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WILLIAM R. (BILL) VALENTINE
Member, Board of County Commissioners (Republican), 2010-18
Member, Board of County Commissioners, Allegany County, December 16, 2010 to December 3, 2018 (president, Dec. 18, 2014 to Jan. 1, 2016).
Member, Board of Health, Allegany County, 2010-18. Member, Cumberland Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, 2010-18; Western Maryland Consortium, 2010-18; Youth Centers Advisory Board, 2010-; Marcellus Shale Safe-Drilling Initiative Advisory Commission, 2011-15. Vice-Chair, Tri-County Council for Western Maryland, 2014-16, 2018 (member, 2010-18; secretary-treasurer, 2016-18). Member, Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education, 2016-19.
Member, Rural Maryland Council, 2019-.
Born in Cumberland, Maryland, February 17, 1950. Attended Fort Hill High School, Cumberland, Maryland; Allegany Community College, A.A. (business administration), 1970. Served in U.S. Army, 1970-76. Master plumber. President, 1976-, and Owner, 1978-, Carl G. Valentine & Son, Inc. Member, Greater Cumberland Committee, 2010-; Cumberland-Allegany County Industrial Foundation, Inc., 2010-. Board of Directors, Maryland Association of Counties, 2015- (education subcommittee, 2011-; legislative committee, 2011-; initiatives subcommittee). Academy for Excellence in Local Governance, Maryland Association of Counties. Executive Board, Clean Chesapeake Coalition. Board of Directors, Maryland Rural Counties Coalition; Horizon Goodwill Industries, Inc. Past member, Board of Directors, Allegany County Chamber of Commerce (past member, executive committee, economic development committee, legislative committee). Past member, Board of Directors, Western Maryland Home Builder's Association (legislative committee); Tri-State Heat Pump Association; Allegany County Master Plumber's Association; League of Women Voters of Allegany County. Married.
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