Planning Team

Kristen Saacke Blunk

Headwaters, LLC

Principal

Kristen Hughes Evans

Sustainable Chesapeake

Executive Director

Pri Ekanayake

Institute for Conservation Leadership

Senior Director

Oleksandr Faryga

National Fish & Wildlife Foundation

Program Manager

Jenn Fetter

Penn State Extension

Director, Center for Agriculture Conservation Assistance

Adrienne Hobbins

Chesapeake Conservancy

Program Manager

Eric Hughes

Environmental Protection Agency 

Wetlands Ecologist

Marel King

Chesapeake Bay Commission

Pennsylvania Director

Adrienne Kotula

Chesapeake Bay Commission

Virginia Director

James Martin

Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation 

Director of the Dvision of Soil and Water Conservation

Alisha Mulkey

Maryland Department of Agriculture

Senior Program Manager

Jenn Nelson

Delaware Association of Conservation Districts & Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts

Executive Director 

Katie Ombalski

Wood and Water Consulting

Principal

Natasha Rathlev

Sustainable Chesapeake

Program Manager

Jake Reilly

National Fish & Wildlife Foundation

Director, Chesapeake Bay Programs

Matt Royer

Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center

Director

Tori Sullens

National Fish & Wildlife Foundation

Manager

Kendall Tyree

Virginia Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts

Executive Director