
Donald Boesch
Donald Boesch was president of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (1990 – 2017) and served as the University’s Vice Chancellor for Environmental Sustainability. He was appointed by President Barack Obama to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. He served on the Governor’s Chesapeake Bay Cabinet and the Maryland Commission on Climate Change and has been recognized as an “Admiral of the Chesapeake.” He has been involved in research on the Chesapeake Bay for over 35 years, and has been an advisor to federal agencies, the Chesapeake Bay Program, and five Maryland governors.