2024 ReFED Food Waste Solutions Summit

Allison Colden is the Maryland Executive Director for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF). She provides strategic vision and leadership for policy initiatives at the local and state level to achieve ambitious Bay restoration goals. Previously, as CBF's Maryland Senior Fisheries Scientist, she developed the Foundation’s state and federal fisheries policy initiatives and provided technical expertise and consultation for the organization’s oyster restoration program. Before joining CBF, Allison served as the Senior Manager of External Affairs for Restore America’s Estuaries where she managed coalition strategy and initiatives in support of advancing coastal habitat restoration. She also served as a 2015 NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Legislative Fellow in the office of Congressman Mike Thompson. Allison holds a B.S. in Biology with a concentration in Ecological Conservation from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. in Fisheries Science from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.