Marian Iannuzzi and Eric Malcolm

Marian Iannuzzi is an active beekeeper with more than 30 years of experience, a life-long learner, and a life MSBA member.  She appreciates how MSBA has augmented her education and bee-related skills.  She is currently a member of the Maryland Beekeeper Study Group. Eric Malcolm is the Apicultural Extension Educator and Apiary Manager at the University of Maryland Bee Lab. His work focuses on apiary management, outreach, education, and helping beekeepers make informed decisions using their own observations, monitoring techniques, and scientifically proven best management practices. He is a sideline beekeeper and owner of his own apiary management business. In years past, he helped coordinate the Bee Informed Partnership's Sentinel Apiary Program, a national citizen science program designed to help improve monitoring practices and establishing essential skills for beekeepers of all levels. He is passionate about beekeeping, helping beekeepers, learning about wild edible and medicinal plants and mushrooms, enjoying time with his family, traveling, camping, and backpacking.

Allan Storm

Storm, as everyone who works with him knows him, is a retired United States Marine, the owner of Stormy Acres Bee Farm, and a beekeeper with over 30 years of hands-on experience. He is a certified Master Beekeeper, a Maryland State Bee Inspector, and the Maryland State Leader for Hives for Heroes, a national program that connects veterans with therapeutic beekeeping. Image by Nicolaus Wiberg

Daniel and Alexis Boback

Daniel is the founder of ThermaHive and a mechanical engineer focused on building practical, chemical-free solutions for beekeepers. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland and takes a data-driven approach to product development, with an emphasis on hive health without the residues and resistance that come with chemical treatments.

At ThermaHive, Daniel leads product design, hardware and firmware development, testing strategy, and overall company direction. He works closely with researchers, advisors, and beekeepers to ensure the system is grounded in science and built to meet the realities of modern beekeeping.

Alexis Boback, a graduate of University of Maryland in biology, brings both scientific training and a sharp eye for storytelling to ThermaHive. She leads the company’s live hive testing and V1 field research, applying her biological background to observe colony health, document treatment outcomes, and validate ThermaHive’s approach under real-world conditions.

Alongside her research role, Alexis drives ThermaHive’s outreach, branding, and public presence, and handles the administrative and operational responsibilities that keep the team aligned and moving forward.

Cybil Preston

Cybil Preston is the State Apiarist/Chief Apiary inspector for MDA. Starting as a backyard beekeeper in 1997, Cybil became a regional Apiary Inspector in 2004. She is former president of the Susquehanna Beekeepers Association. Cybil became an EAS certified Master Beekeeper in 2013 and in 2014 became MD State Apiarist. In 2015, she trained with the MD Department of Corrections along with her Dog Mack to become certified in American Foulbrood disease detection. Mack is the currently the only certified American Foulbrood detector dog in the United States.

Jason Wolf

Jason Wolf began beekeeping in 2023 after taking the Howard County Beginner Beekeeper’s Course.  Jason’s apiary has produced two-time award winning honey for taste at the Montgomery County Beekeeper’s Honey Tasting Competition.  Jason is an 8th grader in Montgomery County Public Schools.  He loves to incorporate bees, beekeeping, or honey into every school project.  He is the founder and president of his school’s extracurricular Beekeeping Club.  He enjoys learning about beekeeping, meeting other beekeepers, attending beekeeping meetings and conferences, and thinking about bees. Jason is a NAHBE Next Gen Bee Program recipient for 2026 and 2027.