Ben Alder - Principal and Founder
Broker of Record – Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia

Since 1997, the focus of Ben’s career has been in the natural resources field. During his studies at The George Washington University, he completed bachelors degrees in Environmental Science and Biology and completed course work for his Master of Arts in Environmental Resource Policy. During his time at GW, Ben lived and worked on Vancouver Island as part of a work-study program focused on natural resource management in the Pacific Northwest. Following this experience, he worked on Capitol Hill on a range of issues related to wetland conservation for Ducks Unlimited. Ben’s tenure with DU expanded to the field when DU’s Chesapeake Bay Initiative was started in 1998. For seven years Ben delivered water quality and wildlife conservation programs on private land throughout the 5-state Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Ben’s experience working with land use, agricultural management and wildlife conservation has provided a unique platform for his land brokerage practice today. In 2011, he started building what is today The Land Group. Ben is The Land Group’s Broker of Record in Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and Pennsylvania. To date, Ben’s brokerage experience over the last 18 years has involved him in more than 100,000 acres of transactional land brokerage.

Ben’s background in land conservation has given him experience restoring wildlife habitat and implementing conservation easements throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Today, Ben and his family live on a historic farm along tidal waters of the Chesapeake Bay in Somerset County, Maryland.