Staff

Dave Wilson is executive director of the Maryland Coastal Bays Program where he has worked for the past 12 years. The former journalist is on the board of Delmarva Low Impact Tourism (DLITE), a coalition of The Nature Conservancy, National Park Service, and tourism professionals who have joined to promote nature tourism on the Eastern Shore. An avid fisherman, birder, cyclist and kayaker, Wilson is a naturalist and frequent lecturer on growth and wildlife-related topics. He recently co-authored the book “Shifting Sands; Environmental and Cultural Change in Maryland’s Coastal Bays.” He holds BS from Penn State University and an MA from Boston College.

Carol Cain has been employed with the Coastal Bays Program for nine years as the Technical Coordinator. In this capacity she manages environmental policy assessments and coordinates annual research projects to gauge the health of local streams. She also monitors horseshoe crab abundance and facilitates a water quality monitoring program for a corps of local volunteers. She serves on the board of directors for the Lower Eastern Shore Heritage Council, which is charged with preserving, protecting and promoting the cultural, natural and historical heritage of Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester counties. She earned a B.S in Biology from Salisbury University, B.S. in Environmental/Marine Science from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and M.S. in Geographic Information Sciences & Public Administration from Salisbury University.

Roman has been with the Maryland Coastal Bays for seven years and provides in-house scientific expertise. He currently serves as chairman of the Coastal Advisory Fishery Committee, and is a member of the Science and Technical Advisory Committee, the Maryland DNR Working Waterfront Commission, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Advisory Panel for Black Sea Bass and on the Science Panel for the Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership. Prior to his employment at the Maryland Coastal Bays Program he served on the faculty at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore where he taught undergraduate classes in the Dual Degree Marine Science Program with Salisbury University and served on the graduate faculty for the University of Maryland. He holds the BS degree from Villanova University, MS in Natural Resources Management from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, and Ph.D. in Marine Estuarine Environmental Science from the University of Maryland.

Cristy has worked for the Maryland Coastal Bays Program as its Administrative Specialist for seven years. She is responsible for office financial transactions; managing accounts payable and receivable; reconciling bank statements; updating the trial balance, profit-and-loss statement and balance sheet; managing payroll; invoicing; making federal and state tax deposits; and completing annual tax forms. She also handles most of the incoming and outgoing mail, and takes care of all documents and travel arrangements, and maintains the office’s email and computer system. Basically, this office could not run efficiently without Cristy's stellar organizational skills and attention to detail. She has been with the Program since 2002.

Carrie has worked for the MCBP since August, 2007. Carrie has been involved in developing a variety of programs designed to help children and adults foster a connection with nature in an effort to nurturing a new generation of environmental stewards. From 1997 – 2007, Carrie was Education Curator at the Salisbury Zoo, during which time the Education Department grew to serve more than 25,000 children each year with a variety of wildlife and conservation programs. Carrie served as vice-chair of the Conservation Education Committee of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and represents the Delmarva region with the Children & Nature Network.

Sandi is a fundraising and marketing specialist and is responsible for cultivating individual and corporate donors, major gifts campaigns, direct mail, annual fund campaigns and fundraising events. She is the program coordinator for Grow Berlin Green, a non- profit conservation group affiliated with the MCBP. Sandi has a diverse business background from promoting offshore fishing to marketing the area as a golf destination. She has lived in the coastal bays watershed for 30 years and is an avid supporter of Assateague Island, Pilates and power yoga. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland.