WICOMICO COUNTY, MARYLAND

COUNTY COUNCIL

P. O. Box 870
Government Office Building, 125 North Division St., Salisbury, MD 21803 - 0870
(410) 548-4696; fax: (410) 860-1257
e-mail: jhastings@wicomicocounty.org

Member, Board of Health, Wicomico County, 2018-; Youth Advisory Commission, Wicomico County, 2019-22; Natural Resources Conservation Advisory Committee, Wicomico County, 2022-; Commission on Aging, Wicomico County, 2022-.

Member, Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, 2018- (treasurer, 2020; secretary, 2021; 3rd vice-chair, 2022). Member, Salisbury-Wicomico Metropolitan Planning Organization, 2019-. Chair, Local Government Advisory Committee to the Chesapeake Executive Council, 2026- (member, 2020-).

Member, Rural Legacy Board Advisory Committee, 2015-18. Chair, Rural Maryland Council, 2016-18 (member, 2013-20).

Legislative Assistant to Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43, Baltimore City, 2010-11.

Salisbury University, B.S. (business marketing), 2004, B.A. (political science), 2005; University of Maryland Baltimore County, M.P.P., 2017. University of Maryland, Academy of Excellence in Local Governance, 2023. Georgetown University, certificate (strategic management), 2025. Staff assistant, Rice Consulting, LLC, 2007-08. Policy Manager, Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, 2011-18. Deputy Director, Lower Shore Land Trust, 2018-21 (vice-chair, 2016-18). Executive Director, Forever Maryland Foundation, 2023-24 (program & policy director, 2021-24). Founder and Principal, Sound Mind Strategies, 2024-. Class VIII Fellow, LEAD Maryland, 2013-14. Chair, Partners for Open Space, 2015-17 (member, executive committee, 2013-17). New Economy Maryland Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies, 2016. Board of Trustees, Rural Maryland Foundation, 2016-22. Executive Committee, Delmarva Land and Litter Collaborative, 2019-24 (chair, 2023-24). Board of Directors, Shore Up!, Inc., 2019-23; Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology, Inc., 2020-. Steering Committee, Court Appointed Special Advocates, Wicomico County, 2021-23. Maryland Sustainable Growth Award (leadership & service), Maryland Department of Planning, 2023. Married; one child.

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