USMBC Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of the Upper Shore Manufacturing & Business Council is made up of business and educational leaders from the community.  Members from each of the five Maryland Eastern Shore counties – Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Talbot – are represented on the Board.

Each USMBC Board of Directors member serves a three-year term.  Currently, the Board is composed of the following business and educational leaders:

Board of Directors Executive Committee

President:  Bob Storey, President & Chief Executive Officer, Vapotherm, Inc.

First Vice President:  Elsie Gerdom, Director of Finance, GKD-USA, Inc. 

Second Vice President:  Phillip Nones, President & Director of Client Services, Mullin/Ashley Associates, Inc. 

Member-at-Large: Theresa Stafford, Director – Career & Technology Center, Caroline County Public Schools

President Emeritus:  Tom Delaney, President, The Whalen Company

Members of the Board of Directors

Bob Behlke, Vice President of Consumer Affairs, Choptank Electric Cooperative

Pamela Clay, Career and Technology Education Specialist, Talbot County Public Schools

Tina Davis, Queen Anne’s County Public Schools

Lou Farina, President & Chief Operating Officer, Dixon Valve & Coupling Company, Inc.

Jim Hawley, Plant Manager, Interstate Container - Cambridge

Patrice Hambleton, QC Manager, Konsyl Pharmaceuticals.

Kermit Hines, Director, Dorchester Career & Technology Center, Dorchester County Public Schools

Glenn McCormick, President, Hydrasearch, Inc.

Nicole Parr, CTE Instructional Resource Specialist, Kent County Public Schools

Barbara Viniar, President, Chesapeake College

George Weeks, Director of Human Resources, Maryland Plastics, Inc.