In 2018, the State of Maryland established an advisory council to inform and shape the vision and implementation of the Maryland Climate Leadership Academy. This advisory committee consisted of Maryland state and community leaders, nationally recognized experts and professional associations. The charter council members consisted of the following individuals.

  • Mark Belton – County Administrator, Charles County (Maryland)

  • Donald Boesch – Professor and President Emeritus, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies

  • David Cleaves – President/Economist, Cleaves Consulting LLC

  • Jason Dubow – Manager, Resource Conservation & Management, Maryland Department of Planning

  • Matt Fleming – Director, Chesapeake & Coastal Service, Maryland Department of Natural Resources

  • Charles Glass – Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning, Maryland Department of Transportation

  • Peter Goodwin – President, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies

  • Ben Grumbles – Secretary, Maryland Department of Environment

  • Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio – Secretary, Maryland Department of Natural Resources

  • David Herring – Director, Climate Program Office, NOAA

  • Alice Hill – Research Fellow, Stanford Hoover Institution

  • Anthony Janetos – Director, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University

  • Jessica Johnston – Program Director for Sustainability and Climate Change, International City & County Managers Association

  • Nancy Kopp – Treasurer, State of Maryland

  • Daniel Kreeger – Executive Director, Association of Climate Change Officers

  • Bruce Lesh – Director of Social Studies, Science, Stem, and Environmental Literacy, Maryland State Department of Education

  • Cooper Martin – Program Director, Sustainable Cities Institute, National League of Cities

  • Lisa McNeilly – Director of Sustainability, City of Baltimore

  • Richard Moss – Senior Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Joint Global Change Research Institute / Adjunct Professor in the Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland

  • Lindene Patton – Principal, Earth & Water Law, LLC

  • David Rouse – Managing Director of Research and Advisory Services, American Planning Association

  • Brian Schriner – Dean, College of Communication, Architecture and the Arts (CARTA), Florida International University

  • Brad Udall – Senior Water and Climate Research Scientist/Scholar, Colorado State University

  • Paul Wagner – Senior Ecologist & Branch Chief, Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

  • Doug Wartzok – Provost Emeritus, Florida International University

  • RADM Jon White – CEO, Consortium for Ocean Leadership