Steering Committee

The Coalition's Steering Committee is made up of 18 local, state, and national nonprofit organizations that span the entire Chesapeake Bay watershed. 

Steering Committee members and Coalition staff gathered at James River Association’s HQ in Richmond, VA, September 2024.

Request for Interest: Choose Clean Water Coalition Steering Committee Members

Since 2009, the Choose Clean Water Coalition has worked to harness the collective power of more than 300 local, regional, and national organizations to advocate for healthy communities, habitats and clean water across the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Made up of 20 Coalition member organizations, the Coalition’s Steering Committee plays an integral role in ensuring the Coalition stays connected to the needs of our members and helps set the direction of the Coalitions work through its strategic plan. In collaboration with the Coalition staff, the Steering Committee helps to identify opportunities and threats to our work, and works together on policy priorities, fundraising strategies, and good governance guidance.

The Coalition is seeking two Coalition member organizations to fill two open seats on our Steering Committee. Please review the full Request for Interest here and submit your interest form here. Deadline is Monday, June 9 at 5pm.

Being a member of the Coalition’s Steering Committee is an opportunity to not only be more involved in the Coalition, but to help guide and determine the priorities and direction of the Coalition.

Members of the Coalition’s Steering Committee

  • Have a more formal leadership role within the Coalition.

  • Provide more guidance and direction on the content and implementation of the Coalition’s Strategic Plan and policy priorities

  • Be more engaged on federal policy issues and opportunities impacting the Chesapeake watershed

  • Collaborate and connect with other nonprofit organizations and environmental/conservation leaders within the Coalition membership and beyond

  • Provide knowledge, resources and expertise from different perspectives within the Coalition’s broad membership.

If you have questions, please contact the Coalition’s director, Kristin Reilly, reillyk@nwf.org.

Choose Clean Water Coalition Steering Committee Members