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JAMES F. KERCHEVAL
Member, Board of County Commissioners (Republican), 2002-10
Member, Board of County Commissioners, Washington County, December 2002 to December 7, 2010.
Member, Tri-County Council for Western Maryland, 2004-10; Hagerstown-Washington County Economic Development Commission, 2006-08; Planning Commission, Washington County, 2006-10; Local Management Board (Community Partnership for Children and Families), Washington County, 2006-10. Chair, Interstate Council, Hagerstown-Eastern Panhandle Metropolitan Planning Organization, 2006-10
Member, Maryland Business Tax Reform Commission, 2008-10.
Chair, Board of Advisors, University System of Maryland Hagerstown, 2015-.
Born in Washington County, Maryland. Attended Smithsburg High School (co-valedictorian), Smithsburg, Maryland; Hagerstown Community College; Shippensburg University, B.A. (mathematics/computer science), 1987 (mathematics & computer science). Executive Director, Greater Hagerstown Committee, 2010-. Owner, Kerch's Southern BBQ, Hagerstown. Former partner, Em-Ing's Broiled Foods, Ocean City. Board of Directors, Hagerstown Rotary. Member, Washington County Chamber of Commerce. Past president, Hagerstown Jaycees. Small Businessman of the Year, Washington County Chamber of Commerce, 2000. Outstanding Young Marylander, Maryland Jaycees, 2004. Member, Tristate Fellowship Church, Hagerstown, Maryland. Married; three children.
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