Experience the Estuary Celebration 2014

Life on the Estuary 5:00 Reception 6:30 Dinner buffet served 7:15 Welcome - Jennifer Adkins, Executive Director, PDE Remarks - John Brady, CEO Independence Seaport Museum Presentation of the Delaware Estuary Jonathan Sharp Award - Kevin Donnelly, Chair of the PDE Board of Directors, New Castle Conservation District Concluding remarks - Jennifer Adkins 7:45 Live auction with Auctioneer Eric Lienhard The raffle will be drawn following the Live Auction 7:55 Dessert and coffee stations opened 8:15 Silent auction bidding closes and check out begins.

The Menu Passed Hors d'Oeuvres: Crispy Philly Cheese Steak Spring Roll, Turkey Dijon Sliders, Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes, and Wild Mushroom Tartlet

Oyster Station

Buffet: Salmon and Fennel Cakes with Lemon Caper Cream, Chicken Torcello, Penne Pasta with White Wine, Baby Spinach, Nicoise Olives & Roasted Tomatoes, Mini Margherita Panini, Classic Caesar Salad, Sug- ar Snap Pea & Julienne Carrot Salad, Assorted Sliced Hearty Breads, Breadsticks and Crisps

Dessert Stations: Assorted Cookies, Bars and Brownies, Coffee, Decaffeinated Coffee and Tea The Delaware Estuary Jonathan Sharp Lifetime Achievement Award The Delaware Estuary Jonathan Sharp Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes people for advancing science and management of the Delaware Estuary and River Basin. Recipients are rare individuals who have exhibited the following qualities over their career, leading to significant improvement of the Delaware Estuary’s ecosystem:

 Discovery – Lifelong contributions to knowledge base  Translational – Applying science to address problems, bridging sectors  Service – Hard work and dynamic participation in collaborations and work groups  Respected – Considered a trusted expert to turn to for peer review and advice  Leader – A pioneer who has taught, trained, or otherwise created a path for current and future generations of environmental professionals

In 2014, Carol Collier became a senior advisor for watershed management and policy at The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in . Prior to this she spent over 15 years as executive director of the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC). In this role she helped protect the entire non-tidal Delaware River through a DRBC program called Special Protection Waters, and she helped clean-up the Lower Delaware by steering a cleanup plan for its PCBs. Likewise, she served on the Partnership for the Delaware Estu- ary’s Steering Committee. This is an eight-member group of city, state, and federal leaders who decide the nonprofit’s priorities. Collier was the committee’s one mainstay as her counterparts came and went. This allowed the PDE to benefit from her expertise as a regional planner, which harkens back over three decades. That is when she began her career at BCM Environ- mental Engineers and, later, the Department of Environmental Protection. Collier grew to love estuaries through her studies with Dr. Ruth Patrick.

Robert Tudor retired in 2014 after 13 years as deputy director of the Delaware River Basin Commission. During this time he helped craft two plans that will influence the for generations. These involve the long-term management of water throughout the basin and sediment (mud) in the basin’s lower half, or the region draining to the Delaware River estuary. Prior to that he spent over two decades at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, where he rose to the position of deputy commissioner. It was during this time that he spent three years as director of the Delaware Estuary Program. This required him to involve the public while drafting a long-term management plan for the estuary. This led to the formation of the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, a cause he continues to champion. It also fostered his appreciation for wetlands, leading to his involvement in New Jersey’s Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act of 1987. Tudor went on to help develop this law’s regulations the following year, as well as supervise the programs that followed. Silent Auction Bidding Procedures

Bidding will begin at 5:00 p.m.

1. A bid sheet will be located near each auction item. When placing a bid, please fill in your name, email or phone number and bid amount.

2. Minimum bid increments vary from item to item and are listed on each bid sheet. Each time you raise the bid, you must raise it by at least this amount.

3. Bidding will end at 8:15 pm. An announcement will be made 15 minutes before the closing of the silent auction.

4. At 8:15 pm, the highest “winning” bid on each bid sheet will be marked with a highlighter. If your name is highlighted, please pick up your bid sheet(s) and item(s) and proceed to checkout. If you are unable to carry the items you’ve won, please bring your bid sheet(s) to the checkout table and we will have someone assist you with your item(s).

5. If your bid sheet has a white card stapled to it, your item includes a gift certificate that you will pick up at checkout.

6. The Partnership for the Dela- ware Estuary will accept cash, checks, American Express, Visa, MasterCard, or Discover for pay- ment.

The Signposts Across the Estuary are available for individual pur- chase at the end of the evening. Designed by Dee Ross, they Special Live Auction Offerings

The following items will be auctioned off via Live Auction around 7:45 pm. Eric Lienhard will return again to serve as our Auctioneer. 1. Case of Wine from Moore Brothers. Donated by Rob Goldman. 2. Framed Benjamin Franklin Bridge Print. Donated by Charles Lawrence. 3. VIP Tickets to 2014 Taping of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver in NYC. Donated by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. 4. Brewer for the Day Experience for 2 at Saucony Creek Brewery in Kutztown, PA. Donated by Saucony Creek Brewery. 5. 4 Tickets to a Philadelphia 76ers Game in the Generation Suite (Jan. 7th, 2015 game, food & beverage included.) Donated by Exelon Power.

2014 Raffle — GoPro Camera!

Purchase a raffle ticket during the reception and dinner to win a GoPro Camera and support PDE’s science, education, and outreach programs! Thank You to Our 2014 Sponsors

Gold

Silver Kleinfelder

Bronze (Corporate) AKRF, Inc. HDR Aqua America, Inc. Logan Generating Plant & Atlantic Manko, Gold, Katcher City Electric, PHI Companies & Fox LLP Greeley and Hansen Urban Engineers, Inc. Hazen and Sawyer

Bronze (Government/Nonprofit) Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control New Castle Conservation District Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia Regional Port Authority Philadelphia Water Department Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences Beverage Cardno Artesian Water Company Delaware River Basin Commission Hazen and Sawyer

Centerpiece RT Environmental Services, Inc.

Cocktail Reception Carneys Point Generating Plant The Wellynn Group

Design and Printing Frank McShane Gross Graphics Services

Entertainment Integra Technologies Wheelabrator Gloucester Company, LP

Silent Auction Delaware City Refinery

Friends of the Estuary Delaware Center for the Inland Bays Delaware River Basin Commission Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Maurice River Township The Nature Conservancy Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Pennsylvania Environmental Council Pennsylvania Sea Grant University of Delaware Water Resources Agency Thanks to our Silent Auction Donors

1812 Productions The Melting Pot of Wilmington, DE Adventure Aquarium Moore Brothers Wine Company Bellevue Special Events Morey's Piers Brandywine Conservancy New Life Thrift Shop Brandywine Prime Newark Natural Foods Seafood & Chops Cooperative Bucks County River Country NHL Enterprises, L.P. Camden RiverSharks Northbrook Canoe Cape May-Lewes Ferry OPERA Delaware Andy Cloud Otter Box Priscilla Cole The Oyster House Senator Chris Coons Painted Stave Distilling Tom Davidock Peco's Liquors Delaware Art Museum Philadelphia Eagles Delaware Museum of Philadelphia Flyers Natural History Philadelphia Museum of Art Roy E. Denmark, Jr. Philadelphia Phillies Robert Dobbs Philadelphia Rock Gyms Kevin Donnelly Nick Plianthos Dover International Speedway Rainbow Dinner Theater Eastern State Penitentiary Jocelyn Robinson Tom Ei Sari Rothrock Exelon Power Renee Searfoss Friend of the Estuary Saucony Creek Brewing Company Rob Goldman Leo Sewell The Grand Opera House Sidney Frank Importing Company Hazen and Sawyer David Small Debbie & Clay Heaton Southwest Airlines Inc. Elizabeth Horsey Bruce Stutz Kalmar Nyckel Foundation Twin Lakes Brewing Company Kathy Klein Julie Varner Alison Kraus Victory Brewing Company Kimberly Long Whitewater Farm Bed & Breakfast Last Week Tonight with Whole Foods, Glen Mills John Oliver Wilmington & Western Railroad Congressman Frank LoBiondo Wilmington Blue Rocks Charles J. Lawrence, P.E. Fred Wood Eric Lienhard Lisa Wool Longwood Gardens Thanks to our Volunteers and Contributors!

2014 Events Committee Roy Denmark Judi Jeffers Dan Martin Bob Dobbs Eric Lienhard

The following friends and supporters of PDE have kindly donated their time and expertise in helping to prepare for this event:

Cassandra Castillo A very special thanks to Eric Calvin Davenger Lienhard, a former PDE Board Joanne Dahme Member and auctioneer! Roy Denmark Bob Dobbs Oyster donations Kevin Donnelly provided by: Shannon Freeman Atlantic Cape Fisheries, Inc. Ann Faulds Bivalve Packing Company Marc Gold Vic Guidice Locally brewed Doug Janiec beer donated by: Judi Jeffers Saucony Creek Jerry Kauffman Brewing Company Alison Kraus Sly Fox Beer Lisa Lindsey Victory Brewing Company Kim Long Yards Brewing Company Dan Martin Frank McShane Our special thanks to Brûlée Tom O’Connor Catering and the Independence Jamie Png Seaport Museum for helping to Scott Schwartz make this a night a success! Kelly Somers Buoy Artists

The amazing creations from our eleven buoy artists are available for purchase through the Silent Auction. Each is a unique work of art.

Proceeds from their sale will benefit PDE Science, education, and out- reach programs.

Thank you to these amazing artists who donated their time to create each of these pieces:

Jessie Buckner Taylor Collins Shakti & Yazmina Harris Ann Baker Horsey Susan Johnston Alison Kraus Joanne Rufft Dee Ross Terri Slack Kirsten Teel Marianne Walch

Special Thanks to the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary’s 2014 Board of Directors Elizabeth R. Archer Gerald J. Kauffman Joanne Dahme Allison Kraus Calvin M. Davenger, Jr. Ginny Kreitler Roy E. Denmark, Jr. Lisa Lindsey Robert K. Dobbs, Jr. Kimberly Long Kevin C. Donnelly Thomas J. O’Connor Tom Ei Joni L. Powell Ann Faulds Scott J. Schwarz Victor J. Giudice David Jay Velinsky Marc E. Gold Douglas Janiec

Partnership for the Delaware Estuary’s Staff

Jennifer Adkins, Coordinator of Individual Gifts Executive Director Danielle Kreeger, Science Director Shaun Bailey, Marketing Joshua Moody, & Communications Coordinator Restoration Coordinator Melissa Bittner, Angela Padeletti, Program Specialist Senior Coordinator, Science Kurt Cheng, Science Fellow Dee Ross, Priscilla Cole, Data Watershed Program Coordinator Management Specialist II Sari Rothrock, Tom Davidock, Senior Watershed Program Specialist Coordinator, SAN Virginia Vassalotti, SAN Fellow Dee Durham, Gus Wolfe, Director Coordinator of Grants of Finance and Operations LeeAnn Haaf, Wetland Specialist Lisa Wool, Programs Director Beth Haas, Office Manager Debbie Heaton, Director of Development Elizabeth Horsey, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary 110 South Poplar Street, Suite 202 Wilmington DE 19801 302-655-4990

The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary (PDE), a National Estuary Program, leads science-based and collaborative efforts to improve the tidal Delaware River and Bay, which spans Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

PDE values… Science – using science as an objective basis for decision- making and holistic action. Collaboration – working together across sectors and jurisdic- tions to set common goals, share responsibility for actions, and achieve powerful results. Innovation – combining science and forward-looking creativity to develop and implement new and better tools, projects, and programs. Balance – taking into account the many different values of the living and working river to maximize engagement and steward- ship of a diversity of stakeholders with integrity and objectivity. Strategic Investment – identifying and pursuing opportunities with the greatest potential net impact.

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