Jay and wife Anne moved to a 35-acre farm on Slidell Road in Boyds in 1973.  He retired in 2022 from a long career at the National Institutes on Health in Bethesda.  Jay has been active in local civic and environmental organizations since the 1970s, including the Boyds Civic Association, Friends of Ten-Mile Creek, and SCA.  Jay has served on SCA’s board since 1983 and was its president for five years in the mid 1980s. In 2016, Jay received the coveted Royce Hanson Award for his leadership in land conservation, environmental stewardship, and protecting the Ag Reserve. In their free time, Jay and Anne enjoy riding horses and traveling.