2023

Annual Report

Protecting the Land and Water that Matter to You

Our mission is to conserve and restore the natural and cultural resources of the Chesapeake Bay watershed for the enjoyment, education and inspiration of this and future generations.

We are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and justice

Protecting and restoring the Chesapeake Bay requires diversity in perspective and practice.

Our Vision

Our Vision

Our Vision

We believe the Chesapeake is a national treasure that should be healthy, accessible to everyone and its watershed a place where people and wildlife thrive.

Our Mission

Our Mission

Our Mission

To conserve and restore the natural and cultural resources of the Chesapeake Bay watershed for the enjoyment, education and inspiration of this and future generations.We serve as a catalyst for change, advancing strong public and private partnerships, developing and using new technology and empowering environmental stewardship. Our objective is to accelerate progress to conserve 30% of the Chesapeake watershed by 2030 by equitably connecting people to the Chesapeake while conserving and restoring priority lands and waters.

Our DEIJ Statement

Our Commitment to the Communities We Serve

Our Commitment to the Communities We Serve

Protecting and restoring the Chesapeake Bay requires diversity in perspective and practice. Chesapeake Conservancy understands that protecting and restoring the natural and cultural resources of the Chesapeake Bay watershed require intentional commitment to inclusive practices and narratives within the conservation movement. Through our work we celebrate and elevate the people, places and cultures of the region, especially by engaging underrepresented communities. Committing to the values of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice is critical to achieve our vision of a Chesapeake that is healthy, accessible to everyone and a place where people and wildlife thrive. To that end, we commit ourselves to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice both in our programmatic priorities and our internal organizational development through inclusive recruitment of staff and board members and fostering a diverse and inclusive culture.

What we do

We use technology to enhance the pace and quality of conservation, and we help build parks, trails and public access sites.

Conserve

Connect

Connect people to the natural, cultural and recreational opportunities of the Chesapeake watershed – including its rivers, tributaries, landscapes and historic places.

Conserve

Conserve

Work with partners and leverage data-driven strategies to conserve 30% of the Chesapeake watershed’s lands by 2030 and the special places that are important to diverse communities, indigenous tribes and visitors and that preserve the Chesapeake watershed for this and future generations.

Conserve

Restore

Expedite the Chesapeake watershed restoration effort by leveraging data-driven strategies and partnerships to meet regional habitat and water quality standards and provide their associated community benefits.

Conserve

Diversify

Infuse diversity-based policies and practices in our culture that are essential for the success of Chesapeake Conservancy’s mission.

Conserve

Excel

Ensure adequate funding, staff, controls and proficiencies to remain the key partner for connecting, conserving and restoring land and water in the Chesapeake watershed.

Chesapeake Conservancy President & CEO Joel Dunn (left) and Board Chair Randall Larrimore (right)
Chesapeake Conservancy President and CEO Joel Dunn (left) and Board Chair Randall Larrimore (right)

Most Meaningful and Impactful Legacy

We want to share a story about Randall Larrimore, who served as chair of Chesapeake Conservancy’s board of directors from March 2020 through December 2023.

After retiring from his long and successful career as corporate CEO and as a member of the board of directors for Olin and Campbell Soup, Randy joined Chesapeake Conservancy’s board, quickly rising to the position of chair.

Randy has been an incredibly generous donor to the Chesapeake Conservancy and our greatest cheerleader. In a virtual board meeting held during the height of the pandemic, as he encouraged other board members in their fundraising efforts, Randy gave an impassioned speech in which he stated that his volunteer work with Chesapeake Conservancy is the most meaningful and impactful legacy that he will leave behind for future generations. This statement was so heartfelt that it brought some of us to near tears.

Under Randy’s leadership, Chesapeake Conservancy’s accomplishments include conserving thousands of acres in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and leading public partnerships that helped to create and expand parks and national wildlife refuges. Examples of these partnerships include returning 460 acres of their ancestral homeland to the Rappahannock Tribe in Virginia; creating a new heritage park in Annapolis, Maryland, at Elktonia-Carr’s Beach, the last remnant of beach front that was the heart of Black entertainment in the mid-Atlantic region during the time of segregation; expanding Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis by 19 acres; creating a bilingual nature center at Sandy Point State Park adjacent to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to provide a more inclusive experience for the park’s Spanish-speaking visitors; and creating a national marine sanctuary at Mallows Bay in the Potomac River. He encouraged Chesapeake Conservancy’s work with partners to clean up streams throughout the watershed to reduce sediment flowing into the Chesapeake Bay and return trout and other fish to their natural habitat. After Randy spearheaded a meeting with former Pennsylvania Governor Wolf, the commonwealth established a goal of cleaning up 30 streams by 2030 using riparian buffers, primarily with live staking.

Randy notes that he is especially proud of the creation of new parks along the Nanticoke River, whose headwaters are in Seaford, Delaware, his hometown. This is helping boost the local economy and provide access to the most pristine tributary to the Bay. Currently, 33% of the river’s watershed is protected. Chesapeake Conservancy is also a lead partner in an effort to create the Chesapeake National Recreation Area (CNRA), which would bring National Park Service status to the nation’s largest estuary.

During Randy’s term, our Conservation Innovation Center has become renowned for empowering the conservation community with access to the latest data and technology through the use of artificial intelligence and high-resolution land cover data to map the landscape. Recently, our organization’s AI data scientists collaborated with partners to develop an artificial intelligence deep learning model for mapping wetlands, which resulted in 94% accuracy, a groundbreaking moment for conservation not just in the Chesapeake but for the planet.

One of Randy’s principal duties as board chair was also one of the most difficult: fundraising. Chesapeake Conservancy and our partners could not have succeeded in any of these accomplishments without the philanthropy that makes it all possible.

Randy has also served as an incredible mentor to our team. Throughout his terms of service, he took the time to send every employee personalized work anniversary cards, holiday cards, and thank-you notes and generously funded recognition awards.

Through his leadership of Chesapeake Conservancy, Randy is leaving an impactful and lasting legacy. We hope you find his story as inspirational as we do.

Please join us in thanking Randy for his service, and we hope that his story will lead you to consider what will be the most meaningful and impactful legacy that you will leave behind for future generations.

We hope you will enjoy reading our FY 2023 Annual Report, showcasing some of our greatest accomplishments of the fiscal year. As always, thank you for your support. We can’t do any of this without you.

Sincerely,

Organizational Achievements Since Our Founding

Secured more than $42 million in federal funds (FY15-23) to protect more than 7,500 acres of land at national parks, wildlife refuges and forests in the Chesapeake watershed along with partners through the Land and Water Conservation Fund program
Chesapeake Conservancy is committed to conserving 30% of the Chesapeake by 2030. Today, 22% of the watershed is conserved. Together, with your support, we can reach the 30% goal.

Established the Conservation Innovation Center to empower the conservation community with access to the latest data and technology

In 2016, our team of geospatial analysts worked with partners to produce 1-meter-resolution land cover data for approximately 100,000 square miles of land in and surrounding the Chesapeake Bay watershed for the Chesapeake Bay Program. This data is open for all land conservation entities, large or small, to use to implement precision conservation. In 2022, for the first time, high-resolution change data became available for the Chesapeake as open data. This allows us to better understand what’s happening on the landscape and to do change detection and trend analysis. The significance of this cannot be understated. For those of us working to restore the Chesapeake, this is practically the James Webb Space Telescope moment. We continue to create tools for our partners to command the data and drive impressive change on the ground.

Through land conservation, restoration and empowering the conservation community with the latest data and technology, we are working everyday to slow climate change and help communities become more resilient.

Together with our partners, Chesapeake Conservancy's achievements include:

  • Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network for 248 new access sites
  • Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail (Chesapeake Trail)
  • Mallows Bay–Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary
  • Werowocomoco
  • Antietam National Battlefield
  • Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  • Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
  • Elktonia/Carr’s Beach Heritage Park
  • Fort Monroe National Monument
  • George Washington and Jefferson National Forests
  • Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
  • James River National Wildlife Refuge
  • Pissacoack
  • Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge
  • Creation and expansion of state and local parks

For more information, review this comprehensive list of our organization's achievements since our founding.

2023 Highlights

Testimonials

We worked with Chesapeake Conservancy to permanently protect our 82-acre farm in Jefferson County, West Virginia. We deeply appreciate the extensive knowledge, skills, and experience the Conservancy brings to protecting the entire Chesapeake Bay watershed and are very grateful for their support and guidance.”
- Brucie Moulton

From left to right: Mark Moulton, David Moulton, Brucie Moulton, Christopher Huvos, Emma Huvos, Greg Faxon, Barbara Moulton and Tom Helm -- Photo by Virginia Johnston

Virtual Connections

Virtual Tours

While nothing beats the experience of seeing the beauty of the Chesapeake firsthand, we’ve created 14 virtual river tours along the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail (Chesapeake Trail). Similar to Google Street View, the virtual tours can help you plan your next adventure. Take a virtual tour, scope out the access site you plan to use or just soak in the beauty from your screen with the perspective of a paddler.

Webcams

We are grateful for our partnerships with explore.org, the Crazy Osprey Lady, Corporate Office Properties Trust and the owner of the great blue heron rookery for the generosity that makes these webcams possible. Millions of viewers from all over the world watched the cams in 2024.

Chesapeake Conversations Podcast

Tune in to Chesapeake Conservancy’s podcast, Chesapeake Conversations, hosted by Joel Dunn. Cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay is one of the largest and longest-running ecosystem restoration efforts in the world. Over the last 50 years, billions of dollars have been invested to restore the Bay, and the world is watching to see how the Chesapeake responds. Chesapeake Conversations takes an in-depth look at what’s working for the Chesapeake and what’s not, and features interviews with a diverse group of conservation leaders. 

Chesapeake Conversations is produced by Platform Media, LLC, with music by Scott McDaniel from Wild Echo Media. Special thanks to our partners and donors who make our work possible. Find us on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you download your podcasts.

Champions of the Chesapeake

Since 2014, Chesapeake Conservancy’s annual Champions of the Chesapeake awards have recognized individuals and organizations from across the region for exemplary leadership and dedication to protecting and restoring the Chesapeake’s natural systems and cultural resources.

In 2023, Chesapeake Conservancy proudly presented the Champions of the Chesapeake awards to Nethra Purushothaman and James and Sylvia Earl.

Champions of the Chesapeake

James and Sylvia Earl are long-time supporters of Chesapeake Conservancy. Their decision to leave a lasting legacy by providing a workspace for local conservation nonprofits will profoundly affect Chesapeake Conservation for generations to come. As Chesapeake Conservancy knows, one of the most difficult challenges nonprofits face is fundraising for overhead costs, such as rent. By enabling the Conservancy to acquire its own building, the Earl family gift will relieve several local nonprofits of that burden, as well as provide space for collaboration and sharing resources. Chesapeake Conservancy is forever grateful for their support of our important work.

James and Sylvia Earl

A small group of Girl Scouts, led by 14-year-old Nethra Purushothaman, challenged the Girl Scouts National Capital Council on their plans to sell hundreds of acres of forested habitat in Prince George’s County, Maryland, for development. Nethra and her friends stood up for East Marlton Forest. With some mentoring from Chesapeake Conservancy and Sierra Club of Maryland, it appears these big little heroes were victorious, and most of the land will become part of the Charles Branch Stream Valley Park.

Nethra Purushothaman

Financial Report

October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023

Here’s how your investment in our work was spent.

Chesapeake Conservancy Expenses

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For more detailed information on our financials and governance, visit our website.

Sound stewardship of financial resources demonstrated by a clean audit
Awarded 4-star rating from Charity Navigator
Accepted as a nonprofit partner in the 1% for the Planet network

Donors

Our sincere appreciation to the individual, foundation and corporate donors who have made our work possible. We truly appreciate your generosity.

$50,000+

Anonymous
Carol Angle

Bunting Family Foundation

Mary and Charles Dankmeyer

David Earl

Jim and Sylvia Earl

Jimmy Earl

Matthew Earl and Diane McBee

John G. and Jean R. Gosnell Foundation, Inc.

Grayce B. Kerr Fund, Inc.

Hamer Foundation

Randy Kell

Kathleen Krampf

Randall Larrimore

Mary Catherine Bunting Foundation

Mt. Cuba Center

Shared Earth Foundation

TeraWulf Charitable Foundation

The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment

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Chesapeake Bay Trust

Merrill Family Foundation

1994 Charles B. Degenstein Foundation
Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation, Inc.

Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust

Roemer Foundation

$10,000 - $24,999

Leslie Delagran

Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds

Ed Hatcher and Angie Cannon

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David Moulton

Linda Teare

Virginia Outdoors Foundation

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Don and Vicky Birch

Blackwater Conservation Association

James and Marcia Borel

Marc Bunting

Margaret Bursaw

Bradley and Kathryn Callahan

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Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County

Dawn Cooke

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Corrigan Sports Enterprises

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Shore United Bank

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Sisco Associates

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Sally Tieke

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United States Yacht Shows, Inc

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Ziger Snead Architects, LLP

Virginia United Land Trusts (VaULT)

Great Blue Heron Club
($500-$999)

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Cho-Packer Giving Fund

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District Concrete, LLC

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Nanticoke River Watershed Conservancy, Inc

Joel and Thonya Nelson

Lloyd Oliver

David Padavana

Ann Powers

Robert Proutt

Josh Rawitch

Bonita Rohrer

Gail Ross

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Osprey Club ($100-$249)

Anonymous (3)
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CustomInk, LLC

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From God's Blessings - We Share

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REI

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V.B. "Tack" Richardson, III

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Phil Roof

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Dorothy Rosenthal

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Carol Wald

Robert Waldman

Andrew Waldron

Susan Wallace

Stephen Ward

Waterford Press

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Jay and Kim Weitzel

Alan and Day Weitzman

Michael Westfall

Ann and Bob Whitcomb

Sharee Williamson

Dave Wilson, Jr.

Barbara L. Winner

David Wye

Featured Partners

Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay

Anne Arundel County (MD)

Bay Paddle

Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation

Bureau of Land Management Eastern States

Center for Watershed Protection, Inc.

Charles County (MD)

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Chickahominy Tribe

Choose Clean Water Coalition

Conservation Foundation of Lancaster County

Corrigan Sports Enterprises

Department of Defense REPI Program

D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI)

Environmental Protection Agency - Chesapeake Bay Program

Forever Maryland Foundation

Friends of the Rappahannock

George Washington's Mount Vernon

Gunpowder Valley Conservancy

Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology

Herbert, Rowland, & Grubic, Inc.

Indigenous Conservation Council of the Chesapeake Bay

James River Association

Jefferson County Parks & Recreation Commission

Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Nansemond Indian Nation

Nanticoke River Watershed Conservancy, Inc

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

National Historic Trail

Nature Serve

NPS -Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail

NPS -Chesapeake Gateways

NPS -Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park

Oyster Recovery Partnership

Partners for Open Space

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

Piedmont Environmental Council

Potomac Conservancy

Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission

Rappahannock Tribe

Richard King Mellon Foundation

Severn River Association

Susquehanna University

The Conservation Fund

US Department of Agriculture

US Fish and Wildlife Service

US Forest Service

US Geological Survey

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Virginia Forever

Virginia's United Land Trusts

West Virginia Land Trust

West Virginia Outdoor Heritage Fund

Wildlife Management Institute

Monthly Sustaining Donor Club

Barbara Anderson

Thad and Renee Bench

Anna Capetanakis

Janice Davis

Melissa Ehrenreich

Matthew Hunley

Anthony Ostuni

Simone Parrish

Sara Ramotnik

Mary Wigginton

In-Kind Gifts

Atruent

B. Willow

Bay Ridge Wine and Spirits

Beacon Waterfront

Thad and Renee Bench

Susan Berning

Beveridge & Diamond

ESRI

Hogan Lovells, LLC

Main & Market

MOM's Organic Market

Jack Naglieri and Kathleen Kryza

Sue Phipps

Silvana Recine

REI

Marlene Shanley

Christine Trapnell

Watermark

In Memoriam Honorees

Hunt Ashby

Roxanne P. Barbeau

Jonathan Bernbaum

Joseph Burnett

Mildred Katherine Davidowicz

Christopher Thomas Fagan

Terry R Harris

Joanne & Lee Johnson

Bert Leitzel

John Maounis

Anne Maroon

Alvilidia McCaskill

Bruce McCurdy

Susan Garner Neely

Nancy R. Oliver

Senator Paul S. Sarbanes

Uncle John Schisler

William Schisler

Adam William Smith

Raymond and Rosie Spencer

Kathleen M. Taddei

Harry M Thorpe

Edward Scott Tieke

Senator John W. Warner

Donation Honorees

Rick and Marsha Amory

Audrey, the Best Osprey Mom Ever

Dirk and Ellen Brouwer

Jody Couser

Joel Dunn

Michael Geraghty and Diane Grady Miller

Bryan Kent Gomes

John Gunning

Hunter Hatch

Ed Hatcher

Randy Kell

Deborah C Kessler

Debby and Allan Kover

Randy Larrimore

Dave Lewis

Devin McMillan

Reed Perry

Travis Scagliarini

Rear Admiral Lorin C. Selby, US Navy

Richard B. Thompson

Tom and Audrey The Ospreys

Val Morin Cousins Summer Camp

2023

Board of Directors

Stephanie
Meeks
Chair
Matthew
Earl
Vice Chair
Jeffrey
Sabot
Treasurer
Ed
Hatcher
Secretary
Principal Chief Keith F.
Anderson
Michael
Brubaker
Joel E.
Dunn
Colin
Harrington
Michelle Bailey
Hedgepeth
Pamela D.
Marks
Vibha Jain
Miller
Mamie A.
Parker, Ph.D.
John J.
Reynolds
Chief G. Anne
Richardson
Tony J.
Spencer
Nancy B.
Walters, Ph.D.
Molly Joseph
Ward
Beattra
Wilson
Charles A.
Stek
Emeritus Director
Patrick F.
Noonan
Emeritus Director
Randall W.
Larrimore
Emeritus Director
Gilbert M.
Grosvenor
Honorary Member

2023

Chesapeake Council

David
Blitzer
Keith
Campbell
Charles H. “Chip”
Collins
Dr. Wilton “Wilt”
Corkern
Lavinia
Currier
Dr. Sylvia
Earle
Elinor
Farquhar
Sid
Jamieson
Amanda Savage
Mahoney
Joan
Murray
Truman
Semans, Sr.
Nancy Merrill
Sullivan
Ann
Swanson
John
Turner
H.W. “Skip”
Wieder
Steven
Williams

2023

Chesapeake Conservancy Staff

Joel
Dunn
President and CEO
Ben
Alexandro
Program Director - Chesapeake Conservation Partnership
EJ
Amyot
Chief Operating Officer
Allison
Anderson
Director of Institutional Giving
Michael
Augustin
Communications and Outreach Specialist
Emily
Beach
Director - Conservation Innovation Center
Mike
Bonnell
Chesapeake Conservation Corps Member
Susan
Buyaskas
Project Manager
Jamal
Childs
Chesapeake Conservation and Climate Corps Member
Mark
Conway
Executive Vice President of External Affairs
Jody
Couser
Senior Vice President of Communications
Jacob
Czawlytko
Geospatial Data Engineer
Carly
Dean
Director - Chesapeake Tributaries Initiative
J.T.
Dean
Director of Individual and Major Gifts
Renata
DiCicco
Bilingual Interpretive Outreach Assistant
Chase
Douglas
Program Coordinator - Chesapeake Conservation Partnership
Michael
Evans, Ph.D.
Deputy Director of the Conservation Innovation Center and Lead Data Scientist
Kelsey
Everett
Partnership Digital Resources Associate
Allegra
Eyles
Chesapeake WILD Coordination and Partnership Intern
Ellen
Gardner
Chief Financial Officer / Senior Vice President of Finance
John
Griffin
Senior Policy Advisor
Steven
Guinn
Geospatial Modeler
Ryan
Hill
Project Coordinator / Geospatial Analyst
Adrienne
Hobbins
Program Manager
Sarah
Johnson
Natural Resource and Conservation Mapping and Management Intern
Louis
Keddell
Operations Manager, Conservation Innovation Center
Sarah
Killian
Special Assistant to the President and CEO
Margaret
Krieg
Bilingual Interpretive Outreach Assistant
Elliott
Kurtz
Geospatial Data Engineer
Emilie
Lahneman
Development and Annual Fund Coordinator
Isabel
Layton
Bilingual Interpretive Outreach Assistant
Kumar
Mainali, Ph.D.
Senior Data Scientist
Patrick
McCabe
Senior Geospatial Analyst
Joseph
McCauley
Chesapeake Fellow
Susan
Minnemeyer
Vice President of Climate Strategy
Ndumezulu
Mpofu
Geospatial Analyst
Javier
Orellana Ostorga
Bilingual Interpretive Outreach Assistant
Reed
Perry
Director of Government Relations
Monserrat
Pizarro
Bilingual Interpretive Outreach Assistant
Brenden
Powers
Interpretive Outreach Assistant
Matthew
Provost
Senior Vice President of Development and Business Strategy
Elizabeth
Reitzloff
Live Stake Coordinator
Maggie
Ritchey
AmeriCorps Member
Ivis
Roca Chavez
Bilingual Ranger
Gabrielle
Roffe
Manager of Equity and Community Engagement
Frank
Rohrer
Restoration Project Advisor
Kathy
Rohrer
Restoration Project Advisor
David
Saavedra
Senior Geospatial Technical Lead
Alicia
Sabatino
GIS Web Developer / Cartographer
Daniel
Salomón
Bilingual Interpretive Outreach Assistant
Remi
Shaull-Thompson
Communications Associate
Helen
Sieracki
Human Resources Manager
Lisa
Spallitta
Finance and IT Manager
Susan
Stephenson
Director of Federal Business Development
Steven
Storck
Project Manager
Shannon
Thomas
Project Coordinator
Wuillam
Urvina
Bilingual Interpretive Outreach Assistant
Katie
Walker
Chesapeake Geospatial Program Manager
Charlotte
Weinstein
Senior Geospatial Analyst
Emily
Wiggans
Senior Geospatial Analyst

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Chesapeake Conservancy is a nonprofit organization based in Annapolis, Maryland. We are conservation entrepreneurs. We believe that the Chesapeake is a national treasure that should be accessible for everyone and a place where wildlife can thrive. We use technology to enhance the pace and quality of conservation, and we help build parks, trails, and public access sites. Chesapeake Conservancy works in close partnership with Indigenous Tribes, the National Park Service, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management Eastern States, as well as other federal, state and local agencies, private foundations and corporations to advance conservation.

(443) 321 3610
Chesapeake Conservancy
Earl Conservation Center
1212 West Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
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Additional Photo Credits

Cover Image: Michael Weiss

Chair and the President: Jody Couser

Organizational Achievements: “Brown Pelican Rookery” Michael Weiss

Your Gift Today: “Kayaker” Yazan Hasan

Podcast: Mark Hamilton

Virtual Connections: “Peregrine Falcon” Peter Turcik

Champions of the Chesapeake: “Nethra Purushothaman” Courtesy Photo and “James and Sylvia Earl” Joel Dunn

Closing Photo Montage (clockwise): Stream Workers” Jody Couser, “Mallards” Jennifer Crews-Carey, “Chief Richardson, U.S.Senator Tim Kaine, Joel Dunn” Joel Dunn, “Kayakers” J.T. Dean, “Osprey” Jack Anderson, “Bay Bridge Run Press Conference” Jody Couser, “Great Blue Heron” Jennifer Crews-Carey and “Watermen” Sue Buyaskas