WESTERN MARYLAND ECONOMIC FUTURE INVESTMENT BOARD

George C. Edwards, Chair (chosen by Board's voting members)

Appointed by Senate President: George C. Edwards: Andrew A. Serafini.

Appointed by House Speaker: Hugh J. Breslin; S. Ramani Pillai.

Ex officio (non-voting): Jacob C. (Jake) Shade, Executive Director, Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board

[photo, Street scene, Baltimore St., Cumberland, Maryland] Jacob C. (Jake) Shade, Executive Director

c/o Tri-County Council for Western Maryland
11 South Lee St., Cumberland, MD 21502
(301) 689-1300; fax: (301) 689-1313
e-mail: info@tccwmd.org
web: www.senatoredwardsfund.org/

Street scene, Baltimore St., Cumberland, Maryland, July 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

The Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board was authorized by the General Assembly in June 2022 (Chapters 62 & 63, Acts of 2022; Chapters 469 & 470, Acts of 2023).

Voting members of the Board have final approval authority on disbursements from the George C. Edwards Fund, and projects selected.

Appointed by the Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board, the Executive Director manages the administrative affairs and technical activities of the Board in accordance with policies and procedures that the Board establishes. The Executive Director also may assist the Tri-County Council for Western Maryland in administering the George C. Edwards Fund. The Fund provides grants or loans to create jobs and significant economic development opportunities in the region. Money in the Fund may be used only to award grants and provide loans to improve economic conditions in the region; and pay the costs necessary to administer the Fund.

The Board consists of four voting members, as well as the Executive Director, who is a nonvoting member, except when necessary to break a tie on any item voted by the Board (Chapters 379 & 380, Acts of 2025; Code Economic Development Article, secs. 13-736 through 13-742).

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