2016 Taste of the Chesapeake SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Thursday, September 15, 2016 5:30–9:00 p.m.

Rooftop Conference Center The Belcher Pavilion Anne Arundel Medical Center Annapolis, Maryland

Join us as we celebrate our 45th Anniversary, honor our Environmental Leadership Award winners, and raise funds to support our Bay restoration work. For more info go to:allianceforthebay.org/taste-sponsor

Celebrating the BayThe Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay annual gala, the Taste of the Chesapeake , recognizes environmental leadership, showcases our work for Bay restoration and helps raise critical funds to support our projects across the Chesapeake.

The Taste is a hallmark celebration of local food, drink, music, and our partnerships! We are excited to offer unique benefits and opportunities for special recognition for our Taste sponsors.

Together, we will get the job done!The Alliance has been trusted nonprofit focused on leading, supporting and inspiring local action to restore and protect the lands and waters that ultimately determine the health of the Chesapeake Bay.

We deliver innovative and collaborative programs like Chesapeake Forests, Project Clean Stream, and Businesses for the Bay.

Our programs plant trees, clean up local streams and rivers, conserve forests, reduce stormwater pollution, build environmental stewardship, and educate and support our many diverse partners including local communities, governments, and businesses in their environmental projects.

Sponsorship LevelsCornerstone

$20,000Platinum$10,000

Diamond$7,500

Gold$5,000

Silver$2,500

Bronze$1,000

Friend$500

Opportunity to make welcoming remarks to guests at the Taste ·Signage at the Taste Cornerstone

SignagePlatinum Signage

Diamond Signage

Gold Signage

Unique Sustainability Spotlight at the Taste · · · ·Recognition in all 2016 Taste printed materials · · · · ·Recognition in the 2017 Alliance Calendar · · · · ·Recognition On Our Website · · · · · ·Recognition in the 2016 Taste Printed Program · · · · · · ·Tickets to the 2016 Taste of the Chesapeake 15 Priority 12 Priority 10 Priority 8 Priority 6 4 2

Everyone has an important role to play in improving the water quality of the Bay, its streams and rivers. Your Taste sponsorship supports the Alliance’s restoration work in local communities throughout the Chesapeake watershed.

Please consider becoming a 2016 Taste sponsor.

You can complete your sponsorship and learn more about the Taste and Alliance online at allianceforthebay.org/taste-sponsor or call: Mary-Angela Hardwick at 443.949.0575.

Become a Taste Sponsor!

// Platinum SponsorsDominion Resources

Arthur W. Perdue Foundation

// Gold SponsorsAltria Group, Inc.

Robert W. Baird Company/Brian PennChesapeake Center for Excellence

Host Hotel & Resorts, Inc.Luckstone Ecosystems

Mid-Atlantic Dairy AssociationSmithfield Foods

David and Jennifer TroyDavid R. Watt, M.D.

Biegel Waller Tax Advisory Services Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Greenvest/Doug LashleyChris and Joanne Hamilton

Donald Kohn

Louis Berger GroupMOM’s Organic Market

Edward Ricciardelli, M.D. Spilman, Thomas & Battle, PLLCStraughan Environmental, Inc. Donald and Deborah Tsusaki

All4 Inc. Anderson, Davis & Associates Bartlett

Tree ExpertsAlex Beehler

Bert Jabin Yacht YardThe BoatYard Bar & Grill/Dick Franyo Chesapeake Boating Club Chesapeake

Legal AllianceNancy Dodge

Delmarva Financial GroupPeter FaustAndrea Field

R. Scott FoslerGAI Consultants

Green Trust Alliance Inc. Gunpowder Valley Conservancy

Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake

IronmarkJohn Shorb Landscaping

Landis Landscape Design, LLCLandStudies, Inc.

Mary Helen MorganMartin and Henriette Poretsky

Merrill Lynch for George Glatfelter IIM&T Bank

Marstel-Day, LLCStephen Pattison

Robert PaulCeleste Regan and Sam Smith

Rodgers Consulting Teresa Todd, Architect

Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc.

// Diamond SponsorsConstellation Energy Group

// Silver SponsorsMary C. Barber

Detweiler Enterprises, Inc.Keith Campbell Foundation for the

Environment

// Bronze Sponsors

// Friend Sponsors

// In-Kind SponsorsRedHead Companies Spinsheet Magazine Sheraton Annapolis Signs for Tomorrow

TriState Marine

2015 Taste of the Chesapeake Sponsors