Beyond 2025 Steering Committee

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Scope and Purpose

The Beyond 2025 Steering Committee advises the development of recommendations to meet the Chesapeake Executive Council charge to the Principals' Staff Committee on charting a course beyond 2025.

Projects and Resources

Beyond 2025 Draft Report

The Beyond 2025 Draft Report is open for public comment from July 1–August 30, 2024. A subset of the Beyond 2025 Steering Committee will review the feedback received and revise the recommendations as appropriate. The revised draft will then be presented to the Management Board and Principals’ Staff Committee to inform their own recommendations to the Executive Council at their meeting in December 2024. Comments will be accepted via email to comments@chesapeakebay.net. Please watch The Bay Beyond 2025 webinar for more information regarding this effort.

Stakeholder and Public Engagement

Steering Committee co-chairs have proposed a strategy to enable broader stakeholder participation and public engagement in the Beyond 2025 activities. The proposal was informed by feedback received during one-on-one member meetings and from the NGO community, and released to the Management Board on August 7. The proposal is awaiting additional feedback before it is amended and presented for Management Board approval.

Revised Small Group Materials

Publications

Beyond 2025 Draft Report

Published on July 1, 2024

At its 2022 annual meeting, the Chesapeake Executive Council charged its Principals' Staff Committee to review progress toward achieving the 10 goals and 31 outcomes of the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement and make recommendations for the future of the partnership. The Chesapeake Bay Program partnership formed a Steering Committee to review, discuss and determine recommendations for Management Board and Principals’ Staff Committee consideration. These recommendations are included in the draft Beyond 2025 Report, which is open for public comment.

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Science Needs Database

This database documents the Chesapeake Bay Program's short- and long-term science needs. Needs are identified through a Strategic Science and Research Framework, integrated into the Strategy Review System process to advance efforts to achieve outcomes.

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Members
Anna Killius (Chair), Chesapeake Bay Commission
Address:
60 West Street, Unit 406
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  AKillius@chesbay.us
Phone:  410-263-3420
Martha Shimkin (Chair), Director, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 3
Address:
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21403

Email:  Shimkin.Martha@epa.gov
Phone:  (410) 267-9850
Katie Brownson, Watershed Specialist, U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
Address:
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  Katherine.Brownson@usda.gov
Jana Davis, Chesapeake Bay Trust
Address:
60 West Street, Suite 405
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  jdavis@cbtrust.org
Phone:  (410) 974-2941
Kevin DuBois, U.S. Department of the Navy
Address:
1510 Gilbert Street
Bldg N26, Room 3300
Norfolk, Virginia 23511

Email:  kevin.dubois@navy.mil
Phone:  (757) 341-0424
KC Filippino, Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
Address:
723 Woodlake Dr
Cheasapeake, Virginia 23320

Email:  kfilippino@hrpdcva.gov
Ken Hyer, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Address:
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr
Reston, Virginia 20192

Email:  kenhyer@usgs.gov
Bill Jenkins, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 3
Address:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Email:  jenkins.bill@epa.gov
Phone:  (215) 814-2911
Sarah Lane, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Address:
580 Taylor Ave
E2
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  sarah.lane@maryland.gov
Phone:  (410) 260-8788
Genevieve LaRouche, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
Address:
177 Admiral Cochrane Drive
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  Genevieve_LaRouche@fws.gov
Phone:  (410) 573-4573
Julie Lawson, Stakeholders' Advisory Committee
Address:
6548 Eastern Avenue NE
District of Columbia, District of Columbia 20012

Email:  lawson.julie@gmail.com
Phone:  (202) 347-0412
Jeff Lerner, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Address:
Washington, District of Columbia 20460

Email:  lerner.jeffrey@epa.gov
Dave Montali, Tetra Tech
Address:
601 57th St SE
Charleston, West Virginia 25304

Email:  dave.montali@tetratech.com
Phone:  (304) 414-0054 x104
Wendy O'Sullivan, National Park Service (NPS)
Address:
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  wendy_o'sullivan@nps.gov
Phone:  (202) 374-9051
Don Phillips, Town of Laurel (DE)
Address:
205 Turtle Cove
#110
Laurel, Delaware 19956

Email:  hdonpj47@gmail.com
Phone:  (443) 359-1009
Kristin Reilly, Choose Clean Water Coalition
Address:
20 Ridgely Avenue
Suite 203
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  reillyk@nwf.org
Larry Sanford, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Address:
P.O. Box 775
Cambridge, Maryland 21613

Email:  lsanford@umces.edu
Kevin Schabow, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
Address:
200 Harry S Truman Pkwy
Suite 460
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  Kevin.Schabow@noaa.gov
Phone:  (443) 223-3230
Shannon Sprague, Education Workgroup Coordinator, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
Address:
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  shannon.sprague@NOAA.GOV
Phone:  (410) 267-5664
Peter Tango, Monitoring Coordinator, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Address:
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  ptango@chesapeakebay.net
Phone:  (410) 267-9875
Leon Tillman, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Address:
339 Busch's Frontage Road, Suite 301
Annapolis, Maryland 21409

Email:  leon.tillman@usda.gov
Phone:  (443) 875-7169
Lauren Townley, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Address:
625 Broadway
Albany, New York 12233

Email:  lauren.townley@dec.ny.gov
Phone:  (518) 402-8283
Bruce Vogt, Ecosystem Science Manager, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Address:
200 Harry S. Truman Parkway Suite 460
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  Bruce.Vogt@noaa.gov
Phone:  (410) 267-5655
Travis Voyles, Virginia Office of Natural Resources
Address:
Patrick Henry Building 1111 E. Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219

Email:  travis.Voyles@governor.virginia.gov
Julia Wakeling, District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE)
Address:
1200 First St NE
Washington D.C., District of Columbia 20002

Email:  julia.wakeling@dc.gov
Jill Whitcomb, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Address:
400 Market Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101

Email:  jiwhitcomb@pa.gov
Stephen Williams, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Address:
89 Kings Highway
Dover, Delaware 19901

Email:  stephen.williams@delaware.gov