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Executive DirectorGinger Mihalik (gmihalik@marylandnature.org)
As Executive Director, she will be leading the charge as the NHSM
ventures to create the Maryland Naturalist Center. She will also serve
as the Society’s chief development officer, leading the organization’s
policy and strategy. In addition, she will guide the organizations visibility Mrs. Mihalik comes to the organization after serving in several key positions with the Junior League of Baltimore, both on the board of directors and as a member. She also serves as the Overlea Community Association’s President, where she is spearheading neighborhood improvement projects and several safety initiatives. She brings with her over 7 years of strategic fund development, budget oversight, and organizational management experience. Mrs. Mihalik is enthusiastic and interested in your thoughts or ideas for the future of our organization. Please feel free to contact her at: 443-622-7468 or gmihalik@marylandnature.org Board MembersCharles A. Davis - Chairman of the Board (cdavis@marylandnature.org)
Patricia A. Cornman
After having served as a teaching naturalist at the Irvine Natural Science Center in Stevenson for seven years, Pat joined Baltimore County government in 1989. She has concentrated her entire County career on forest ecosystems, developing protocols for forest assessments and functional evaluations. She also currently serves as the technical resource for DEPRM’s Community Reforestation Program, which uses mitigation funds from development to reforest ecologically sensitive areas in the county. Pat spends her free time enjoying her grown daughter’s company, and that of her friends, in gardening, reading, and taking long walks with her dog, especially through forests. Joan DeSimone, PhD.
Dr. DeSimone is currently finishing her capstone project for the Certificate in Environmental Studies through the Johns Hopkins University. Her capstone project included the initiation of a trail walk/nature study experience for inner city day camp students from the Baltimore City Housing Authority. She is also active in several community organizations including United Cerebral Palsy of Central Maryland, Marshy Point Nature Center, and Boy Scout Troop 750 in Towson, Maryland. Dr. De Simone received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, her Master of Arts degree from The Johns Hopkins University, and her Doctorate from the University of Maryland College Park in 1994. She has been a faculty member of The Johns Hopkins University for over twelve years, and has taught at Loyola College, Notre Dame College, and the Community College of Baltimore County. She is current employed full time with the Division of Public Safety Leadership and is pursuing research in the area of leadership development. She is the owner of Joan DeSimone, Ph.D. and Associates, a management consulting firm providing services to private, non-profit, and government agencies. Ralph Eshelman, PhD.
He is a Research Associate in the Department of Paleobiology at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. He is also active in several professional and civic organizations including past president of the Council of American Maritime Museums, American Association for Quaternary Environment, founding vice-president of the National Maritime Preservation Task Force of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Society for Historical Archaeology, and Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Honors include Outstanding Young Men in America (1981) and Emerging Young Leaders of America (1989). Dr. Eshelman is widely published in and lectures on history, maritime history, geology and paleontology. His research interests have taken him to many parts of the world including Iceland, Greenland, Labrador, Alaska, Mexico, the Caribbean, the Peruvian Amazon, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, Netherlands, England and Russia. He has served as geologist and historian on expedition cruise ships to the Antarctic, Arctic, Norway, Svalbard, Falkland Islands, South Georgia, Greenland, Labrador, Newfoundland, Canadian Maritime Provinces, Great Lakes, Chile, Argentina, and most of the major island groups of the South Pacific. He is owner of Eshelman & Associates, a cultural resource management consultancy firm. He presently is a consultant to the National Park Service. Carl (Bud) Herb
He has resided in the Overlea – Fullerton community for over forty years, and is active in the affairs of his local community, as well as the surrounding communities of Baltimore City and County. He currently serves on the board of his community association, Recreation Council, and is the Vice-President of the Northeast Belair Road Community Council that includes both County and City organizations. Through his community, involvement Bud has strong relationships with other community leaders and elected officials. He is an active participant in the Overlea-Fullerton Community Plan, a project funded by Baltimore County to revitalize the business corridor on Belair Rd. as well as improving the infrastructure of the surrounding communities. He is on the project team for the SHA Streetscape initiative to revitalize the Belair Rd. corridor from I-695 south to Moravia Rd. He is working with Baltimore County planning to establish The Maryland Naturalist Center as the focal point of the Community Plan. Timothy Hoen
In 1974, he collaborated on the Herpetological Survey of Maryland by collecting data, identifying specimens and compiling locality data for all of the reptiles and amphibians of Maryland. In 1993 he helped organize the first Reptile Breeding and Possession Laws in the State of Maryland. In 2001, he was appointed by the governor for the Diamondback Terrapin Task Force of Maryland to assess the commercial take and conservation of the species. In 2002 and 2003 Mr. Hoen wrote Maryland House Bill #1107 which was subsequently passed by unanimous vote in the Senate. House Bill #1107 allows possession and breeding of endangered chelonians, with the authorization of a Permit granted by Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources, which helped stopped the legal killing of endangered chelonians. He also helped to successfully pass Maryland Senate Bill 532 and House Bill 760 in 2007 for the closure to the unsustainable commercial harvest of the Diamondback Terrapin Fishery in the Chesapeake Bay. Tim has organized various events through a nonprofit organization, specifically formed to raise funds to purchase critical habitats worldwide. Through contractual agreements with The Nature Conservancy, this 501c3 nonprofit organization, called the Mid-Atlantic Reptile Show, has purchased and protected in perpetuity over 2,960 acres of rainforest. He is listed with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Virginia Department of Natural Resources and Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control as a Qualified and Approved Endangered Bog Turtle Surveyor and approved surveyor for other endangered reptiles and amphibians as well. Tim Hoen has been a Board Member Trustee of the Natural History Society of Maryland since 1991. Joseph McSharry (jmcsharry@marylandnature.org)
Joe has volunteered for causes such as Irvine Natural Science Center, Chesapeake Audubon, The Mid-Atlantic Reptile Show Preservation Fund, Preakness Cleanup, and a bog turtle survey by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. His volunteer ethic brought him to the NHSM in 1992. He became president of the organization in 2000. Whether canoeing the Chesapeake Bay, walking a forest edge in North Carolina in search of rattlesnakes, or wading a Panamanian stream at night to photograph frogs, Joe has always cherished his time spent outdoors. With the establishment of the Maryland Naturalist Center, he hopes that others may discover their connection with nature and work together to improve our relationship with the natural world. Fife Hubbard Fife Hubbard holds a BA in Art History from Trinity College, and an MS in Environmental Education from The Audubon Expedition Institute, accredited by Lesley College in Cambridge, MA. After earning his Master's, Fife worked in northern Vermont for the Northern Appalachian Restoration Project, an advocacy group that seeks to preserve wildlands in the Northern Forest. In addition to advocacy work, the NARP published The Northern Forest Forum, a journal that incorporated a host of voices from the Northern Forest to promote the preservation of natural and human communities from the western Adirondacks to down east Maine. It was this work that convinced Fife to pursue a lifelong interest in furniture design and construction, as a way to capture more value from the region's primary commodity, wood, as opposed to shipping the raw resource out of the region. In 1997 Fife moved his business to Butler, MD, where the Hubbard Cabinetmakers, LLC currently resides. In addition to his work in custom furniture and cabinetry, Fife serves as vice president and project manager for J.J. Clarke Enterprises, a real estate development company dedicated to providing housing for low and moderate income seniors in the greater Baltimore region. Fife lives with his wife and three children alongside the Jones Falls in Mt. Washington. Richard G. Milter, Ph.D
Serving as a training facilitator or organization effectiveness specialist, Rick has consulted with dozens of corporations and government agencies. He has directed executive development seminars across the U.S. and Malaysia. His research and publications have paralleled his consulting activity in the areas of executive judgment, strategy, group decision-making processes, management information systems, negotiation strategies, managerial ethics, leadership, and innovative learning platforms. Rick presides as chairman of EDINEB, an international network of innovative educators based in Maastricht, the Netherlands. He has delivered seminar courses on decision making, leadership, business policy, organization development, and strategic management to students in the US, Malaysia, Sweden, and Hungary. He has presented workshops to educators on action-learning strategies across the U.S., Sweden, Hungary, the Netherlands, Russia, Japan, and Malaysia. Albert A. Tysor, D.D.S
Al has a lifelong interest in nature, fostered by modeling by his father and developed through his own travels and inquiries.
OfficersJoe McSharry - President EditorsJoel Snodgrass - The Maryland Naturalist (email)
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The Natural History Society is proud to announce that Ginger Mihalik, an experienced non-profit professional and community advocate,
has joined the society as its Executive Director. This step forward was
made possible by a generous gift that will cover Mrs. Mihalik’s salary
for three years.
Charles
has 29 years of experience in State and local government and in private
consulting that emphasizes natural resources inventory, planning, and
management. Past positions have included Chief Natural Resources Planner
for the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Commission (State of Maryland)
and Coastal Zone Planner for Baltimore County Office of Planning and
Zoning, as well as, membership in numerous committees seeking to develop
natural resources policy and management recommendations in the public
sector. Charles has a life-long interest in the study of natural history.
He received his BS from the College of Agriculture and Forestry at West
Virginia University in 1976 and MS in biology from Towson University
in 1984. He is a consulting ecologist, specializing in natural resources
surveys, particularly for rare species. He teaches courses in plant
identification through the Odyssey Program of Johns Hopkins University.
Pat
is a Natural Resource Specialist in the Baltimore County Department
of Environmental Protection and Resource Management. Raised in New York
City, Pat spent her early career as a chemical research technician in
the laboratories of the then Esso Research and Engineering Company (now
Exxon) in New Jersey in numerous projects, her favorite being the synthesis
of fuels for the Apollo Space Program. Eventually Pat did complete her
undergraduate education, but this time at Towson University and in biology. 
Dr.
DeSimone is a full time faculty member in the Division of Public Safety
Leadership of the Johns Hopkins University. Joan has worked as a consultant
to business, non-profits, and government agencies in the areas of Leadership,
Management, and Supervisory Development, Diversity and Conflict Management,
Negotiation Skills, Managerial Communication, Succession Planning, Mentoring,
Creating High Performance Teams, Building Integrity and Trust in the
Workplace, and Change Management, as well as other aspects of employee
performance and productivity.
Dr.
Eshelman held the position of Director, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons,
Maryland, from 1974 to 1990, and is a specialist in maritime history,
polar exploration, and vertebrate paleontology. He received his Ph.D.
in 1974 from the University of Michigan with a major in geology and
vertebrate paleontology and a minor in ecology.
Bud is retired from AT&T after a successful career in Finance, Accounting, Marketing, and National Project Management. 
Tim
is a herpetologist who has been studying reptiles and amphibians for
the greater part of five decades. He is currently the President (1993-
present) of the Maryland Herpetological Society and member of the Chesapeake
Terrapin Alliance, The World Chelonian Trust, and the Asian Turtle and
Tortoise Consortium.
Joe
is an instructional technologist for the Center for Training and Education
at Johns Hopkins University, where he uses his graphic design, programming,
photography and videography skills to developing e-learning courses
for the university. He has held positions as a mainframe computer technician,
herpetologist, photographer, graphic designer, and programmer.
Richard
G. Milter, Ph.D. is professor of management, director of the MBA Fellows
program, and interim chair of MBA Programs in the Carey Business School
at Johns Hopkins University. He has held previous teaching and leadership
positions at Ohio University, Boston College, Universiti Teknologi MARA
(Shah Alam, Malaysia), the
Al
graduated from the Dental School at University of Maryland and has been
practicing dentistry in Overlea, the community of the Maryland Naturalist
Center, since 1976. He is intimately familiar with the surrounding community
of the Maryland Naturalist Center. As a long-term resident serving the
medical needs of the community he has developed relationships with the
principal immediate clients and future volunteers of the Center, its
neighbors.