Bay Nature Local Hero Awards Dinner 2017

 The Tide Is Turning: Celebrating San Francisco Bay and Our Local Conservation Heroes
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Keynote Speaker: Sam Schuchat, California State Coastal Conservancy
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                                                       *The Bay Nature Local Hero Awards*                                                                   ~2017 Award Winners~

                                   CONSERVATION ACTION: David Lewis, Save The Bay


                                   ENVIRONMENTAL  EDUCATION: Rebecca Johnson & Alison Young, California Academy of Sciences Citizen Science Program

                                   YOUTH ENGAGEMENT: Uriel Hernandez, Canopy


Hors d'oeuvres Reception | Hosted BarSilent & Live Auctions | Full-course Dinner
Individual Sponsors Lee Ballance & Mary Selkirk
Louis Berlot & Joyce Cutler
Barbara Bessey
Bob & Kim Carroll
Christopher & Kathryn Dann
Catherine Fox
Marilyn & Nat Goldhaber
Jorgen Hildebrandt
Harriet & Robert Jakovina
Ron & Sandy Linder
Andrea Mackenzie & Jenni Martin
Mia Monroe
Maryann Rainey
Sara Sanderson & Eric Weaver
Sam Schuchat
Don Weden
Bart & Nancy Westcott
Organizational Sponsors
Conservation Strategy Group
East Bay Municipal Utility District
East Bay Regional Park District
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
Google
Greenbelt Alliance
March Conservation Fund
Mechanics Bank
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority
Santa Clara Valley Water District
Save The Bay
Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP
Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation & Open Space District
Sonoma County Water Agency
Union Bank Foundation
In-Kind SponsorsClif Family WineryCommerce Printing Hafner VineyardsKermit Lynch Wine Merchant

Honorary CommitteeSteve Abbors, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Barbara Boxer, U.S. Senate (retired)
Deb Callahan, Bay Area Open Space Council
Grant Davis, Sonoma County Water Agency
Robert E. Doyle, East Bay Regional Park District
Anna Eshoo, U.S. House of Representatives
Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senate
Larry Goldzband, Bay Conservation and Development Commission
José González, Latino Outdoors
Jared Huffman, U.S. House of Representatives
Amy Hutzel, Coastal Conservancy
Barbara Lee, U.S. House of Representatives
Zoe Lofgren, U.S. House of Representatives
Andrea Mackenzie, Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority
Dave Pine, San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
Joe Simitian, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
Nancy Skinner, California State Senate
Jim Wunderman, Bay Area Council

 * list as of 1/19/2016 $175 per person
Proceeds support Bay Nature Institute's work connecting people to Bay Area nature.
For more information on sponsorship, go to http://baynature.org/dinnersponsorship/