Join us for a short and snappy virtual update on another good year of great work for rivers!

From 4:30 – 5:15 PM, hear an update on another good year of great work for rivers. Members will be given the opportunity to vote electronically in the election of new Trustees.

The Annual Meeting is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

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Can’t make it? Members may vote on the slate of board nominees at the Annual Meeting or by proxy. You may exercise your proxy by clicking here.

Annual Meeting Agenda

• Welcome and introductions of Trustees
• Determination of a quorum
• Nomination of new Trustees for election by the membership
• Finance and program report to the membership
• Thank you to our departing Trustees

Nominated Slate of Trustees, to serve for a 3-year term:

Justin Beatty: Justin is a father, small business owner, cultural educator, and artist. He is an alumnus of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst with a B.A. with a concentration in “Indigenous Policy, Culture, & Art”, a degree created through the University Without Walls program. He is also a powwow singer & emcee. As a cultural educator, his experiences as a person of Ojibwe, Saponi, and African-American descent have led his work to be focused on presenting accurate and culturally appropriate information to the general public. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Social Distance Powwow, a non-profit cultural organization with 299,000 members in 100+ countries around the world.

Tim Lewis: Tim retired from a long career in manufacturing, working at three different companies, each one smaller than the one before. He is President of Great Meadows Conservation Trust, protecting and preserving vital flood plain wetlands and farmland along the Connecticut River in Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Glastonbury. An avid paddler, and a former whitewater canoe racer, he enjoys multi-day canoe camping trips, preferably off the grid, and has paddled the Connecticut River source to sea.

Nicole Pollard: Nicole is a Director of Learning & Development at MassMutual. Since joining MassMutual in 2014, she has held various roles in case management and underwriting, with a specific focus on integrating industry-leading technology and data science into MassMutual’s algorithmic underwriting models. Prior to joining MassMutual, Nicole was a tenured professor of various college-level health science courses and currently teaches at Westfield State University. Nicole received her Master’s in Physiology and her Doctorate in Health Administration with a concentration in quality analytics.

Note to members:

CRC’s by-laws provide that “[M]members may also place trustee candidates into nomination by presenting a nominating petition signed by at least twenty-five (25) Members in good standing to the Secretary within 30 days of the delivery of the note of the Annual Meeting.” Such petitions should be received by June 3 via email to Ellen Mutter, emutter@ctriver.org

Who is a member?

CRC was established in 1952 as a member-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Members are those individuals who have made a financial contribution in any amount over the past fiscal year (July 1, 2021 – today).