Maryland State Wire

Maryland Department of Agriculture issued the following announcement on Oct. 4.

The Maryland Department of Agriculture today honored 63 employees for their years of dedicated service to the department and to the state. Of the 63 employees being honored – 15 have 30 or more years of service and six of those individuals have more than 40 years. All together, these 63 employees represent 1,175 years of public service and over 2.4 million hours worked and more than 30,000 paychecks.

“Our department and the agriculture community are fortunate to have such dedicated and knowledgeable personnel working to strengthen the State of Maryland and this agency each and every day,” said Maryland Agriculture Secretary Joe Bartenfelder. “Our staff plays a major role in protecting consumers and the environment and ensuring fairness in the marketplace. It is a true testament to the value of our work that many of the employees honored this year have been with department since its earliest years.”

The following is a listing of department employees by their county of residence who were recognized with service awards.

Allegany

Charlotta Winebrenner, Forest Pest Management – Western Region, 30 years

Anne Arundel

Sandra Mills, State Chemist, 45 years

Sally Terry, Executive Direction, 45 years

Deanna Baldwin, Marketing, Animal Industries & Consumer Services, 40 years

Joseph Harrington, Administrative Services, 40 years

Shelley Hicks, Plant Protection and Weed Management, 35 years

Darlene Hallett, Plant Industries & Pest Management, 25 years

Patricia Ray, State Chemist Registration, 25 years

Bonita Brown, Fiscal Services Accounts, 20 years

Francisca DeCastro, Human Resources, 20 years

Misti Boggus, Mosquito Control Eastern Region – Salisbury, 5 years

Della Penn, Animal Health Admin Support, 5 years

Aaron Shurtleff, Plant Protection and Weed Management, 5 years

Marcia Solomon, Plant Protection and Weed Management, 5 years

Baltimore City

Thomas Fagan, Weights & Measures Headquarters 2, 35 years

Anthony Dewitt, Mosquito Control, 15 years

Baltimore County

Kenneth Ramsburg, Marketing, Animal Industries & Consumer Services, 35 years

Mark Powell, Marketing, Animal Industries & Consumer Services, 15 years

Calvert

Julie Oberg, Deputy Secretary, 15 years

Caroline

Dexter Crotts, Animal Health Salisbury Lab, 20 years

Deborah Freburger, Nutrient Management, 10 years

Kim Macfarland, Turf & Seed Regulatory and Operations, 10 years

Carroll

Melissa Edmonds, Carroll County Soil Conservation District, 20 years

Glenn Krout, Pesticide Regulation Inspection Team 2, 20 years

Marla Stevens, Animal Health Assistant Chief Field Services, 15 years

Michael Scheffel, District Operations, 10 years

Cecil

Norman Astle, Resource Conservation, 20 years

Anthony Calao, Weed Control, 20 years

Daniel Polite, District Operations Eastern Shore, 20 years

Dorchester

Charles Bradford, District Operations Eastern Shore, 5 years

Frederick

Mark Freese, District Operations Western and Central Maryland, 20 years

Roger Martin, Weights & Measures Headquarters 1, 10 years

Harford

Brian Galbreath, District Operations Western and Central Maryland, 20 years

Howard

Dale Morris, Plant Industries & Pest Management, 40 years

Yvonne Anderson, Central Services Office, 5 years

Kimberly Lambert, Animal Health Frederick Lab, 5 years

Ramesh Pokharel, PP Laboratory Services, 5 years

Montgomery

Kumara Kadawedduwa, Turf & Seed Regulatory and Operations, 10 years

Samarakoon Yapa, Pesticide Regulation Inspection Team 2, 10 years

Justin Hayes, Office of the Attorney General, 5 years

Tong Hsu, Weights & Measures Headquarters 2, 5 years

Prince George’s

Mallika Sharma, State Chemist Laboratory, 10 years

Susan Husk, State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, 5 years

Queen Anne’s

Matthew Yoash, Queen Anne’s County Soil Conservation District, 30 years

Anthony Riggi, District Operations Eastern Shore, 20 years

Somerset

Steven Dorsey, Nutrient Management Regulatory and Compliance, 10 years

St. Mary’s

George Beavan, District Operations Patuxent Region, 20 years

Thomas Koviak, District Operations Patuxent Region, 20 years

Sara Lewis, District Operations Patuxent Region, 10 years

Talbot

Shawn Smith, Talbot County Soil Conservation District, 10 years

Heather Harmon-Disque, Forest Pest Management, 5 years

Wicomico

Robert Robison II, Animal Health Salisbury Lab, 40 years

Thomas Filbert, Office of the Attorney General, 35 years

Arthur Meilhammer, Mosquito Control Eastern Region – Salisbury, 35 years

David Mister, District Operations, 30 years

Robin Culver, Conservation Grants Program Eastern Shore, 10 years

Worcester

Colin McAllister, District Operations Eastern Shore, 10 years

Other

Sarah Cannon, Forest Pest Management, 35 years, West Virginia

Matthew McMahon, Carroll County Soil Conservation District, 20 years, Pennsylvania

Keith Potter, Nutrient Management Regulatory and Compliance, 20 years, Pennsylvania

Richard Shepard, District Operations Eastern Shore, 20 years, Delaware

Christopher Burch, District Operations Western and Central Maryland, 10 years, Pennsylvania

Sarah Zastrow, Mosquito Control, 5 years, Washington D.C.

Original source can be found here.