DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

SECRETARY

Montgomery Park Business Center, 1800 Washington Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 537-3084; 1-800-633-6101 (toll free, Maryland); tdd: (410) 631-3009
e-mail: robert.summers@maryland.gov
web: www.mde.state.md.us/

Section Head, Watershed Monitoring and Modeling Section, Technical Analysis Division, Office of Environmental Programs, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 1985-88 (project manager, water quality section, 1983-85). Director, Technical and Regulatory Services Administration, 1999-2001, and Director, Water Management Administration, 2001-07, Department of the Environment.

Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2010-; BayStat Subcabinet, 2010-; Governor's Council on the Chesapeake Bay (Governor's Chesapeake Bay Cabinet), 2010-; Governor's Subcabinet for International Affairs, 2010-; Smart Growth Subcabinet, 2010-. Chair, Asbestos Oversight Committee, 2010-. Vice-Chair, State Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council, 2010-. Member, Governor's Intergovernmental Commission for Agriculture, 2010-; Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission, 2010-; Bay Restoration Fund Advisory Committee, 2010-; Chesapeake Bay Trust, 2010-; Climate, Energy and Environment Policy Committee, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 2010-; Climate Change Commission, 2010-; Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays, 2010-; Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities, 2010-; Maryland Green Building Council, 2010-; Maryland Green Purchasing Committee, 2010-; Maryland Advisory Commission on Manufacturing Competitiveness, 2010-; Maryland Integrated Map Executive Committee, 2010-; Maryland Military Installation Council, 2010-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2010-; Ozone Transport Commission, 2010- (secretary-treasurer, 2012-); Pesticide Advisory Committee, 2010-; Renewable Fuels Incentive Board, 2010-; Scenic and Wild Rivers Review Board, 2010-; State Soil Conservation Committee, 2010-; Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission, 2010-; Executive Committee for Dredged Material Management Plans, 2011-; Maryland Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council, 2011-; Invasive Plants Advisory Committee, 2011-. Chair, Susquehanna River Basin Commission, 2012- (member, 2007-). Member, Animal Waste Technology Fund Advisory Committee, 2012-; Maryland Botanical Heritage Work Group, 2013-; Maryland Pesticide Reporting and Information Work Group, 2013-; Maryland Thermal Renewable Energy Credit Task Force, 2013-.

Member, Advisory Committee on the Management and Protection of the State's Water Resources, 2002-04, 2005-08; Nutrient Management Advisory Committee, 2009-11; Maryland Clean Car and Energy Policy Task Force, 2010; Base Realignment and Closure Subcabinet, 2010-11; Task Force on Sustainable Growth and Wastewater Disposal, 2011 (chair, existing infrastructure & available technologies work group, 2011); Wetlands and Waterways Program Funding Work Group, 2011.

Born September 9, 1954. The Johns Hopkins University, B.A. (natural sciences), 1976, Ph.D. (environmental engineering), 1982. Research technician, Chesapeake Bay Institute, the Johns Hopkins University, 1976-81. Research Associate, Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1981-83.

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