Joseph Bartenfelder (born January 3,1957) is an American politician and farmer from Maryland. He was appointed Secretary of Agriculture for Maryland by then-Governor-elect Larry Hogan in 2014.[1]
Bartenfelder graduated from St. Joseph School and Calvert Hall College High School.[2] He earned a degree in business administration from Towson University.[2][3]
In 1994,Bartenfelder began working on the Baltimore County Council.[2] In 1996,he became chairman of the Baltimore County Council.[5] He also served as chair of the Spending and Affordability Committee for four years while on the County Council.[3]
Bartenfelder was appointed Maryland Secretary of Agriculture by then-Governor-elect Larry Hogan in 2014.[1]
Personal life
Bartenfelder is married and has four children.[3] On Thanksgiving,November 24,2022,police charged him with hunting wetland or upland game birds “with the aid of bait or on or over any baited area,”which carries a minimum $500 fine and a maximum of $1500 for a first offense. Lauren Moses,public information officer for Natural Resources Police,could not say whether this was Bartenfelder’s first charge. [7]
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