SR 26 — Commending Margaret L. Sanner.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24100892D I SENATE RESOLUTION NO.

26 OfferedE February 1, 2024 N Commending Margaret L.

TN Patron––HashmiAgreed to by the Senate, February 8, 2024 R ––––––––––O WHEREAS, Margaret L.

Sanner, an accomplished attorney and nonprofit executive, recently retired from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, a regional nonprofit organization dedicated to saving the DL ChesapeakeCheWHEREAS, BayMargaret through"Peggy" environmentalSanner advocacy,received restoration,her law degree from Rutgers University and education;also L holds graduate and undergraduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and Swarthmore College, E respectively;

and WHEREAS, MargaretPeggy "Peggy"Sanner is a member of the Virginia State Bar and has practiced before state and D fedWHEREAS, Peggy Sanner receivedbegan her law degreecareer fromin RutgersPhiladelphia Universityat andMorgan, alsoLewis U& holdsBockius graduateLLP and undergraduateserved degreesmost fromrecently theas Universitycounsel ofwith PennsylvaniaReed andSmith SwarthmoreLLP ColCege,in respectively;Richmond;

and federal courts, agencies, and boards on key legal and policy issues;

andracticed before state aEd WHEREAS, Peggy Sanner began her law career in Philadelphia at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP D and served most recently as counsel with Reed Smith LLP in Richmond;

she has played a pivotal role in building partnerships and advancing legislative and regulatory policy in the Commonwealth during her 13 years working at the organization;

andlative and regulatory policy in the Commonwealth during her S WHEREAS, Peggy Sanner has educated members of the General Assembly, countless members of R various gubernatorial administrations, staff at numerous state agencies, decision makers, and the genEral public about water quality and habitat issues throughout her tenure at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation;eralFoundation;R andandWHEREAS, R WHEREAS, highlights that were spearheaded by Peggy Sanner include accelerating fencing cattle out of streams, banning phosphorus from lawn fertilizer, establishing a comprehensive nutrient trading program, expanding tree cover, securing additional wastewater treatment plant upgrades, and transferring menhaden fishery management from the General Assembly to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission;ComWHEREAS, Peggy Sanner has been a leading advocate for the environmental community in the development and maturation of the Commonwealth's clean water regulatory programs, including improving and protecting wetland preservation and mitigation policies, advocating for effective implementation and enforcement of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act, and ensuring stormwater and eroWHEREAS, Peggy Sanner regularly appeared before the State Water Control Board to prevent harmful projects like the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and Fones Cliff development and to hold Clean Water Act permittees accountable;

andshe WHEREAS, Peggy Sanner has beenalso aled leadingcollaborative advocateefforts forto theensure environmentalhistoric communitylevels inof thefunding improving and protecting wetland preservation and mitigation policies, advocating for effectivestate implementationclean-water andprograms enforcementto ofreduce thepollution Chesapeakefrom Baywastewater, Preservationstormwater, Act, and ensuringagriculture; stormwater and erosion and sediment control programs are backed by the best available science;

and WHEREAS, Peggy Sanner regularlyhas appearedoverseen before the StateChesapeake WaterBay ControlFoundation's Boardrestoration toprograms preventin :thousands of trees and millions of native oysters;

35andector, harmfulincluding projectsfacilitating likethe plantings of WHEREAS, Peggy Sanner has led efforts to educate residents of the AtlanticCommonwealth Coastfor Pipelinemore than years and Fonesis Cliffdedicated developmentto increasing knowledge about the restoration and toprotection holdof Cleanthe WaterChesapeake 36Bay, Acta permitteesnational accountable;treasure and one of the Commonwealth's greatest natural resources;

shenow, hastheRESOLVED alsoby ledthe collaborativeSenate efforts to ensure historic levels of fundingVirginia, forThat /Margaret 37L. state clean-water programs to reduce pollution from wastewater, stormwater, and agriculture;

and 38 WHEREAS, Peggy Sanner has overseen the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's restoration programs in thousands of trees and millions of native oysters;

andector, including facilitating the plantings of WHEREAS, Peggy Sanner has led efforts to educate residents of the Commonwealth for more than 13 years and is dedicated to increasing knowledge about the restoration and protection of the Chesapeake Bay, a national treasure and one of the Commonwealth's greatest natural resources;

now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, That Margaret L.

and, be it presentationRESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for of outstanding public service to Margaretthe L.Commonwealth and the Chesapeake Bay and gratitude for her finecareer work to advance restoration and protection of both the Chesapeake Bay and the Commonwealth's rivers and streams.

Sanner as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's admiration for her career of outstanding public service to the Commonwealth and the Chesapeake Bay and gratitude for her fine work to advance restoration and protection of both the Chesapeake Bay and the Commonwealth's rivers and streams.