Strategic Engagement Team

The Strategic Engagement Team (SET) was formed to address increased capacity needs within goal implementation teams and workgroups around communications, social science, local government and stewardship.

An aerial view of boat docks and local marinas bordered by a wooded landscape.
Boat docks and marinas line Broad Creek in Deltaville, Virginia, on June 15, 2023. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program with aerial support from Southwings)

Upcoming Meetings

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Scope and Purpose

The Strategic Engagement Team (SET) provides goal implementation teams and workgroups with guidance and assistance when developing and/or implementing actions and activities that advance their outcomes. The team is made of experts in communications, outreach, stewardship, local engagement and social science.

Publications

Members
Rachel Felver (Chair), Director of Communications, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Address:
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  rfelver@chesapeakebay.net
Phone:  (410) 267-5740
Amy Handen (Vice Chair), Local Implementation Programs Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Address:
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  handen.amy@epa.gov
Phone:  (410) 267-5793
Marisa Baldine (Coordinator), Outreach Specialist, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Address:
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  mbaldine@chesapeakebay.net
Bianca Martinez Penn (Staffer), Communications Staffer, Chesapeake Research Consortium
Address:
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  bmartinezpenn@chesapeakebay.net
Greg Barranco, Government Affairs, Partnerships Team Lead, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Address:
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  barranco.greg@epa.gov
Phone:  (410) 267-5778
Laura Cattell Noll, Local Government Advisory Committee Coordinator, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Address:
841 Flory Mill Rd
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601

Email:  lnoll@allianceforthebay.org
Phone:  (443) 949-0575
Jeremy Hanson, Coordinator, Water Quality Goal Implementation Team, Chesapeake Research Consortium
Address:
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  hansonj@chesapeake.org
Phone:  (410) 267-5753
Kristin Saunders, Cross Program Coordinator, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Address:
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  ksaunders@umces.edu
Phone:  (410) 267-5711
Britt Slattery, Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team Coordinator, National Park Service (NPS)
Address:
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  Britt_Slattery@nps.gov