W. Peter Jensen, designee of
Secretary of Natural Resources

MARKETING & AGRICULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT (LA1110, formerly 31.01.11.10)
FY1996 appropriation $1,272,757
FY1996 authorized positions 14.5
Errol Small, Chief (410) 841-5770
James Duffy, Administrative Officer
& Marketing Supervisor (410) 841-5770

MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL FAIR
BOARD (LA1107, formerly 31.01.11.07)
FY1996 appropriation $1,139,078
FY1996 authorized positions 0.5
Katrina Bradshaw, Executive
Secretary (410) 841-5770
Vacancy, Chair
Appointed by Governor with advice of
Secretary of Agriculture: A. A. Scott
MacGlashan IV, 1995, Walton R.
Mason, 1995, Nona Schwartzbeck,
1995, Frank C. Downey, 1996,
Leroy E. Hall, 1996, James W.
Jacobs, Jr., 1996, John W. Bell,
1999, Harold L. Clark, 1999, John
L. Richards, 1999

TOBACCO AUTHORITY
(LA1108, formerly 31.01.11.08)
FY1996 appropriation $21,008
FY1996 authorized positions 0
Raymond E. Hutchins, Executive
Secretary (410) 841-5770
Earl F. Hance, Chair, 1999
(410) 586-2263
Appointed by Governor: R. Johns
Dixon, 1997, P. Addison Herbert,
Jr., 1997, Barnard L. Atkins, 1998,
James P. Bowling, Jr., 1998, Thomas
L. Tucker, 1998, David L. Conrad,
1999, Joseph S. Perrie, Jr., 1999.