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Explore the latest clean water news from around the region. Plus, find media contacts in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C.

CBF Staff

Meet the Media Relations Team

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  • Marketing & Communications

    Kenny Fletcher

    Director of Communications and Media Relations, Virginia & Federal Media Contact

  • Valerie DiMarzio.
    Marketing & Communications

    Valerie DiMarzio

    Maryland Communications & Media Relations Manager

  • David Sherfinski.
    Marketing & Communications

    David Sherfinski

    Virginia Communications & Media Relations Manager

  • Executive Leadership

    Rob Beach

    Vice President for Marketing and Communications

  • Alex Johnson.
    Marketing & Communications

    Alex Johnson

    Pennsylvania Communications & Media Relations Manager

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  • Press Statement

    The Chesapeake Bay Program this week released its latest modeling on clean-up efforts, which showed significant declines in pollutants entering the Bay between 2009 and 2025.

  • Press Statement

    Facing persistent warning signs for menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) today advanced a proposal that could cut the Bay’s industrial menhaden harvest by up to half.

    David Sherfinski
  • Press Statement

    CBF urged the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to set meaningful targets to reduce harmful chemical discharges under a stormwater permit for Richmond International Airport.

    David Sherfinski
  • Press Statement

    After years-long legal battle, environmental partners urge state to step up on stormwater runoff—Maryland's fastest growing pollution source.

    Valerie DiMarzio
  • Press Release

    More than three in four voters support keeping Maryland’s oyster sanctuaries protected, despite state and federal efforts that threaten to open these reefs to harvest, according to polling data released today by CBF.

    Valerie DiMarzio
  • Press Statement

    DEQ found that the Virginia Coastal Plain (VCP) aquifer system, which roughly covers the portion of the Commonwealth that stretches from Interstate 95 to the Chesapeake Bay, is stressed to the point where groundwater resources would be unlikely to support significant future growth or economic development in much of eastern Virginia.

    David Sherfinski
  • Press Statement

    New legislation introduced today by Virginia Senator Mark Warner would require large data centers to publicly report their energy and water usage, emissions, and backup power generation.

    David Sherfinski
  • Press Statement

    Pennsylvania legislators passed a state budget over the weekend that proposed stronger requirements for applying noxious food waste to farm fields and required data centers to report water and energy use.

    Alex Johnson
  • Press Statement

    A U.S. House committee advanced bipartisan legislation today supporting Chesapeake Bay science, restoration, and education work at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Chesapeake Bay Office.

    Kenny Fletcher
  • Press Release

    Conservation groups are pushing the City of Virginia Beach and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to minimize environmental threats by prioritizing nature-based solutions as they weigh a proposed storm surge barrier project at the Lynnhaven Inlet near the southernmost part of the Chesapeake Bay.

    David Sherfinski

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