(1) the chair of the Council;

(2) the Governor or the Governor’s designee;

(3) the Secretary or the Secretary’s designee;

(4) the Secretary of Agriculture or the designee of the Secretary of Agriculture;

(5) the Secretary of Health or the designee of the Secretary of Health;

(6) the Secretary of Housing and Community Development or the designee of the Secretary of Housing and Community Development;

(7) the Secretary of Natural Resources or the designee of the Secretary of Natural Resources;

(8) the Director of the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service or the Director’s designee;

(9) two representatives of the Maryland Municipal League, selected from rural regions of the State;

(10) two representatives of the Maryland Association of Counties, selected from rural regions of the State;

(11) one representative of each of the rural regional planning and development councils in the State;

(12) one representative of each of the resource, conservation, and development councils in the State;

(13) one or more representatives of units of the federal government;

(14) one representative from Garrett County, Allegany County, or Washington County;

(15) one representative from Carroll County or Frederick County;

(16) one representative from Calvert County, Charles County, or St. Mary’s County;

(17) one representative from Cecil County or Harford County;

(18) one representative from Dorchester County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, or Worcester County;

(19) one representative of the private for-profit sector;

(20) one representative of the nonprofit sector;

(21) no more than six representatives of statewide nonprofit organizations with a rural focus;

(22) two at-large members, selected by the membership of the Council; and

(23) as nonvoting members, the senators and delegates appointed to the Council under § 13-405(b)(3) of this subtitle.

(b) Members of the Executive Board shall be selected and serve in accordance with the bylaws of the Council.

(c) The Council may expand the membership of the Executive Board through the bylaws of the Council.

(d) The chair of the Council is the chair of the Executive Board.