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J. CHARLES FOX, Secretary of Natural Resources
Chair, Governor's Council on the Chesapeake Bay, 2001-; Executive Committee for Dredged Material Management Plans, 2001-; Rural Legacy Board, 2001-; Scenic and Wild Rivers Review Board, 2001-. Co-Chair, Maryland Greenways Commission, 2001-. Member, Governor's Executive Council, 2001-; Smart Growth Subcabinet, 2001-; Chesapeake Bay Commission, 2001-; Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Commission, 2001-; Chesapeake Bay Trust, 2001-; Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, 2001-; Interdepartmental Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs, 2001-; Interagency Nutrient Reduction Oversight Committee, 2001-; Governor's Pesticide Council, 2001-; Potomac River Fisheries Commission, 2001-; Seafood Marketing Advisory Committee, 2001-; Governor's Commission on Service and Volunteerism, 2001-; State Soil Conservation Committee, 2001-; Transportation Enhancements Program Executive Committee, 2001-; Task Force on the Environmental Effects of Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE), 2001; Task Force on Energy Conservation and Efficiency in Maryland, 2001; Task Force on Upgrading Sewerage Systems, 2001; Task Force on Resource-Based Industry in Maryland, 2001-02; Advisory Committee on the Management and Protection of the State's Water Resources, 2002-. Chair, Wye Oak Interagency Committee, 2002-. Member, Task Force to Study the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, 2002-.
Assistant Secretary for Policy Coordination, Department of the Environment, 1995-97. Associate Administrator, Office of Reinvention, 1997-98, and Assistant Administrator for Water, 1998-2001, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (special assistant, 1993; chief of staff, Office of Water, 1994-95).
Born in Oceanside, California, August 2, 1960. Attended New York University, 1978-80; University of Wisconsin, B.S. (urban geography), 1983. Director, Chesapeake Bay Project, 1983-86, and Coastal Protection Project, 1986-88, Environmental Policy Institute. Director of Legislative Affairs, Friends of the Earth, 1988-92. Self-employed environmental consultant, 1992. Campaign director, American Rivers, 1992-93. Senior policy advisor, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 2001. Board of Directors, Interglobal Waste Management, Inc.; Maryland League of Conservation Voters (chair, 1986).
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