Audubon’s Jennifer Pitt Honored with Leadership Award for Colorado River Work
Water Education Colorado bestows award to Coloradan who has a body of work in the field of water resources benefiting the Colorado public.
Audubon’s Colorado River Program Director Jennifer Pitt will receive an award for her leadership on the Colorado River this weekend. Water Education Colorado named her the 2019 recipient of the Diane Hoppe Leadership award (see here).
This is an annual award bestowed on a Coloradan who has a body of work in the field of water resources benefiting the Colorado public; strong reputation among peers; commitment to balanced and accurate information; among other qualities.
In particular, Dan Luecke, one of the organization’s board members commented on Pitt’s leadership on the United States–Mexico collaboration to restore the long-desiccated Colorado River Delta.
“Jennifer is imaginative, committed, quick, and fearless,” Luecke said. “What she and her bi-national colleagues have accomplished is awe inspiring. It was clear, almost from the beginning, that she was going to make a difference. There are few like her.”
Pitt is the first recipient who works for a conservation NGO. Other recent notable recipients include former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, who is now running for President, and Eric Kuhn, recently retired from the role of general manager of the Colorado River Water Conservation District.
The award reception will be May 3. For those in the Denver area, tickets can be purchased here.
Jennifer is a key part of Audubon’s Western Water team. To read Jennifer’s bio, visit: https://www.audubon.org/content/jennifer-pitt.