Wednesday, June 11, 2025
6:00-8:30 PM
The Falcon, 1348 Rte 9W, Marlboro, NY
The Hudson River Watershed Alliance will hold our annual celebration of the Watershed WaveMaker awardees and the outstanding efforts of all watershed volunteers on Wednesday, June 11.
The event will start at 6 pm, with live music, hot and cold appetizers, and opportunities to connect with attendees on the deck overlooking the waterfalls of the Lattintown Creek. Each ticket includes one complementary drink, with a cash bar to follow. The awards ceremony will run from 6:45-7:45 pm, and include a presentation of the Watershed WaveMaker awards and panel discussion with this year’s awardees. At 7:45 pm, we’ll have another set of live music and more time for conversations and connecting. The WaveMaker Awards Benefit will feature live music from the Broken Heartstrings Trio, who perform traditional and postmodern Django-style jazz manouche.
The WaveMaker Awards Benefit is an opportunity to celebrate our WaveMaker awardees, the vast network of rivers and streams that flow to the Hudson River, and the communities that work to protect them. These rivers, streams, and communities are all part of the Hudson River watershed. The benefit helps raise critical funds for the Hudson River Watershed Alliance to continue to unite and empower communities to protect our shared waters.
Congratulations to the 2025 Watershed WaveMakers!
2025 Watershed WaveMakers, from left to right: Beth Roessler, John Gebhards, Groundwork Hudson Valley, and Kate Meierdiercks.
Each year, the Hudson River Watershed Alliance recognizes Watershed WaveMaker awardees from a variety of backgrounds to represent the diversity of successful watershed work in the region. This year, we’re honoring the work of:
Beth Roessler from the Hudson River Estuary Program: in recognition of Beth’s leadership of the Trees for Tribs program to protect and restore healthy vegetated buffers along rivers and streams. Since 2011, Beth has led planting projects at 322 sites, working with almost 8,000 local volunteers to plant over 56,700 trees, shrubs, and live stakes along rivers and streams throughout the Hudson River estuary watershed.
John Gebhards from the Quassaick Creek Watershed Alliance: in recognition of John’s 30+ years of leadership to protect open space and clean water in Orange County and the Quassaick Creek watershed. As John steps down from his long-time role as Executive Director of the Quassaick Creek Watershed Alliance, we recognize the significant impact that he has had, both locally and regionally.
Groundwork Hudson Valley from Yonkers: in recognition of Groundwork Hudson Valley‘s inspiring, community-centered work across all program areas, including improving the Saw Mill River watershed, supporting climate and flood resilience in Yonkers, developing youth leadership and career opportunities, and more.
Kate Meierdiercks from Siena College: in recognition of Kate’s collaborative work to improve watershed science and coordination across the region, provide valuable opportunities for students, as well as her leadership as an outgoing Hudson River Watershed Alliance board member after over 9 years of volunteer service.
Check out more photos from the 2024 event on our Flikr photo album here. All photos by Ava Battinelli.
Sponsor the WaveMaker Awards Benefit
This event is made possible through the generosity of our sponsors. Your sponsorship helps fund the program and enables more of our hard-working volunteers to attend and be recognized. More broadly, your support allows us to provide more direct assistance to watershed groups, convene communities to support flood resilience, develop innovative educational programming, and equip our new watershed workspace in Kingston. Learn more about the work of the Hudson River Watershed Alliance through our 2024 Annual Report.
More information on sponsorship opportunities is available on the slide deck here.
The form on the page below can be used for sponsorship payments via credit card. If you prefer to mail a check, please follow the instructions on the WaveMaker Sponsor Form. We will follow up with you by email to confirm the person/people who will be attending the WaveMaker Awards Benefit.
Thank You to our Sponsors
Watershed Sponsors
River Sponsors
Anne & Fred Osborn III / The EASTER Foundation
Gordon & Svenson LLP
Creek Sponsors
CDPHP
Delaware Engineering, DPC
Nelson, Pope & Voorhis, LLC
Riverkeeper
SLR Consulting
Strong Outcomes, LLC
Brook Sponsors
Adams Fairacre Farms
Common Ground Consulting, LLC
Hudson River Valley Greenway
Planning4Places, LLC
Quassaick Creek Watershed Alliance
Wallkill River Watershed Alliance
Water Action Compliance Assistance and Planning
If you are not able to attend the WaveMaker Awards Benefit, you can support the Hudson River Watershed Alliance by donating on our secure website here.