Josh Maxwell, chair of the Chester County Board of Commissioners, has been elected chairman of the board of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC), the greater Philadelphia region's federally designated metropolitan planning organization.

Maxwell will serve as DVRPC board chair for fiscal year 2025, and in this role, he will oversee an 18-member board that represents the nine-county greater Philadelphia region. In addition to defining the duties of the office of the DVRPC executive director and DVRPC committees, the board establishes regional transportation policies and determines transportation priorities and the allocation of transportation funds to meet those priorities.

The DVRPC was formed in 1965 to provide comprehensive, coordinated planning for the orderly growth and development of, initially, southeastern Pennsylvania and, later, southern New Jersey. The region includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties in Pennsylvania and Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Mercer counties in New Jersey. An interstate, intercounty, and intercity agency, DVRPC is an advisory agency focusing on regional policy and capital funding issues for transportation, economic development, and environment and land use.