The Citizens Advisory Committee represents the public and provides advice to Maryland Port Administration (MPA) and its DMMP partners on a wide array of dredging related topics and issues. The Chair of the Citizens Advisory Committee sits on the Management Committee and reports to the Executive Committee.

Upcoming Meetings

MAY
21
2025

Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting

May 21 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT
Middle Branch Fitness and Wellness Center

SEP
24
2025

Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting

September 24 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT

Past Committee Meetings

2025
  • February 19 Agenda

  • May 21

  • September 24

2024
2023
2022

Meeting summaries will be posted after approval by committee members at the subsequent meeting.

Membership

  • Association of Maryland Pilots
    Captain John R. Kinlein

  • Audubon Mid-Atlantic
    Jim Brown

  • Baltimore City Government
    Jazmin Kimble

  • Baltimore County Government
    David Riter

  • Baltimore Port Alliance/Rukert Terminals Corporation
    Andrew Nixon

  • Blue Water Baltimore
    Barbara Johnson
    Dan O’Leary

  • Chesapeake Bay Association, Inc. 
    Dr. Frank M. Neighoff, Jr.

  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation
    Gussie Maguire

  • Cox Creek Citizens Oversight Committee
    Gary Gakenheimer

  • Dorchester Shore Erosion Group
    Bruce Coulson

  • Dundalk Resident
    Tasha Gresham-James

  • Exelon / BGE
    Chandra Chithaluru
    Jack Murosko

  • Fort Howard Community Association
    Scott Pappas

  • Geomatx Surveying and Mapping
    Tom McElroy

  • HMI Citizens Oversight Committee
    Paul Brylske

  • Kent Conservation, Inc.
    Doug West

  • Living Classroom Foundation
    Christine Truett

  • Masonville Citizens Advisory Committee
    Anita Kestel

  • National Aquarium
    Laura Bankey

  • North Point Peninsula Council
    Francis Taylor

  • Patapsco Back Rivers Tributary Team
    Stuart Stainman

  • Ports America Chesapeake
    Bennett Creighton

  • Resilience Authority of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County
    Gabe Cohen

  • The Nature Conservancy
    Isaac Hametz
    Andrea van Wyk

  • Tradepoint Atlantic
    Pete Haid

  • Turner Station Conservation Team
    Gloria Nelson

  • Waterfront Partnership
    Adam Lindquist, Chairperson​