Annual General Meeting - November 22, 2026

Andy Lacatell is a conservation consultant and owner of Saltwater Consulting RVA, LLC. For the past three years, Andy has been working with various conservation groups toward protecting and restoring lands and waters in Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia and Kentucky. Andy is a currently a contractor to Chesapeake Conservancy, an organization committed to helping to preserve Dragon Run. Prior to Saltwater, Andy was the Virginia Chesapeake Bay Director at The Nature Conservancy for more than 22 years and worked to protect more than 50,000 acres of lands in the Chesapeake Bay, mostly in the Rappahannock and Dragon Run watersheds. He also facilitated the Piankatank Oyster Restoration project downstream of the Dragon. That project is the largest shellfish restoration project in the world.  Andy is alumnus of the University of Richmond and holds two graduate degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University. Andy was the Assistant Director of the Center for Environmental Studies and started his environmental career at the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. Andy lives in Richmond and most days you'll find him on the James River or trying to play music.