South Haven, Lake Michigan

Join us in honoring remarkable Michiganders for their contributions in protecting the Great Lakes and Michigan’s other natural treasures.

Great Lakes Hero: Mark Schauer:

As a State Representative, Senator and a member of Congress Shauer maintained a 98 percent on Clean Water Action’s legislative scorecard.  Mark continues you to be an environmental champion for Michigan even after he has left office. Earlier this year, Schauer was named by the BlueGreen Alliance as co-chair of Jobs 21!  The BlueGreen Alliance unites the labor and environmental movements toward winning the global competition for clean energy jobs, protecting the environment, and preserving labor rights.

Great Lakes Guardian: Dave Dempsey:

Former Clean Water staffer, Dave Dempsey has helped shape conservation and Great Lakes policy for 28 years.  He is an author and co-author of five conservation books and is currently a policy advisor for the International Joint Commission.  Throughout his career, Dempsey has worked to protect the Great Lakes and Michigan's other natural resources.  He served as an environmental advisor for former Governor James Blanchard and as policy director at the Michigan Environmental Council.

Great Lakes Champion: Michelle Hurd Riddick:

Michelle Hurd Riddick is a nurse at a local Veterans Administration hospital and is a leader of the Lone Tree Council, a 32 year old grassroots environmental organization in Bay City working to tackle head-on Dow Chemical's dioxin contamination of the Saginaw Bay Watershed.  She has worked tirelessly to protect Michigan’s waters from harmful pollutants.

Clean Water Innovator: Brian Cenci

Brian is a Senior Project Engineer at Fitzgerald Henne and Associates, Inc. in Lansing. He has worked on numerous water quality projects throughout Michigan.  Most notably he was the project manager and lead designer on the Towar Rain Garden Drains project in Meridian Township, which is the largest low-impact design urban stormwater retrofit in Michigan and one of the largest in the nation. Brian has served on the Commission on the Environment for the City of East Lansing since 2004, the last four years as its Chair.

Join us!

October 11, 2011
6:00 to 8:00 pm

Hannah Community Center
819 Abbot Road
East Lansing, MI 48823

Please contact Shalen King at (517) 203-0754 if you have any questions or are interested in sponsorship opportunities.