Board of Directors

 

Nick Carter

 

Nick Carter recently retired after having been a fisheries biologist and ecologist with Maryland Department of Natural resources for 35 years. Nick has a bachelor's in biology from Old Dominion University and a master's in fisheries biology from the University of Washington. He has worked in fisheries management on the Chesapeake Bay, on stream conservation throughout the state, on reservoirs, and on environmental defense issues related to highway construction, offshore oil development, dredged spoil disposal, forest preservation, housing development issues, stream channelization, wetlands preservation and a variety of other subject areas.

 

Nick Carter has been national chairman of the American Fisheries Society's environmental concerns committee. He has received the Izaak Walton League's award for habitat conservation in the Chesapeake Bay region and a Governor's citation for excellence. He has been given the Dr. Nancy Foster Habitat Conservation Award by the National Marine Fisheries Service. Upon retirement, he was made an "Admiral of the Chesapeake Bay" by the Governor’s office. Nick is presently active in environmental education.

 

Ed Merrifield

 

Ed Merrifield retired at a young age after twenty years as a Chiropractic Doctor in private practice.  He then launched himself into a second career of environmental service.  He was elected to the position of Chair of the Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club, and Chair of the Montgomery Group of the Sierra Club.  He is the Maryland Delegate to the National Sierra Club Council of Club Leaders. He is an appointed member of the Maryland State Water Quality Advisory Committee (MD-SWQAC) and the Maryland Middle Potomac Tributary Team, and is the Coordinator of water issues for Maryland Sierra Club.  He has been involved with both State and Federal environmental issues and was the Sierra Club’s “point man” for the TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load) lawsuit against the EPA in Maryland.  Ed recently embarked on a full time position as the Potomac Riverkeeper, accepting the challenge of growing the Riverkeeper, Inc. organization and helping it fulfill its mission as a “one-stop-shop” advocate for the Potomac River.

 

Ed Stennett

 

Ed Stennett is a retired electronics engineer.  He holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in engineering from the George Washington University.  Most of his career was spent in association with Xerox and IBM where he held management positions for many years. 

 

He has had a life long concern about the environment, and particularly the environmental impact of mushrooming population growth.  Upon retirement he became active with the Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club where he was elected to executive committees at both the county and state level.  In working with other activists on local environmental problems, Ed became increasingly convinced that the environmental movement would ultimately fail without greater attention to the population growth problem.  This view led to his book, In Growth We Trust, and the founding of Growth Education Movement, Inc.