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N e w s l e t t e r
January 2019
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INTRODUCING NEW EFC STAFF
EFC is pleased to welcome the following new staff to the organization as we begin an exciting new year:
Michelle joined EFC as a Program Manager in December. Her work will focus on water quality and community engagement. She has spent her entire career developing restoration, outreach, and education programming focused on cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Prior to joining EFC, Michelle was the Director of Programs & Operations at Rock Creek Conservancy, where she oversaw all of the Conservancy's restoration programming. She also served as the Anacostia Watershed Manager at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and the Watershed Restoration Manager at the James River Association. Michelle received her M.S. in Biology from Old Dominion University and her B.S in Biology from Susquehanna University.
 Jennifer Egan
Jennifer joined EFC as a Program Manager in January. She has worked as a professional geologist and principal scientist on multidisciplinary water resource projects and research. She provides technical and regulatory expertise, project planning and design with a focus on cost-effective and sustainable solutions. Her experience includes working with stakeholders to provide holistic watershed management, planning, and research; hydrologic and hydraulic modeling; wetland delineation; stream and wetland design and mitigation; permitting and legal expertise; flood and stormwater project analysis and design, including climate resiliency research. Prior to joining EFC, Jennifer was a Principal Scientist at Skelly and Loy, an engineering-environmental consulting firm serving the Mid-Atlantic region.
Stephanie Dalke
Stephanie joined EFC as a Program Manager in January.
She spent the last several years at the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, where she worked on a variety of projects in the Delaware River basin. These included climate adaptation planning, source water and open space prioritization, forest management, Farm Bill programs, communication about the value of natural infrastructure and ecosystem services, and implementing a pilot drinking water source protection fund for the Delaware River watershed. Prior to the Institute, she managed the Coral Reef Conservation Fund and marine mammal programs at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, where she also administered a variety of grants across the western U.S. She earned her Masters degree from the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan. Originally from Oklahoma, she earned a Bachelor of Music in oboe performance with a Minor in environmental studies from the University of Illinois.
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EFC RECEIVES NFWF GRANTS FOR STORMWATER WORK IN PA AND DE
 In December, the
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation announced a new round of grants from the
Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund. The fund is dedicated to helping local communities clean up and restore their polluted rivers and streams. The Environmental Finance Center was awarded two grants focused on stormwater management - one to work with communities in the Oxford Region of southwestern Chester County in Pennsylvania and the other in the Nanticoke River watershed in Sussex County in Delaware. Both communities include municipalities new to the urban stormwater permit program as well as significant areas of rural and agricultural land uses. The year-long projects will help the communities analyze their existing programs to see what's working, what's not working and what is missing by taking a deep dive into demographic, land use, and programmatic outcome information. The EFC will develop action strategies for each community, while also comparing and contrasting the experiences in each of the two communities.
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EFC STAFF ATTEND NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE STATES NETWORK CONVENING
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Dazzle Ekblad of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, a member of the Sustainable States Network
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EFC staff, representing the Sustainable Maryland program, participated in the third national convening of the Sustainable States Network, held at the Bolger Center in Potomac, MD in December. Participating states included California, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Network working groups include shared data energy infrastructure, equity issues, and federal/state partnerships. Presentations included "Embedding Equity in Our Work", "Regenerative Development", "Accelerating Program Impacts", and "Education, Training, and Outreach Programs". To learn more about the network, contact infoN2S2O@gmail.com
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EFC RECEIVES TWO STORMWATER OUTREACH GRANTS FROM CHESAPEAKE BAY TRUST
 EFC recently received funding from the Chesapeake Bay Trust to continue our work promoting the stormwater resources of Prince George's County and Montgomery County. In Prince George's, EFC staff will be engaging municipalities led by Maryland Black Mayors and engaging their elected officials and staff about the range of funding and other incentives that are available to their residents. In Montgomery County, EFC staff will continue previously funded work with homeowners and civic associations to create a basic Stormwater Action Plan for their communities, and also to provide an outreach plan and materials that will help connect residents with the County's stormwater resources.
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FOLLOW EFC ON SOCIAL MEDIA
 You can follow EFC and some of our programs on social media: EFC is on Twitter @EFCUMD, Sustainable Maryland is on Facebook, and the Municipal Online Stormwater Center (MOST) is on Twitter @TheMOSTCenter
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The Environmental Finance Center's
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