Board of Trustees

The governing body of the college is appointed by the Governor from citizenry of Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary’s counties. The board consists of nine members, each given a five-year term of office.

2018-2019 Officers

Theodore L. Harwood, II, Chair

2010-2020
Maryland Association of Community College Liaison; Board Affairs Committee; Academic and Student Affairs Committee; Vice Chair 2015-2016, 2016-2017; Chair 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020.

Bradley O. Bates, Vice Chair

Audit Committee; Vice Chair 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020; Board Affairs Committee

Maureen Murphy, Ph.D., Secretary/Treasurer

2017 - present
CSM President

Trustees

Shawn Coates

2018-2023
Human Resources and Benefits Committee

James Di Misa ‘79

2017-2022
Audit Committee

Lois E. DiNatale

2009-2019
Human Resources and Benefits Committee; Nominating Committee; Commencement Speaker Selection Committee

Margaret C. Dunkle

2016-2021
Human Resources and Benefits Committee Chair

Samuel C. Jones

2013-2020*
Academic and Student Affairs Committee; Nominating Committee

John W. Roache, MD

2013-2018
Academic and Student Affairs Committee Chair; Nominating Committee Chair

Jay W. Webster

2015-2020**
Audit Committee

*Completed remainder of another trustee’s term before being appointed for their own five-year term.
**Appointed by Governor Hogan to the board in 2016 to complete a term that began in 2015.

Board Staff

Larisa Pfeiffer

lpfeiffer@csmd.edu
301-934-7627

Trustee Emeriti

Louis P. Jenkins (1999)
John T. Parran, Jr. (1999)
Henry L. Burke (1999)
Veronica E. Coates (1999)
William Daniel Mayer (1999)
Michael A. Besche (2000)
Dianne McWilliams (2000)
Verna M. Posey (2002)

Delores C. Datcher (2004)
Joseph F. Shannon, Jr (2010)
Mary M. Krug (2016)
James K. Raley, Jr. (2016)
Charles R. Bailey (2016)
Michael L. Middleton (2016)
Dorothea H. Smith (2018)

Ex-Officios

Sonja Cox, Audit Committee, 2014-present
Stacey Cooke, Human Resources and Benefits Committee, 2014-present