Stakeholders' Advisory Committee
The Stakeholders' Advisory Committee represents residents and stakeholders to the Chesapeake Bay Program.
Meetings
Stakeholders' Advisory Committee Quarterly Meeting - May 2025
Stakeholders' Advisory Committee Quarterly Meeting - September 2025
Stakeholders' Advisory Committee Quarterly Meeting - December 2025
Stakeholders' Advisory Committee Quarterly Meeting - February 2025
Stakeholders' Advisory Committee Quarterly Meeting (December 2024)
Stakeholders' Advisory Committee Quarterly Meeting (September 2024)
About
The Stakeholders' Advisory Committee works to advise the leadership of the Chesapeake Bay Program by representing the residents and stakeholders of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, advocating for transparency and accountability, engagement and education, and evaluation of restoration work.

The Stakeholders' Advisory Committee is charged with responsibility for representing residents and stakeholders of the Chesapeake Bay watershed in the restoration effort and advising the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership on all aspects of Chesapeake Bay restoration. In this role, they have been strong, vocal advocates for increased transparency and accountability, community engagement and education, and independent evaluation of the restoration work of the partnership. Members communicate with their constituencies to increase understanding of the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement and programs to restore and protect the Bay. The membership is broad-based with representatives from agricultural and homebuilding industries, business, conservation, environmental foundations, and law and civic groups. Since 1984, this group has provided a non-governmental perspective on the Bay cleanup effort and on how Chesapeake Bay Program policies and programs affect those who live and work in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
The Stakeholders' Advisory Committee is coordinated by staff at the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, which has coordinated the committee since its inception in 1984.
Projects
SAC Annual Recommendations to the Chesapeake Executive Council
CompleteThese year-end reports were delivered in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Publications
Briefing on Stakeholders' Advisory Committee
Publication date:This one-page backgrounder explains the Stakeholders' Advisory Committee's purpose, operations, priorities and more.
View document [PDF, 134.9 KB] Briefing on Stakeholders' Advisory Committee
Our Members
- Abel Olivo (Chair)
Defensores De La Cuenca abel@defensoresdelacuenca.org - David Lillard (Vice Chair)
The Downstream Project DLillard@thedownstreamproject.org - Jessica Blackburn (Coordinator)
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay jblackburn@allianceforthebay.org - Alex LoCurto (Staffer)
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay alocurto@allianceforthebay.org - John Dawes
Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds rjdawes1@pennsylvaniawatersheds.org - Andrew Der
Andrew T. Der & Associates, LLC AndrewTDer@comcast.net - Matt Ehrhart
Stakeholders' Advisory Committee mehrhart@stroudcenter.org - Bill Fink
wfink@cvff.com - Donna Harris-Aikens
Stakeholders' Advisory Committee dmha222@gmail.com - Verna Harrison
Verna Harrison Associates, LLC VHARRISON@VERNAHARRISON.COM - Chuck Herrick
Stakeholders' Advisory Committee cherrickdc@gmail.com - Bobby Hughes
Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation rhughes@epcamr.org - Ann Jurczyk
Chesapeake Bay Foundation ajurczyk@cbf.org - Hamid Karimi
hkarimi723@gmail.com - Julie Lawson
Stakeholders' Advisory Committee lawson.julie@gmail.com - Joseph Maroon
Virginia Environmental Endowment jmaroon@vee.org - Patrick McDonnell
PennFuture mcdonnell@pennfuture.org - Bill Noftsinger
Alpha Omega Wealth Management bill@aowealth.com - Kate Patton
kpattonlslt@gmail.com - Daphne Pee
Stakeholders' Advisory Committee daphne.pee@gmail.com - Vaughn Perry
Skyland Workforce Center vaughnperry28@gmail.com - Alisonya Poole
alisonya.poole@gmail.com - Sara Ramotnik
Choose Clean Water Coalition RamotnikS@nwf.org - Tim Rupli
Federal Advisory and CEO, TR Rupli, Inc. tim@rupli.com - BeKura Shabazz
First Alliance Consulting LLC firstallianceconsutling@gmail.com - Charlie Stek
Environmental Stewardship Strategies charliestek@gmail.com - Dana Wiggins
Virginia Poverty Law Center dana@vplc.org