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Welcome to our new Board Members -- Shelly Ford, Gene Deems, Alan Boehm, and Fred Tutman!
SRLT Board of Directors Andrew Garte, President Anne D. Schellie, Vice President Jennifer Troy, Treasurer Janet Norman, Secretary Rich Mason, At-Large Executive Committee Dr. Clifford Andrew Alan Boehm Gene Deems Shelly Ford Bob Gallagher Kristen Maneval Liz Simmons Thibodeau Frederick Tutman
Officers
Andrew Garte, President
Andrew Garte & Associates, Inc.
Term Ends: June 2012
Andy has been a consulting environmental scientist since 1982. He received his BS degree in Marine Biology from Southwestern Massachusetts University in 1982, and initially worked in the hazardous waste management and plastics manufacturing industries. He has developed a broad range of expertise in NEPA and due diligence environmental assessments and surveys for mergers and acquisitions for the telecommunications and radio-transmission industry, as well as for industrial property transfer and redevelopment. He has extensive experience in performing environmental impact studies, assessments, impairment liability audits, regulatory compliance audits, due diligence and property transfer surveys as well as comprehensive environmental audit and asset management business programs. Andy is an avid sailor and accomplished musician, and lives on the West River in Shady Side with his wife and two daughters.
Anne D. Schellie, Vice President
Term Ends: September 2012
Anne has worked for the past 21 years raising her children and as an active community volunteer: Chair of the Chesapeake Academy Board of Directors, Board of Directors of the YWCA of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, as a member of Leadership Anne Arundel, Board of Directors of the Institute for Shipboard Education, as well as numerous school and sports groups. Prior to that Anne was VP and Counsel to several Citicorp subsidiaries. She has also been an educator of young children ages 3-10. Anne holds a BS from Georgetown University, an MA from Columbia University, and a JD from Fordham University. She lives on the Severn River in Annapolis with her husband and two children.
Jennifer Troy, Treasurer
Term Ends: June 2014
Jennifer is a lifelong resident of Anne Arundel County. In 1995 she co-founded local Internet service provider ToadNet and served as Director of Operations for that company until its sale in 2004. Since then, she has been an active board member with the Scenic Rivers Land Trust and has helped organize the annual "Walk for the Woods,” which attracts over 200 participants each year. She has also worked on several entrepreneurial projects and has helped produce local events such as SocialDevCamp East and TEDxMidAtlantic.
Janet Norman, Secretary
Term Ends: June 2012
Janet migrated to Annapolis from upstate NY, having grown up in Rochester and along the shores of the St. Lawrence River. Janet has a B.A. in Biology from Colgate University, and a M.S. in Natural Resources (stream ecology) from the University of Michigan. She has worked for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Chesapeake Bay Field Office since 1988. She started in public education and outreach, and then moved into regulatory work with water supply, flood control, hydropower projects, wetland permits, and management of military lands. Janet enjoys being involved in community projects, from directing native landscaping at Hillsmere Elementary to an advisory role for the Navy Dairy Farm. She lives in Annapolis with her husband and two boys. She tries to find time to bike, sail their classic wooden boat, paddle and explore natural areas with friends.
Rich Mason, At-Large EC
Term Ends: June 2014
Rich is a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Chesapeake Bay Field Office. His main duty is assisting private landowners with habitat restoration projects under the Service’s national program called Partners for Fish and Wildlife. Prior to his current duties, Rich developed and managed a Schoolyard Habitat Program focused on working with students and teachers to restore wildlife habitat on school grounds. Rich is an avid conservationist who enjoys fishing, camping, hiking, messing about in small boats, coaching youth sports, and many other outdoor activities. Rich also developed and now manufactures a device called the Froglog that allow small animals to escape from swimming pools. He lives in Crownsville Maryland with his wife and two children.
Board Members
Dr. Clifford Andrew
Term Ends: June 2014
Cliff hails from St Louis MO, receiving his introduction to the great outdoors as an Eagle Scout. He attended the Precollegiate Institute of Ecological Studies at Denison University publishing his findings in the Ohio Journal of Science in 1964. He obtained a BA at Columbia College in NY, followed by a PhD in Biochemistry, and MD at Duke University in NC, and then migrated to Maryland in 1976 for his Neurology Residency at Johns Hopkins where he continues as Assistant Professor of Neurology. Cliff served as President of the Severn River Association from 1984-86 and 1987-89; and member of the Patuxent Wildlife Refuge Ft Meade Coordinating Council from 1990-92. He has served as member of the Severn and then Scenic Rivers Land Trust since 1992 and as President from 1994-08. He has organized and participated in 6 major fundraisers for the Trust including 3 marathons from 2003-05, and 3 “Rides for the Rivers” from 2008-10. He enjoys immersing himself in nature and believes in the old Native American saying that “We do not inherit the land from our ancestors. We borrow if from our children.” Alan Boehm
Term Ends: June 2014
Alan is a lifelong resident of Crownsville. He and his family farmed 600-plus acres over the years in and around the Crownsville area. After graduating from Towson State University with a Business, Accounting and Finance Degree he has always been a small business owner in Anne Arundel County. He currently owns and operates Chesterfield Farms LLC, which manufactures ECO soils growing media. These soils (growing medias) applications range from Green Roofs to Bio-retention and Rain Gardens for the purpose of storm water quality. Since the late sixties his family predicted that one day the South River will have protected areas like the Severn River. This was the reason the family sold land to Anne Arundel County to add to the South River Greenway and Bacon Ridge Natural Area.
Gene Deems
Term Ends: June 2014
Gene is eGov and Online Services Manager for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Former positions at DNR, during his 37 year career, include: Public Affairs Officer, Marketing and Promotions Manager and Legislative Liaison. Deems has a degree from the University of Maryland and has received training from the Center for Effective Negotiating.
Shelly Ford
Term Ends: June 2014
Shelly is the Head People Person at The Brick Companies (TBC) based in Edgewater. In addition to overseeing the HR functions for TBC, she also sits on the executive team and assists in the setting of the strategic direction for the organization. Shelly oversees the “Good Works” arm of TBC as well, and is very involved in developing programs and initiatives supporting TBC’s commitment to Social Responsibility and Environmental Leadership. In her spare time Shelly enjoys golf, cooking, gardening, and time spend with her husband, children, grandchildren and two Great Danes.
Bob Gallagher
Term Ends: June 2012
Bob graduated from the George Washington University in 1968 and from the George Washington University Law School in 1971. He joined the U.S. Department of Justice into the Civil Rights Division where he prosecuted civil rights litigation from 1971 to 1974. In 1974 and 1975, he was the director of the Palau District Office of the Micronesian Legal Services Corporation in Korror, Palau. From 1976 until 1982, he worked for the U.S. Department of Labor where he conducted and supervised litigation under the newly enacted Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In 1982, he joined Groom and Nordberg and served as managing partner of the firm for three years. He retired from the firm in December 2005. In January 2005, he formed West/Rhode Riverkeeper, Inc., which is affiliated with the Waterkeeper Alliance and is dedicated to the protection and restoration of clean water in the West and Rhode Rivers and the Chesapeake Bay. He has served as Riverkeeper, president and executive director and currently serves as board chair of the organization. He co-founded the Anne Arundel County Chapter of the Maryland League of Conservation Voters and serves as a director of the Maryland League of Conservation voters. He lives with his wife on the West River in Shady Side and is a life-long water-sports enthusiast and sailor.
Kristen O. Maneval
Term Ends: June 2012
Kristen is an Assistant Attorney General (AAG) at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. She is one of several AAGs who represent the Maryland Environmental Trust. She has a Bachelor’s in Urban and Environmental Planning from University of Virginia and a J.D. from University of Baltimore. She has concentrated her legal career in planning and environmental issues, working at a boutique zoning and real estate law firm outside of Philadelphia and as Assistant General Counsel at a Maryland-based nonprofit corporation focused on affordable housing before joining the Office of the Attorney General. She is admitted to the bar in Maryland. She lives on the Severn River in Crownsville with her husband and two children.
James R. Martin, Jr.
Term Ends: June 2014
Jim is a lifelong resident of Annapolis and is the owner of Free State Press, a print shop that has been a downtown Annapolis fixture since the 1980s. He is a past president of the Severn River Association and is active in a wide variety of community organizations. Liz Simmons Thibodeau
Term Ends: June 2014
Liz handles business development for Take One Digital Media. She actively engages in all production projects and often acts as producer. She has 27 years experience in the video production industry and is a Syracuse University, Newhouse School of Public Communications graduate. Liz has orchestrated large scale educational training projects for clients such as McGraw-Hill, Adventist Health Care Systems, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, New Ground Publishing and the GSA. She produced a major viral marketing campaign for Special Olympics Maryland and produced a video donor campaign for The Light House Homeless Prevention and Support Center. Liz has several Telly Awards for her work as producer with Special Olympics Maryland and New Ground Publishing. Liz is on the Silver Telly Council and is an active member of the Chesapeake Regional Technology Council. In her free time, Liz enjoys practicing yoga, kayaking on local rivers, and competing in triathlons.
Fred Tutman
Term Ends: June 2014
Fred is the Patuxent Riverkeeper. He was born and raised along the Patuxent River, as were seven generations of his ancestors before him. Prior to founding Patuxent Riverkeepers in 2004, he operated a business that provided professional media and mass communication services internationally. He is a recipient of numerous awards and recognitions for his work on behalf of environmental causes and issues in Maryland. Fred serves on the Board of the Environmental Integrity Project, as a Governor-appointed Commissioner on the State’s Patuxent River Commission, and is a past Board member of Waterkeeper Alliance, the international group that licenses Waterkeepers. He is an adjunct instructor at historic St. Mary’s College of Maryland where he teaches an upper level course in Environmental Law and Policy.
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