TNC Happy Hour!
We headed to Equinox restaurant at Farragut Square for The Nature Conservancy's Generation Conservation Happy Hour. We snapped the Institute for Market Transformation's Lenny Kolstad with conservationist Justin Lindenberg, National Wildlife Federation's Taran Catania and TNC supporter Anne Law.
Generation Conservation is organized by the Maryland/DC Chapter, which is committed to stopping stormwater runoff pollution. Here, US Forest Service's Jim Beck, USDA Natural Resource Conservationist Kari Cohen and NetHope's Peter Hage.
TNC's Kate Arion and the evening's speaker, TNC's NatureVest Program Manager Maheen Qureshi. NatureVest is a division of the Nature Conservancy focused on impact investing and broadening the types of investment in its conservation programs.
Donations supported the Maryland/DC Chapter of the Nature Conservancy's work to restore DC's urban tree canopy. Here, Trees For The Future's Matthew Eide with Communications Strategy Group's Liz Gossens.
Guests enjoyed a wine & beer happy hour as well as delicious flatbreads. Here, Landscape Architect Foundation's Amanda Shull, Enterprise Community Loan Fund's Megan Marsick, marine conservationist Anna Kilponen and Abt Associates' Jeffrey Wong.
