Kincey Potter, President
Kincey Potter is a retired Vice President of AMS, a billion dollar information technology and business consulting firm based in Fairfax, Virginia. In her 20-year career at AMS she managed large, complex projects that leveraged information technology to achieve strategic business results. The majority of her work was with financial institutions in the US and Canada, but she also worked with US retail and manufacturing firms. Ms. Potter is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of William and Mary and received her MA degree from Rutgers University. Since retiring, she has split her time between independent consulting, remodeling existing housing for resale, and volunteer work. She is a former board member of FACETS, a non-profit organization providing services to the homeless of Fairfax to transition them to independence. She and her husband have been avid sailors for over 35 years, and now use their home on Church Creek off the South River as a base for their cruising.
Chris Trumbauer, Vice President
Originally from Chestertown, Chris spent his childhood marveling at the natural wonders in and around the Chester River. Currently a field biologist for the Deptartment of Natural Resources, he is a supervisor in the water quality monitoring program. Chris has a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Maryland. He enjoys participating in restoration work, stream assessments and water quality monitoring. He serves as chairman of the Federation's Science and Technical Committee and is responsible for organizing the annual South River Watershed Snapshot. Chris is also a member of the Annapolis Environmental Commission. He lives with his lovely wife Mary and son Johnny in Annapolis.
Kathleen Liedy, Treasurer
Kathleen Liedy is a Controller for an environmental consulting firm that provides environmental planning and mitigation services throughout the mid-Atlantic area. She has 18 years of experience in accounting and finance and her responsibilities include customer service, contract negotiation and administration, and financial management. Ms. Liedy is a graduate of the University of Maryland, specializing in business and accounting. Her commitment to the environment is evident in her volunteer work with her firm, participating in stream cleanups and the Baltimore City Ecofest. She has lived in the Annapolis and Kent Island area for the last ten years. She currently lives in Annapolis, with her son, and enjoys spending time in and around Annapolis, the Bay, and the South River
Gwenn Azama
Gwenn Azama is a graduate of the University of Hawaii and holds an MS in Systems Management from the University of Southern California. In March of 2004, Gwenn retired from Dell Computer as a Global Account Executive for a Fortune 500 company. During her 25 year career within the Computer Industry, she held a variety of Sales, Marketing, and Management roles to include Federal Government agencies located in Anne Arundel County.
Born and raised in Hawaii, Gwenn grew up with an appreciation of the fragile ecology in which we live. She and her husband moved from Prince George’s County to the Annapolis Neck Peninsula in 1998.
Gwenn currently chairs the SaveYourAnnapolisNeck group, which is co-sponsored by the Annapolis Neck Peninsula Federation and the South River Federation.
Missy Cassidy
Missy grew up in the Ozark Mountains and developed her interest in the outdoors while hiking and paddling the Buffalo National Scenic River. As she pursued her bachelor’s degree at the University of Arkansas, she worked summers for the National Park Service and US Forest Service. She completed her MS Degree in Land Use Planning at Texas A&M, and moved to Washington DC to work as a planner for the US Department of Interior.
After several years of commuting to Washington, she changed careers to be closer to the Bay and to work for the State of Maryland. She worked first as committee staff for the General Assembly and later for the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) in Government Relations. Missy recently retired from MDOT as the Director of Policy and Government Affairs. She has extensive experience working with the Maryland General Assembly as well as with the Maryland Congressional Delegation on state and federal legislation and funding issues.
Missy and her husband Bill live in South River Park on Warehouse Creek. Their 4 children and 4 grandchildren enjoy being on the River and the Chesapeake Bay. Missy has been active with her community association on issues related to Warehouse Creek. She was one of the founding Board members of the South River Federation and is pleased to return.
Keely Clifford
Keely grew up on Spa Creek, in Annapolis, crabbing and swimming and has always appreciated the unique environment of the Chesapeake Bay. Keely has worked in the environmental protection field since 1984. She started as an enforcement officer and then progressed to supervisor for the State of Maryland, enforcing sediment and erosion control, stormwater management, surface mining, forest harvest and wetlands laws and regulations. In 1991 she joined the US Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC working in hazardous and solid waste programs. In 2000 Keely returned to her roots and joined the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program, where she has worked in the urban stormwater, sediment and land development fields. Born in Maryland, she earned her B.A. in Political Science and a minor in Geology at the University of Vermont in 1984, and her Masters in Environmental Policy in 1995 from the University of Maryland. She lives in Edgewater Beach, Shady Section with her husband Bruce Sweeney and two daughters.
John Daltner
Mr. Daltner graduated from Columbia University and subsequently spent five years at 3M Company. He then went on to establish an advertising and public relations firm in the New York Metropolitan area. With offices in Northern New Jersey and New York City, his firm has served a broad list of clients including Minwax, Chubb, ATT, Exxon, GPU, Telcordia and Corning, among others. Pro bono work includes efforts on behalf of Juvenile Diabetes, Habitat for Humanity and the Ad Council that earned his firm recognition by Presidents Reagan and Bush. Providing office facilities for his growing company led to Mr. Daltner establishing a real estate development organization forming joint venture partnerships with Met Life and affiliations with Bessemer Trust. He was a Managing General Partner in the design, building, leasing and management of several hundred thousand square feet of office space in the Northern New Jersey marketplace. After years of competitive one-design sailing, Mr Daltner and his family moved to the home he built on the South River in Annapolis .
Hank Libby
Mr. Libby is a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance and the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania; he also has a LLM in Taxation from George Washington University. He practiced in the areas of Corporate, Venture Capital and Securities for more than twenty years. Following retirement Mr. Libby has been engaged as an Investment Advisor. He also studied Marine Biology through the University of Maryland. Mr. Libby has sailed the Chesapeake year-round since 1973; and has lived and played in the South River area for the past five years.
Coles Marsh
Mr. Marsh grew up on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. He graduated from the University of Palm Beach with a degree in Accounting. Mr. Marsh has represented Petroleum Equipment Manufactures for the past thirty-two years. He has been involved in many marina fuel installations on the Chesapeake Bay. His knowledge of fuel systems lead him to chair a committee for Maryland Department of the Environment concerning the proper installation and materials to be used in a Marina Fueling System. The past two years he has served as Director of Maryland State Legislation for the Chesapeake Yacht Club Association. Since joining SRF he has chaired the South River Appreciation Day Fish Fry. He and his wife are avid boaters and enjoy cruising the beautiful Chesapeake Bay .
J. Kent McNew
Mr. McNew graduated from the University of Richmond. The next four years was spent working for Hess Oil and Chemical. In 1969, Mr. McNew went in business forming Eastern Petroleum Corporation, a home heating oil and diesel fuel marketer. He later entered the gasoline market business selling Amoco, Citgo and Chevron motor fuels serving some 80 locations in the Maryland and Virginia markets. Mr. McNew has served on the Foundation Board of Anne Arundel Medical Center, Associated Builders and Contractors, The Annapolis National Bank and Valley Forge Military Academy and College. Mr. McNew has lived in the Annapolis area his entire life, with the South River and Chesapeake Bay being a big part of his life.
Erik Michelsen
Mr. Michelsen graduated from the University of Richmond and did graduate work in experimental psychology at Villanova University. He currently works for Underwood & Associates, an environmental restoration firm. Erik grew up on the Severn River at a time when its subaquatic vegetation was virtually non-existent, and the river was approaching full build-out. Having also spent time living near Spa Creek and the South River, he has seen first hand the results of neglect and abuse of Anne Arundel County's waterways. In 2003, he led a group of volunteers who won the Partnership Award from the City of Annapolis for their work during GreenScape. He is currently president of South Arundel Citizens for Responsible Development (SACReD). He lives on Deep Cove Creek in Churchton with his wife and daughter.
Eric Swanson
Eric Swanson is director of large conservation program management at the World Wildlife Fund. He previously served as executive vice president and COO of Common Cause (2000-2003), executive director of the Radio and Television News Foundation (1991-2000), senior conservation associate at The Conservation Fund (1989-1991), director of development and finance for the Izaak Walton League (1984-1989), executive director of the Connecticut Fund for the Environment (1982-1984), and manager of the Vermont wetlands program (state AEC) (1980-1982). Mr. Swanson has an MBA from Georgetown and a double BS in wildlife ecology and environmental policy from the University of Vermont. Besides serving on the SRF board, he has served on the boards of Independent Sector, Image Television Group, and several other boards and committees. His spouse, Ann Pesiri Swanson, is the executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Commission. They have two children and reside in Wild Rose Shores, on Little Aberdeen Creek.
Skip Shipman
Skip Shipman is a retired strategic business consultant and entrepreneur who grew up in the tidal wetland areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas and has actively sailed on the Chesapeake for three decades. In his 30 year career in the Washington, D.C. area, he co-founded three successful professional services firms providing technology consulting services to private sector and government clients in a wide variety of technologies including complex computer network architecture, alternative energy technologies, and environmental remediation. He holds undergraduate degrees in electrical engineering and management from M.I.T. and an M.A. degree in Economics from Georgetown University. Since retiring in 2001, he has divided his time between consulting to emerging technology consulting firms, travel, and volunteer efforts. Since 1996, he and his wife have lived on Church Creek on the South River from which they base their Bay cruising.
Ray Strong
Mr. Strong is a graduate of Loyola University, Chicago. For over 20 years, he lived in Miami, where he owned and operated Strong International, a sales and distribution company of commercial, industrial and residential HVAC products for Latin America. He was subsequently a director of English and German companies which remarketed commercial aircraft and wine machinery, respectively. Mr. Strong retired in 2000 and moved to Edgewater with his wife, Pat in 2003. He was involved with the financing of South River Landing’s shoreline preservation as its Board Treasurer in 2006. As an avid cruising sailor and waterfront resident for many years, he is concerned about the deterioration of waterfront communities in general and the South River/Chesapeake Bay in particular.
