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

Since 1997, Ben’s career has been focused in the natural resources field. During his studies at The George Washington University he completed bachelor’s degrees in Environmental Science, 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. After 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 he delivered water quality and wildlife conservation programs on private land throughout the 5 state Chesapeake Bay watershed.

His experience working with land use, agricultural management, and wildlife conservation has provided a unique platform for his land brokerage practice today. 

During his years as a consultant, he garnered his real estate license in Maryland in 2004. Selling his first 300-acre farm in 2004, Ben has worked to develop a real estate practice focused on land throughout the Chesapeake Bay Region. 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.

The Land Group brings together the expertise in a range of land specialties from agriculture, forestry, conservation, renewable energy, land management and development

The Land Group is the Chesapeake Bay region’s largest singularly focused land brokerage and advisory group. Today, the TLG footprint services over 35,000 acres under brokerage in Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.  Since 2004, Ben has managed over $315 Million in land sales throughout the region.  In 2021, The Land Group transferred over 13,000 acres while completing over 150 transactions through the transfer of over $90 Million in sales volume.

Ben and his family live today on a small tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on an 18th-century farm on Maryland’s lower Eastern Shore. 

“Fundamentally, we study land value and land use; understanding how these two factors are intertwined is the foundation of the work we do.”

-Ben Alder, Principal

Ben Alder

Ben Alder

443-865-1344

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

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Ben Alder's Press Releases

Land Report 2020

A Year in the Dirt: The Land Group Releases 2020 Land Report

February 1, 2020
SALISBURY, MD, FEBRUARY 2020– The Land Group (TLG) is starting off 2020 with the fifth release of their annual Land Report.  After closing on 60 tracts of land totaling over 7,500 acres with more than $37M in total trade value Ben Alder of TLG is energized by the success and looking forward to 2020.  “The market in 2019 showed [.. Read the full article ..]
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The Land Group Team

The Land Group Celebrates One Year Anniversary

August 14, 2020
First Year Marked by Rapid Growth and Expansion into Solar Consulting SALISBURY, MARYLAND, AUGUST 14, 2020 – The Land Group, the largest singularly focused land company in the Chesapeake Bay Region, recently marked their first full year of business.  “After opening the office in the Summer of 2019, then quickly expanding into other land markets [.. Read the full article ..]
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Introducing The Land Group: Experts in Land Brokerage and Consulting in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia

November 5, 2019
SALISBURY, MD – NOVEMBER 5, 2019 – The Land Group, led by Founder Ben Alder, has opened its doors in Salisbury, MD. The Land Group provides land brokerage and consulting services throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Today, the “We Sell Dirt” group represents the largest portfolio of land available to purchase in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia, [.. Read the full article ..]
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Our Team

Ben Alder

Ben Alder

Principal and Founder
Broker of Record – Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia
[email protected]
443-865-1344

Since 1997, Ben’s career has been focused in the natural resources field. During his studies at The George Washington University he completed bachelor’s degrees in Environmental Science, 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 [.. Read more ..]

Nick Campanaro

Nick Campanaro

Partner, Sr. Land Advisor
[email protected]
443-465-3520

Graduated Magna Cum Laude from University of Maryland in 2011 with a Bachelors of Arts in Economics. He proceeded to work for Charles River Associates in Boston as an economic analyst specializing in mergers and acquisitions. Nick started with The Land Group in 2013 as a junior advisor/analyst. In four years he was promoted to [.. Read more ..]

Doug Williams

Doug Williams

Partner, Sr. Land Advisor
[email protected]
410-726-1831

Born and raised on the Eastern Shore, Doug Williams grew up on family farms in western Wicomico County. This early lifestyle contributed to his amassing knowledge and understanding in all aspects of agriculture. An avid deer hunter, Doug has a thorough understanding of deer habitat, state hunting regulations and managing property for wildlife enhancement. In [.. Read more ..]

Stuart Hamilton

Stuart Hamilton

Geographic Information Scientist

Stu Hamilton (Ph.D.) is an Associate Professor of GIS and the GISM Graduate Program Director at Salisbury University, MD. He was formerly owner of Gulf Coast GIS and helped found the GIS center at the College of William and Mary. Stu is a certified GIS professional (GISP) and a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society [.. Read more ..]

jeremy bertier

Jeremy Bertier

Land Advisor
[email protected]
443-375-2905

Jeremy was born and raised on his families 165 acre farm in Union Bridge in Northwest Carroll County. Jeremy and his wife currently farm this land and operate it as a diverse operation consisting of 75 head of angus cattle, a group of Berkshire pigs, Non GMO row crops and premium quality hay and pasture. [.. Read more ..]

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Jack Boniface

Land Advisor
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443-752-9130

Jack was born with a love for dirt. His passion for farming led him to the University of Maryland where he earned a B.S. in Agricultural Science and a certificate in Ag Business. Since 2016, Boniface has been assisting farmers in making profitable seed decisions on their row crop and forage operations across Maryland, Delaware [.. Read more ..]

john campagna

John Campagna

Land Advisor
[email protected]
410-303-8156

John helps clients sell and buy working lands including farms, forests, renewable energy sites, conservation lands, and hunting preserves. He is experienced in all aspects of land use regulations, land entitlement process, and land conservation programs.  Over the past two decades John has worked with a wide range of constituents (investors, landowners, government agencies, NGO’s, [.. Read more ..]

Mike Dryden

Land Advisor
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410-251-5620

Since 2013, Mike has led and aided in the restoration and protection of over 3,800 acres of wetlands through his role as the Restoration Specialist for the MD/DC chapter of The Nature Conservancy. Prior to that, he worked as the Public Drainage Coordinator for the Eastern Shore, and he began his career as a Soil [.. Read more ..]

Robert L. Freyer, Jr.

Land Advisor
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410-299-4811

Robert Freyer has been in sales for over 25 years, and hunting since the early 90s, and has since made hunting his passion and career. Rob’s hunting passion has led him to manage the whitetail population on over 1,000 acres of land for communities in Baltimore County, Annapolis, and Southern Maryland. Rob has been in [.. Read more ..]

Bobby Gorski

Land Advisor
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302-542-5724

Bobby was born and raised on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in Dorchester County. His love for wildlife and the outdoors led him to West Virginia University (WVU) where he earned a BS degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Resources in 1994. During and after college, he spent 10 years working at Environmental Concern, Inc. (EC) [.. Read more ..]

Dallas Harrington, The Land Group team member

Dallas Harrington

Land Advisor
[email protected]
(443)926-1393

Born and raised in Berlin, Maryland, Dallas Harrington grew into an avid deer, turkey and waterfowl hunter.  After graduating from Flagler College with a business degree, Dallas decided to merge his degree and passion into a career and formed Non-Typical Outdoor Supply in 2018 – a hunting store and archery pro shop in West Ocean [.. Read more ..]

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Beth Hill

Land Advisor
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Dorchester County native, Beth Hill has been involved in forestry and the community her entire life. For over 20 years she worked in various capacities at one of the largest sawmills on the Eastern Shore. During her tenure with the company, she managed thousands of acres of land for timber production, wildlife habitat, and recreation. [.. Read more ..]

Sue Hudson

Land Advisor
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302-448-9727

Sue, an advisor with The Land Group, was born and raised on the Maryland Eastern Shore. She has always been active and enjoys the outdoors, taking her love and enthusiasm for the outdoors into her role as a land advisor to buyers and sellers. Sue helps buyers find raw land or acreage for the long [.. Read more ..]

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Jeff Hutchinson

Land Advisor
[email protected]
304-382-8292

Jeff Hutchinson is a Land Advisor with TLG, serving landowners and land buyers in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. He learned to appreciate the outdoors on his family’s 500-acre homestead in Hampshire County, West Virginia. Mr. Hutchinson has a long history with forestry dating back to 1986 when he graduated from Penn State University with a [.. Read more ..]

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Shawn Moore

Land Advisor
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410-829-6466

Born and raised on the Eastern Shore, it was Shawn’s early introduction into hunting by his father that led to an interest and eventual career working in land and land management. An avid waterfowl guide, deer hunter and fisherman, the outdoors has always been his calling. In 2002, Shawn took a job in Talbot and [.. Read more ..]

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Brian Morris

Land Advisor
[email protected]
410-708-1984

Born and raised on Maryland’s Upper Eastern Shore, Brian grew up working the land. As such, he spent many years involved in cash grain farming as well as trucking. This led to a sales position at Delmarva Kenworth. In addition to working with The Land Group, he presently farms fresh market produce. Brian has a [.. Read more ..]

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Will Fehrenbacher

Land Technician
[email protected]
410-693-9933

Will grew up in Queen Anne’s County where he learned to love the connections found outdoors through hunting and fishing. He graduated in the Spring of 2022 from Salisbury University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Studies. While not at school during the winters, Will spent his days guiding waterfowl hunts across the [.. Read more ..]

Coleen Sheridan

Executive Office and Brokerage Coordinator
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Born and raised in Baltimore, and after residing in Carroll County, Maryland for over 20 years, Coleen relocated to the Eastern Shore in late 2014. Her background includes legal and administrative positions in a few of the larger law firms in Baltimore – DLA Piper (formerly Piper & Marbury) and Miles & Stockbridge, as well [.. Read more ..]


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