As the title suggests, the role of the Steering Committee is to provide guidance and direction to the planning effort to ensure the resulting document will be embraced both politically and by the constituency within the planning area. The Steering Committee will provide guidance and leadership, oversee the planning process, and act as the point of contact for all participating communities and the various interest groups in the planning area. The makeup of this committee was selected to provide a cross section of views to enhance the planning effort and to help build support for hazard mitigation.

The Steering Committee that has been established for this process is as follows:

Name	Affiliation
Frank McCall	CMC Office of Emergency Management
Dale Foster	CMC Engineer
Brad Rosenthal	CMC Shared Services
Leslie Gimeno	CMC Planning Board
Art Treon	CMC Office of Emergency Management
Lisa D'Amico	CMC Engineer's Office
Brian O'Connor	CMC Planning Department
Barry Taylor	Comcast
Barry Idell	Verizon
David Morino	NJAWC
Keffrey Langley, Brian Ritz	South Jersey Gas
Ronnie Town	Atlantic City Electric
Gary Ziegler	Wildwood Water Utility
Dave Carrick	Cape May Water & Sewer
Mike DeMarcantino	Lower Township Municipal Utilities Authority
Robert Burner, CUSA	Cape May County Municipal Utilities Authority
Jim Eberwine	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Daniel Barone	Stockton Coastal Resource Center
Rich Pernicaro	ACCC
Andrew Shawl	Rockland Energy (BL England Plant)
Clifford Anderson	Port Authority for Woodbine
Daniel Cohen	Atlantic-Capes Fisheries, Inc.
Kathy Schilling	United States Coast Guard
Tom Quigg	Ferry DRBA
Vicky Clark	CMC Chamber of Commerce
Jeff Andrews	Cape Regional Medical Center
Terry Crowley	NJ Department of Education - Cape May County
Sgt. Patrick Gorman	NJ State Police - OEM - Troop A
Kevin Hayden	NJ State Health Department
Jack Herbert	FEMA
Jason Miller	United States Army Corps of Engineers
Scott Morgan	Ocean City Police Department / OEM

The Cape May County PDM Planning Partnership consists of members of the Steering Committee, along with representatives from each participating jurisdiction.  Each jurisdictional representative serves as the point of content for their community, and is responsible to assure that the interests and concerns of their community are represented in the planning process. 

The current jurisdictional representatives on the Planning Partnership are as follows: