Environmental Finance Center (EFC) Director Jennifer Cotting has been appointed to Maryland’s BayStat Program Scientific Advisory Panel by Gov. Wes Moore. The advisory panel oversees restoration programs for the Mid-Atlantic’s largest estuary, the Chesapeake Bay, as well as the Atlantic Coastal Bays.
“We are proud to have Jen serving in this capacity to protect our state’s most treasured natural resource,” said Dawn Jourdan, dean of the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. “Her expertise in water quality, regulations and government policy uniquely position her for this appointment.
Established in 2008 by Governor Martin O’Malley, the BayStat Subcabinet oversees BayStat, a statewide tool designed to access, coordinate and target bay restoration and health programs. Cotting will join leaders from the departments of Agriculture, Environment, Natural Resources and Planning and other scientific experts on the panel.
Cotting has over twenty years of experience working to advance local-level environmental initiatives, and is an expert community engagement, technical assistance and communications. She joined the EFC in 2004 and has served as the director since 2019.
Read more about Cotting and the EFC on her biography page.