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Celebrating Women in Conservation

03/28/2018

PennFuture has announced the winners of the Fourth annual Celebrating Women in Conservation Awards. The winners will be celebrated at an April 19 awards event at the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia.

The winners are:

Lifetime Achievement in Conservation

This award celebrates the lifetime accomplishments of a remarkable woman who has made a difference by devoting significant parts of her life to protecting and enhancing southeastern Pennsylvania’s natural greatness and for her tireless dedication to environmental advocacy. Nominees should have at least dedicated 25 years of work to conservation in southeastern Pennsylvania.

Dulcie F. Flaharty, for leadership in land conservation. She recently retired from Natural Lands and formerly served as executive director at Montgomery County Lands Trust

Katie McGinty, for years of leadership in nation and state environmental policy-making as the former secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

Elizabeth Hill Robinson, for leadership as executive director of the Philadelphia Solar Energy Association, founder of the Energy Coordinating Agency, and co-founder of the Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance

Delaware River Watershed

This award honors an individual who has made a positive impact on water quality in the Delaware River Watershed. Her water quality work may include, but is not limited to, wildlife impacts, macroinvertebrates, land protection, stream buffers, bank rehabilitation, agriculture, water quality studies, and environmental policy.

Jaclyn Rhoads, Darby Creek Valley Association, Friends of the Heinz Refuge and Pinelands Preservation Alliance

Maya K. van Rossum, Delaware RiverKeeper Network

Environmental Justice

This award honors an individual who has devoted her time and energy to defending those who have been the most disproportionately and negatively affected by pollution. This individual has proven to be a voice for those who may not otherwise be heard, and actively advocates for environmental laws and policies to improve the lives of others in Pennsylvania.

Rep. Donna Bullock (D-Philadelphia)

Climate and Renewable Energy

This award honors an individual who has dedicated herself to educating her community about sustainability and environmental policy. She is admired in her southeastern Pennsylvania community for her passionate commitment to environmental awareness and to educating students and the public.

Christina Simeone, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, University of Pennsylvania

Community Engagement and Environmental Education

This award honors an individual who has dedicated herself to educating her community about sustainability and environmental policy. She is admired in her southeastern Pennsylvania community for her passionate commitment to environmental awareness and to educating students and the public.

Joanne Douglas, environmental artist and educator in Philadelphia

Gail Farmer, Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association

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