Northern Border Regional Commission
# Northern Border Regional Commission

The Northern Border Regional Commission is an American federal-state partnership for community and economic development in counties near the Canada–United States border.

## History

The Northern Border Commission (NBC) was created as part of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. As of 2021, the NBC has been reauthorized twice.

## Governance

Modeled off the Appalachian Regional Commission, the NBC is led by a federal co-chair and the respective state governors. The federal co-chair nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate. One of the governors is designated a state co-chair.

### Federal co-chair

Chris Saunders was confirmed by the Senate on March 24, 2022, and began service on April 11, 2022.

List of federal co-chairs:

* Sanford "Sandy" Blitz of Maine (2010-2014)
* Mark Scarano of New Hampshire (2015-2018)
* Harold B. Parker of New Hampshire (2018-2022)
* Chris Saunders of Vermont (2022-present)

## Service area

The service area consists of upstate New York, most of Maine and New Hampshire, and all of Vermont.

