Ms. Abigail McNinch has served on the Denton Town Council since 2013 and is currently serving as Mayor. She has been appointed to numerous Boards including the Eastern Shore Association of Municipalities, the Denton Utility Commission, the Caroline County Library Board of Trustees, Downtown Denton Main Street, Human Resources Council, Caroline County Council of Arts, and Denton Elementary PTA. As project manager for the Denton Development Corporation, Abigail helped secure over $1.5 million in grants for various local economic development projects (including the Chesapeake Culinary School and the Denton ArtsWay project). In 2010, in an effort to continue to promote the revitalization of the town, she opened a downtown retail shop, Joviality. Abigail’s educational background includes a Ph.D. in special education from the University of Maryland.