Kerri Langlais is a Managing Director at Beowulf Energy where she is responsible for the company’s M&A and financing activities. Beowulf Energy is a leading energy infrastructure project developer, investor and asset manager with a global presence in the U.S., Europe and the Caribbean. In addition to her role at Beowulf, Ms. Langlais is actively involved in Bluepoint Hospitality Group’s expansion and real estate development activities in the Town of Easton. Previously, she spent 10 years in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs, where she was most recently a Vice President in the Natural Resources advisory group in New York. Ms. Langlais also worked at Harvard University where she provided advisory to the University’s financial strategy and planning process. Kerri received her BA in Finance and graduated with honors from Boston College. She lives in New York City with her husband, Kevin, and their two children.
Douglas (Doug) S. Walker represents numerous local, regional and national financial institutions, as well as investment funds, in all aspects of commercial financing transactions, restructurings and collection matters. His practice includes representation of financial institutions throughout the State of Maryland, in connection with loan closings, loan sales or acquisitions, participation agreements, workouts, reorganizations, troubled debt restructures, foreclosures and bankruptcy.
Doug also regularly counsels businesses and developers in a variety of corporate and commercial real estate matters and serves as general corporate counsel for many regional and closely held businesses. His business practice includes representation businesses of all sizes in various industries, as well as equity investors, in a wide variety or corporate and business matters, including, but not limited to, mergers and acquisitions, sales, reorganizations, spin-offs, joint ventures, drafting and negotiating employment agreements and buy-sell agreements as well as general day-to-day business and succession planning.
His real estate practice includes representing owners, developers, borrowers, private equity funds and lenders in all aspects of commercial and residential real estate transactions, including real estate development, leasing, financing, construction contracts, acquisition and the preparation and negotiation of declarations, easements and other real estate development documents.
Prior to founding McAllister, DeTar, Showalter & Walker (MDSW), Doug practiced with Miles & Stockbridge P.C. for nine years, four of which as a partner, and prior to that spent five years practicing at Royston, Mueller, McLean and Reid, LLP in Towson, Maryland. Doug lives with his wife and three daughters in Easton, Maryland and enjoys spending time with his family throughout the Eastern Shore exercising, playing or coaching sports and fishing.
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Natalie Slater serves as the Executive Assistant to the Executive Director and the Chesapeake Harvest team. She brings years of administrative, marketing and project management experience to her role.
As a former Eastern Shore retail store owner, Vice President and Co-Founder of a Delmarva magazine, non-profit volunteer and former board member of the United Way of Queen Anne’s County, she understands the responsibilities and challenges of business ownership, non-profits as well as the corporate world.
Natalie’s entrepreneurial propensity gives her the ability to embrace the fast-paced environment of Easton Economic Development and Chesapeake Harvest. With her passion for learning, she is eager to tackle the newest software programs to bring efficiencies into the
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Natalie loves all things nature and enjoys cooking vegetables and herbs from her garden. When not in the garden, you can find her on the golf course or reading a good book.
Tracy Ward was hired in April 2014 to make great things happen for Easton Economic Development Corp. The Board of Directors tasked her with launching project initiatives that support the organization’s goals, and she has quickly made progress on key projects that anchor the organization’s mission.
Tracy has over 27 years of experience as an economic and community development leader, devoting her career to urban transformation through collaborative public/private partnerships and cross-disciplinary strategies. Tracy has led major housing and neighborhood development initiatives throughout the Baltimore region. She was instrumental in the creation of over 1,000 housing units in downtown Baltimore, implemented the nation’s first combined residential and commercial special taxing district, helped hundreds of families transition to home-ownership, and has created community master plans that are still being used today. Later, at Fannie Mae, Tracy provided technical assistance to communities in five states, originating and underwriting over $100 million in debt and equity investments for transformative housing projects in targeted communities identified for growth.
In 2004, Tracy founded Urbanite, an award-winning glossy magazine with a circulation of over 60,000 in the Baltimore metropolitan area. During her tenure, Urbanite’s circulation tripled and annual revenues grew by double digits each year. In 2013, Tracy took a “sabbatical year” to travel and work on farms to learn about agriculture and the production of local food.
Tracy holds a Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition & Foods from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She is also a graduate of Leadership Maryland.
Easton Airport is one of the busiest General Aviation airports in the State of Maryland. The airport has been financially self-sufficient since 1993 and is poised for smart, well balanced growth. Recognizing that aviation careers are understaffed nationwide, airport management has taken proactive measures to introduce aviation to the youth of the Midshore. Aviation careers are highly technical, some require little or no college, and they are in high demand throughout our region. Aviation trades can be classified as “Blue Collar STEM” jobs.
The purpose of the Aviation Career Education (ACE) Program is to provide students the opportunity to explore careers in the aerospace industry. The program introduces students to a variety of aviation related career paths and also provides resources and support to help them pursue a career in the aerospace industry. The program will promote interest in aviation careers by teaching safe operating principles, using leading edge technology and committing to the future of aviation in Talbot County.
Herbert S. Miller – Chairman Emeritus
Mr. Miller is the CEO of Western Development Corporation (WDC), a real estate development firm that he founded in 1967. WDC has completed many high profile mixed-use projects, including Georgetown Park, an award-winning retail office and residential project in Washington D.C. Mr. Miller also led WDC to launch the “Mills Concept” of value-oriented super regional malls. Potomac Mills in Woodbridge, Virginia was the first such project to be completed, and it was quickly followed by three others throughout the United States.
In 1995, Mr. Miller was tapped to lead the Washington D.C. Mayor’s Interactive Downtown Task Force, a 100-member economic development committee that produced $6.2 billion in private and public investment including 5,242 new housing units, 9 million square feet of office space, and a new $834 million Convention Center. Mr. Miller was inducted into the Washington Business Hall of Fame in 2006. Presently, Mr. Miller is a Co-Founder and Co-Vice Chairman of Chesapeake Crescent Initiative, a regional collaborative to advance innovation in energy, life sciences, and security in the “Chesapeake Crescent” Region of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia.
Lloyd L. (Scott) Beatty, Jr. President & CEO, Shore Bancshares, Inc. – Chairman
Mr. Beatty has served as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) since June 2013 and as a director of the Company since 2000. Prior to the merger of subsidiaries, CNB and The Talbot Bank of Easton (“Talbot Bank”), which formed Shore United Bank, in July 2016, Mr. Beatty served as a director of the Talbot Bank since 1992 and as a director of CNB since 2015 and subsequently became a director of the Bank following the merger. Since January 2011, Mr. Beatty has served as President and Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) and previously served as Executive Vice President and COO since August 2007. Prior to that and since October 2004, Mr. Beatty has been employed in various executive level operation operating officer capacities. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Beatty was the Chief Operating Officer of Darby Overseas Investments, LP, a global private equity firm, and President of Darby Advisors, Inc., a privately held family investment business, from 1998 to 2005. Mr. Beatty was also a practicing certified public accountant for 25 years and a principal in the accounting firm Beatty, Satchell & Company from 1977 to 1998. Mr. Beatty has extensive financial knowledge and operational experience, as well as familiarity with important market areas. In addition, to his experience with the Bank, he has experience in advising companies on financial and tax matters, merger and acquisition transactions, and insurance operations.
Amy Haines – Vice Chairman
Amy Haines is the Proprietor and General Manager of Out of the Fire, a restaurant located in the Town of Easton. Before that, Amy served as the Director of Marketing for the Neurex Corporation where she was responsible for the strategic and tactical development and implementation necessary to assist a 60 person sales force in launching and selling the company’s first commercial Biotech product to the prescribing community.
Anthony P. Kern – Treasurer
Mr. Kern is a recognized industry expert in the field of technology, media and telecommunications with extensive experience in management consulting and strategy across numerous industries. He has provided business counsel to boards and senior management of some of the top companies in the world and advised on issues related to corporate finance, M&A, restructuring and innovation. Most recently he served as U.S. Deputy Managing Partner of Deloitte & Touche LLP’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications Group and the firm’s Global Managing Partner of Innovation.
He has successfully started and sold several companies in the communications, technology, and energy industries, as well as taught advanced industry seminars on the future of consumer interactions with new technology, traditional media and telecoms. As a recognized and respected speaker in the industry, he has been interviewed by the press including the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, CNBC, MSNBC, The New York Times, Dow Jones News-Wire and Fortune Magazine. During his career, Mr. Kern has made legacy predictions and forecasts regarding wireless networks, applied internet solutions, social media, and the energy industry.
Ron Engle
Ron Engle was elected Councilman for the Town of Easton, Ward 3 in 2015. He is a private consultant in Traffic Safety. He recently retired after 10 years as the Director, Traffic Safety, for The Century Council, a national not-for-profit organization funded by America’s leading distilled spirits companies and dedicated to fighting drunk driving and underage drinking.
Ron has more than 30 years of service with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, where he served in a number of management, policy development and program implementation positions. He managed and directed the development and implementation of the Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Program and the Drug Recognition Program for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Prior to his joining NHTSA, Ron served eight years in law enforcement. The last two years, he was the Enforcement Coordinator for the Fairfax County, Virginia, Police Department Alcohol Safety Action Project. Most of his professional experience is directly related to combating the drunk driver.
Rabbi Peter E. Hyman, M.A.H.L, D.D.
Rabbi Peter Hyman is Rabbi of Temple B’nai Israel in Easton MD, a warm and welcoming liberal congregation serving Talbot County and Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Rabbi Hyman is a graduate of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion where he earned a Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters as well as a Doctor of Divinity degree.
Rabbi Hyman is very active in the Easton community teaching, serving of various boards and championing a number of social justice issues. He is a past president of TACL, the Talbot Association of Clergy and Laity. Rabbi Hyman is also very active with the Boy Scouts of America serving on National and International scouting committees. He is the immediate past National Jewish Chaplain of the Boy Scouts of America.
Rosalee S. Potter
Rose Potter is a Trappe Town Commissioner. Rose has been an Administrative Assistant/Office Manager for the Triumph Baptist and Union Baptist Churches in Easton, MD. In addition to the administrative duties, Rose was a liaison between the ministries within the church, acted as a representative for the Pastor in attendance to offsite meetings, maintained contact with other churches when requested, and created special programs for church sponsored events. In addition, Rose has organized, planned, and correlated seminars and speakers for other community special events. Rose has volunteered on a number of boards, and currently is on the board of The Neighborhood Service Center, Good Samaritan Fund, Chesapeake Multicultural Resource Center, Commission on Aging, Mid-Shore Regional Council, and Talbot Association of Clergy and Laity.
Rose is a Cum Laude graduate of Salisbury University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Work. Before retirement from the State of Maryland, she was employed by the Department of Social Services and The Higher Education Commission.
Robert C. Willey
Mr. Willey is the current Mayor of the Town of Easton. Mayor Willey is a life-long resident of Talbot County, and he spent 41 years working at Waverly Press until his retirement in 2002. His primary responsibilities at Waverly included book fulfillment, traffic, employee safety, environmental compliance, permits, and establishing a worldwide distribution system. A member of the Easton Volunteer Fire Department for 52 years, Mayor Willey has been involved in numerous other civic activities. He is a past President of the Kiwanis Club, a past Board member of the Safety Council of Maryland, and past President of the Eastern Shore Association of Municipalities. He has served on several important committees including the Governor’s Task Force on Solid Waste Regulations and the Government Advisory Committee for the Chesapeake Bay Commission. Mayor Willey was inducted into the Maryland Municipal Hall of Fame in 2012.
Ann Harvey Yonkers
Ann Harvey Yonkers is co-founder and co-executive director of FRESHFARM Markets. A lifelong environmentalist and local-food advocate, Ann is one of the early leaders in the movement to transform the way Washingtonians eat. She is compelled by the idea that eating locally makes sense from every point of view –flavor, the environment, health and sustainability. Ann has been recognized with numerous awards and accolades including being named one of the 100 most powerful women in Washington, DC, by Washingtonian magazine. In 2012, Washingtonian again recognized Ann and FRESHFARM Markets co-executive director Bernadine Prince as “Green Giants.” That same year, she and Bernadine were also recognized by Mayor Vincent Gray with the Mayor’s Sustainability Award for their dedication to providing fresh, healthy food to neighborhoods in the District of Columbia for more than a decade.
Nationally, Ann has been recognized as a “Woman Who Inspires” by Women Chefs and Restaurateurs. She is the past president of Les Dames d’Escoffier International and holds a professional culinary degree from L’Academie de Cuisine in Bethesda, MD. She has appeared in local and national media including Cooking Light, Natural Home, Chesapeake Life, Washington Business Journal and the Washington Post. She and her husband, Charlie, own Pot Pie Farm, outside of St. Michaels, MD, where they raise laying hens on pasture and grow vegetables and fruits using organic methods.
Matthew Peters
Matthew Peters, better known as “Mateo,” is the Director of the Chesapeake Multicultural Resource Center (ChesMRC), an Easton, Maryland-based 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to empower people from different cultures to become successful and engaged members of the community. Through education, the ChesMRC strives to break down cultural barriers that arise from differences in language, appearance or ethnic traditions.
As Director, Mateo’s responsibilities include management and development of the Center’s various programs, including Youth Development; Adult Education & ESL; Community Awareness & Outreach; Health Outreach; and Immigration Legal Assistance.
Mateo is fluent in Spanish and has extensive, hands-on experience with Central American culture, having lived in rural Guatemala for 13 years. After obtaining a degree in Forestry from Penn State University, Mateo joined the Peace Corps for a 2-year assignment in rural Guatemala to work on reforestation programs.
Upon completing his Peace Corps assignment, Mateo started Volunteer Peten, a non-profit eco-tourism organization that provided funding and volunteers from across the globe – not only to continue the reforestation programs but also to construct and operate two schools and a public library in San Andres, Guatemala. Unfortunately, increasing drug violence and social instability in the region forced him to close Volunteer Peten in 2012, when he relocated with family on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
A key focus of Mateo’s work at the ChesMRC has been engaging immigrant parents to get involved with their children’s education and helping these adults overcome language barriers, learn new-life skills and advance their own education. His tireless efforts have made the Resource Center the trusted source of information and referrals for the immigrant community on the Eastern Shore and has helped bridge the disconnect between service providers to the immigrant community.
An Eagle Scout, Mateo is also the leader of Cub Scout Pack # 3 in Easton, which is comprised of 40 boys who are children of immigrants.
Friends, family and co-workers often refer to Mateo as “Mr. Maker,” since he is always making things happen and constantly problem-solving – well beyond the Center’s operating hours. In fact, much of his personal time is spent helping those around him and building a better community for us all. He makes himself available 24/7 and welcomes anyone and everyone who needs assistance no matter the time or day.
Ted Bautz
Mr. Bautz is a Principal of Oxford Commercial Realty, LLC, a full service real estate firm specializing in brokerage, development, consulting, and property management. Mr. Bautz has extensive expertise in negotiating major real estate contracts and has consulted on a wide variety of asset management issues. Prior to joining Oxford Commercial Realty, he held positions of increasing management responsibility in the telecommunications industry, most recently with Verizon Communications. Mr. Bautz is the immediate past Chairman of the Talbot County Chamber of Commerce, serves as the current Chairman of the Talbot County Economic Development Commission, and is a member of the Rotary Club of Easton and the National Association of Realtors. Mr. Bautz holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Widener University and is a graduate of the Leadership Development Program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Marilyn M. Neal
Marilyn M. Neal is the Executive Director of Neighborhood Service Center, Inc. (NSC), the designated Community Action Agency for Talbot County, Maryland. Ms. Neal reviews the Self-Sufficiency Standard for hundreds of low-income Talbot County residents each year in an effort to ensure that the best resources are available to enable families and individuals to make progress toward real economic security. Since 2009, Ms. Neal has overseen millions in federal, state, local, and private funding to assist families to meet basic needs, with the amount varying by family composition. Under Ms. Neal’s leadership, NSC’s has continued to offer services that remove barriers to self-sufficiency by providing homelessness solutions, affordable housing, energy/utility assistance, after school care, food, and other emergency services. Together with her staff of 20, Ms. Neal directs and evaluates the effectiveness of NSC’s programs: Ridgeway Transitional Homeless Shelter; Webb’s Hope, a congregate living facility, several affordable housing units, Maryland Energy Assistance Program, Housing Solutions Program, Maryland Food Bank, After School and Summer Youth Program, Rapid Rehousing Program and the Emergency Services Program. In addition, Ms. Neal frequently meets with policymakers and legislators to advocate for the creation and continuation of programs and pathways that lead to self-sufficiency for working families. Prior to becoming the Executive Director of NSC, Ms. Neal served as the organization’s Deputy Director. Ms. Neal has more than a decade of experience in building networks and developing opportunities for those in need as she has held true to her motto to “Change lives one household at a time.”. Ms. Neal is a proud mother and grandmother, as well as an active resident of the State of Maryland. She partners with various human service agencies to include her current roles as Vice-Chair of the Maryland Community Action Partnership (MCAP) and as a Member of the Talbot County Rotary Club.
Douglas (Doug) S. Walker represents numerous local, regional and national financial institutions, as well as investment funds, in all aspects of commercial financing transactions, restructurings and collection matters. His practice includes representation of financial institutions throughout the State of Maryland, in connection with loan closings, loan sales or acquisitions, participation agreements, workouts, reorganizations, troubled debt restructures, foreclosures and bankruptcy.
Doug also regularly counsels businesses and developers in a variety of corporate and commercial real estate matters and serves as general corporate counsel for many regional and closely held businesses. His business practice includes representation businesses of all sizes in various industries, as well as equity investors, in a wide variety or corporate and business matters, including, but not limited to, mergers and acquisitions, sales, reorganizations, spin-offs, joint ventures, drafting and negotiating employment agreements and buy-sell agreements as well as general day-to-day business and succession planning.
His real estate practice includes representing owners, developers, borrowers, private equity funds and lenders in all aspects of commercial and residential real estate transactions, including real estate development, leasing, financing, construction contracts, acquisition and the preparation and negotiation of declarations, easements and other real estate development documents.
Prior to founding McAllister, DeTar, Showalter & Walker (MDSW), Doug practiced with Miles & Stockbridge P.C. for nine years, four of which as a partner, and prior to that spent five years practicing at Royston, Mueller, McLean and Reid, LLP in Towson, Maryland. Doug lives with his wife and three daughters in Easton, Maryland and enjoys spending time with his family throughout the Eastern Shore exercising, playing or coaching sports and fishing.
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Kerri Langlais is a Managing Director at Beowulf Energy where she is responsible for the company’s M&A and financing activities. Beowulf Energy is a leading energy infrastructure project developer, investor and asset manager with a global presence in the U.S., Europe and the Caribbean. In addition to her role at Beowulf, Ms. Langlais is actively involved in Bluepoint Hospitality Group’s expansion and real estate development activities in the Town of Easton. Previously, she spent 10 years in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs, where she was most recently a Vice President in the Natural Resources advisory group in New York. Ms. Langlais also worked at Harvard University where she provided advisory to the University’s financial strategy and planning process. Kerri received her BA in Finance and graduated with honors from Boston College. She lives in New York City with her husband, Kevin, and their two children.
