Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Director Rob Etgen is the headliner for the Talbot Association of Clergy and Laity (TACL) 2016 Annual New Year Uptake Meeting next Wednesday, January 13 at noon, in the Eastern Shore Conservancy Center, 114 South Washington Street, Easton. The public is invited to attend this brown bag event.
During the meeting, TACL also will sign its fiscal sponsorship agreement with the Mid Shore Community Foundation. A decision of the membership, the signers are TACL Executive Committee members Bishop Joel Marcus Johnson, Trappe Commissioner Hon. Rose Potter of Union Baptist Church, Rabbi Peter Hyman of Temple B’nai Israel, and MSCF President William W. “Buck” Duncan. TACL chairs of the past quarter century and public officials will attend.
“This is a celebratory moment for TACL,” said chairman Bishop Joel. “Last year, we celebrated TACL’s first half-century of service with the Talbot community, and now we enter our second half-century in full partnership with the philanthropic community. This will enable TACL to receive financial partnerships with area individuals and businesses for our growing initiatives, and enable works with the religious, social and service provider community.
“Our choice of Rob Etgen as headliner is inspired,” Bishop Joel continued. “He is a man of vision which parallels our interfaith religious community, a man looking after God’s creation in a way that has brought inspiration to the whole Eastern Shore. Our shared faith community needs his message.”
Rob Etgen has been the Executive Director of ESLC since October 1990. Originally an ecologist for the U.S. Forest Service, his professional formation was in the Maryland Department of Agriculture, the Attorney General’s Office in the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, two private law firms in Baltimore, and with the Maryland Environmental Trust where he assisted in the formation of eighteen private land trusts. Published extensively, Rob received numerous awards including the Chesapeake Bay “Conservationist of the Year” in 2007.
He has led Eastern Shore Land Conservancy to become one of the most successful and innovative land trusts in the Nation. In community service Rob has served on the founding boards of several organizations, is currently serving as Vice President of the Chesapeake Multicultural Resource Center, originally introduced to the community by TACL. He has been a “Big Brother” since 1994. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland and the Bachelor of Science in Forestry from West Virginia University.
TACL, now in its 51st year, is Talbot County’s interfaith organization promoting its spiritual welfare through works of compassion, justice, peace and reconciliation for the common good.
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