West and Rhode Riverkeeper

We work with our community to enforce environmental law, to
promote restoration, and to advocate for better environmental policy.
Contact us: 443-758-7797 ♦ PO Box 172, Shady Side, MD 20764

Board

Our Board of Directors is made up of members of our community who care about the West and Rhode Rivers. Our Board is guided by our current Strategic Plan, which was adopted in June, 2013.

John Wyss, Chairman

John is a partner at the Washington, DC law firm Wiley Rein LLP. He has been with the firm since its founding in 1983 and represents animation courses online and counsels clients in matters involving patent litigation, antitrust and trade regulation and general commercial litigation. John and his wife, Joanne Comstock, have a home on the West River near Parrish Creek. During the last several years, John has been working with SACReD and the Chesapeake Legal Alliance to prevent environmentally insensitive development in the Critical Area near Shady Side.

Virginia Clagett

Virginia served on the Anne Arundel County Council from 1974 to 1994, representing the South County area. She also represented District 30 in the House of Delegates from 1995 to 2011. She has served on the Severn River Commission, the Maryland Greenways Commission and the Board of the Chesapeake Bay Trust. She was appointed to the Critical Area Commission in 2011. Virginia lives on the Rhode River, and has been an active champion for the environment during her entire political career.

Mike Lofton, Vice Chair

Mike was the founding CEO of the Anne Arundel County Economic Development Corporation. He is also a former Deputy Secretary for the Maryland Department of Economic & Employment Development, and Executive Director of the Maryland Economic Development Association. Mike has a a BA Degree in Economics and a Certified Economic Developer (CEcd) from the International Economic Development Association. He is actively involved as a Trustee of the Chesapeake Environmental Protection Association and sits on the Council of Past Presidents for the Maryland Economic Development Association. Mike lives in Harwood and enjoys boating on the West and Rhode Rivers.

Thomas Hoppin

Tom brings to the Board his primary career experience in finance and senior corporate management. He is now retired from his role as a bank president and as chair of the board of Washington’s Council of Non-Profit Agencies (now known as the Center For Non-Profit Advancement). He is a life-long sailor and, since the late 1960’s, has been home-ported in the West River. He and his wife, Prue, live on the shore in Shady Side. Tom’s goal is to see our communities come together to sustain support for the Riverkeeper organization in preserving and improving the health of our rivers.

Lynne Mulston

Lynne Mulston’s extensive career spans more than 20 years enabling sales through marketing (product, services and solutions), strategic alliances, competitive intelligence, business development, project management, and solution development. She possesses broad industry experience in healthcare, telecommunications (wire-line and wireless), and management consulting. Her specialization is in sales enablement and market development, strategic alliances and partnership development, including formation, governance and joint solution marketing, but her professionalism, enthusiasm, focus, and clarity are an asset to any business team seeking to overcome substantial challenges.

Ellen Ponder

Ellen is a Senior Vice President for The Forum Corporation , a global consulting and learning organization. Ellen has worked with numerous leading organizations to help them implement critical organizational strategies. Ellen has previously served on community boards including The Children's Theatre of Annapolis . She is a member of the National Association of Female Executives and has participated, for many years, in the Executive seminars at St. John's College studying the Great Books. She currently serves as a Commissioner and the Chair of Public Outreach for the Anne Arundel County Commission for Women. She lives with her family on the Rhode River in Edgewater.

Pat Mahoney

Pat is a waterman based out of Eastport but oysters, crabs and fishes throughout the Chesapeake. Pat has leased some river bottom in the Rhode River and currently has millions of oysters on his leased bottom. He brings a wealth of knowledge about the Chesapeake and how we can work with watermen to preserve our history and a sustainable industry.

Tim Zimmermann, Secretary

Tim is a Washington-DC based writer who also owns a home on the Rhode River. He is a Correspondent for Outside magazine, a former Senior Editor and Diplomatic Correspondent for US News & World Report, and author of The Race (Houghton Mifflin, 2002). Tim is an avid sailor, and enjoys writing about history, politics, and adventure.

S. Stoney Simons, Jr., Ph.D.

Stoney retired from the National Institutes of Health, where he served as a Senior Researcher. Simons received his Ph.D from Harvard University. After a postdoctoral fellowship at Univ. of California, SF, he moved to the NIH and became Chief of the Steroid Hormones Section in 1985. He has published over 150 papers, and has 5 patents, in the field of the mechanism of steroid hormone action, with an emphasis on the role of transcription co factors. He has served on review boards of numerous grant review panels and journals. He lives with his wife, Cyrena, in Galesville.

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