{"id":4755,"date":"2023-06-08T11:26:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T15:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/extension\/?page_id=4755"},"modified":"2026-05-29T12:50:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:50:51","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/extension\/community\/agritourism-conference\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Keynote and Featured Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n.rounded-style img{\n  border-radius: 15%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"min-height:272px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"232\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-8361 size-large\" alt=\"Grapes\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2026\/05\/Agritourism-conf-header-1024x232.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-10 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#809076\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-5842a0bdf30035ba0643e73c34c07bde wp-block-paragraph\">Maryland Agritourism Conference: Speakers<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meet 2026 Keynote Speaker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full rounded-style\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2026\/05\/TD2-agritourism-day2-121123-5727.jpg\" alt=\"Maryland Department of Agriculture Secretary Kevin Atticks speaks at tje 2023 Maryland Agritourism Conference.\" class=\"wp-image-8588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2026\/05\/TD2-agritourism-day2-121123-5727.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2026\/05\/TD2-agritourism-day2-121123-5727-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2026\/05\/TD2-agritourism-day2-121123-5727-768x527.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maryland Department of Agriculture Secretary Kevin Atticks returns as keynote speaker at the second Maryland Agritourism Conference from Nov. 15-17. He is also chair of the Governor&#8217;s Intergovernmental Commission for Agriculture and member of the Governor&#8217;s Executive Council.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read his full bio <a href=\"https:\/\/msa.maryland.gov\/msa\/mdmanual\/10dag\/html\/msa18503.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item\"><details><summary class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__title has-background has-header-secondary-bg-color-background-color\">2023 Maryland Agritourism Conference Speakers<\/summary><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__content\" style=\"border-color:#651d32\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kevin Atticks, Maryland Department of Agriculture Secretary \u2014 keynote speaker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Claudia Schmidt, assistant professor of marketing and local\/regional food systems at the Pennsylvania State University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kenneth Walker, assistant chief of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Lisa Chase, natural resources specialist at University of Vermont Extension.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Carla Barbieri, professor of parks, recreation and tourism management at the College of Natural Resources at North Carolina State University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heather Ersts, director of tourism development for Visit Annapolis &amp; Anne Arundel County.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet 2026 Keynote Speaker Read his full bio here&#8230;.<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/extension\/community\/agritourism-conference\/speakers\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Keynote and Featured Speakers<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1739,"featured_media":4686,"parent":4658,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[32],"class_list":["post-4755","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1739"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4755\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=4755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}