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ROGER L. RICHARDSON
Secretary of Agriculture, 2007-09
Secretary of Agriculture from March 15, 2007 through May 5, 2009. Acting Secretary of Agriculture, February 1, 2007 to March 15, 2007.
Member, Board of Regents, University System of Maryland, 2007-09; Governor's Executive Council, 2007-09; Governor's Council on the Chesapeake Bay (Governor's Chesapeake Bay Cabinet), 2007-09; Governor's Subcabinet for International Affairs, 2007-09; Smart Growth Subcabinet, 2007-09; BayStat Subcabinet, 2008-09. Chair, Governor's Intergovernmental Commission for Agriculture, 2007-09; Renewable Fuels Incentive Board, 2007-09. Board of Directors, Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation, 2007-09. Member, Maryland Agricultural Education and Rural Development Assistance Board, 2007-09; Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, 2007-09; Bay Restoration Fund Advisory Committee, 2007-09; Climate Change Commission, 2007-09; Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays, 2007-09; State Children's Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council, 2007-09; Maryland Food Center Authority, 2007-09; Maryland Horse Industry Board, 2007-09; Pesticide Advisory Committee, 2007-09; Rural Legacy Board, 2007-09; Rural Maryland Council, 2007-09; Seafood Marketing Advisory Commission, 2007-09; Scenic and Wild Rivers Review Board, 2007-09; State Soil Conservation Committee, 2007-09.
Member, Task Force on Renewable Alternative Fuels, 2007; Advisory Committee on the Management and Protection of the State's Water Resources (2005), 2007-08.
Supervisor, Worcester County Soil Conservation District, 1972-77. Member, State Committee Maryland Agriculture Stabilization Committee, 1976-80 (presidential appointment). Member, Board of Education, Worcester County, 1983-93 (president, 1992-93; vice-president, 1990-92). Chair, Maryland Farm Service Committee, 1993-2000 (presidential appointment). Chair, Board of Review, Department of Agriculture, 1993-2007 (member, 1987-93). Member, Agricultural Stewardship Commission, 2005-06. Member, Farmland Preservation Committee, Worcester County.
Born in Worcester County, Maryland, April 30, 1934. Grain farmer. Charter member, Snow Hill Grain, Inc., 1966-. Founder, agricultural trucking company, 1980-. Manager, Dividing Creek Public Drainage Association, 1973-. Board of Directors, American Corn Growers Association, 2003-. President, National Association of Farmer-Elected Committees, 2005-06 (1st vice-president, 2003-04). Advisory Council, Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology. Member, Worcester County Farm Bureau. President, Snow Hill Grain Co-op. Past president, Snow Hill Lions Club. Married; two children, six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren.
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