Jim Caldwell serves as the Treasurer for CSN. Jim has spent his career as a local government environmental manager in the Baltimore, Washington region. Jim was appointed the Director of the Howard County Office of Community Sustainability in December of 2014. Guided by principles of science, ingenuity, sustainability and stewardship, the Office engages in water quality, economic development, agriculture, energy and education initiatives. Jim worked for Montgomery County Maryland for 25 years, and for 12 years he served as Director of the Department of Environmental Protection, overseeing natural resource protection programs for water, air, energy, and pollution prevention. His long dedication to environmental protection is grounded in training in wildlife zoology from Ohio State University and a MS in Environmental Management from American University. Jim is a member of the Board of the Maryland Water Monitoring Council, and is also a member and past chairman of the Maryland Science Center’s, Science Advisory Council.