Martin “Marty” Poretsky has been a third-generation builder in the Washington metro area and in 1970, co-founded Poretsky & Starr, Inc., which became Poretsky Building Group (PBG) in 1982. In 1999, Marty was appointed by Governor Parris Glendening to a four-year term as a member of the Board of Trustees, Chesapeake Bay Trust. He was elected Chairman of the Trust in May, 2000, and served in that position through May 2004. He has also served on the Board of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and the D.C. Advisory Board of the Living Classrooms Foundation. Since 2017, Marty has resided in Longboat Key, Florida and is a member of the Rotary Club of Longboat Key as well as the Yale Club of the Suncoast, where he is seeking ways to continue to make a difference in his community.