Kristen Greenaway, President of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Kristen Greenaway, President of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, will be honored at the 11th annual National Maritime Awards Dinner at the National Press Club on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington on Wednesday evening, April 27, 2022. Ms. Greenaway is the first Maritime Museum CEO to be so honored.
The Dinner is the singular national event in the United States to honor the leaders of the global maritime heritage community. It draws leaders from across the country – Senators and Congressmen; boat builders and designers; maritime artists and authors; maritime industry executives; sea explorers and yachtmen; military sea services leaders; and maritime educators. Kristen will join a Pantheon of maritime leaders honored in the past. They are as diverse as broadcasting icon Walter Cronkite; America’s Cup winner Ted Turner; National Book Award recipient Nathaniel Philbrick; First Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge; HRH Princess Anne, The Princess Royal; Senator John Warner; environmentalist David Rockefeller, Jr.; maritime artist John Stobart; Titanic discoverer and oceanographer Dr. Robert Ballard; and institutions such as the United States Naval Academy and National Geographic Society.
Dinner Founding Chairman Philip J. Webster of St. Michaels said “Kristen will be honored for the remarkable contributions she has made to the maritime museum community, not only as a transformative CEO and President of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, but also for her global initiatives that have enriched maritime museums internationally. She has stressed the importance of museums taking a leadership role to better serve their communities, and conservation efforts necessary to save the world’s oceans and waterways.”
Ms. Greenaway will be honored with fellow honoreesLonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and Dr. David F. Winkler, Naval Historian, author and teacher. The program will feature the U.S. Combined Sea ServicesColor Guard and the United States Coast Guard Academy Cadet Chorale; America’s Ambassador of Sailing and America’s Cup winner Gary Jobson will be the Master of Ceremonies; a video highlighting Kristen’s life and contributions to maritime education will premiere; and there will be appearances by many notables including Kristen Greenaway’saward presenterRosemary Banks, Ambassador of New Zealand to the United States; and VADM Sean Buck, Superintendent of the US Naval Academy.
The National Maritime Awards Dinner raises funds for the sponsoring National Maritime Historical Society’s (NMHS) and the National Maritime Alliance’s advocacy efforts to raise funds from the United States Congress under the National Maritime Heritage Act’s grants program for maritime heritage organizations, ranging from maritime museums and nautical education programs to maritime historical sites and exhibition ships. The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is a prior recipient of a resulting Congressional appropriation.
To learn more about the National Maritime Awards Dinner and to register to attend, visit www,seahistory.org/2022or contact NMHS Vice President Wendy Paggiotta at [email protected] or 914-737-7878, ext. 557
Carolyn Wasdyke says
I was delighted to read this “good news” story about Kristen receiving this prestigious award. Indeed, through her maritime expertise and team building initiatives she has made a significant contribution to our Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum as well as to the community of St Michaels!
barney kastel says
Kristen deserves to be honored in this way for all she has done and continues to do for the museum and community. Thanks Kristen.
Totch Hartge says
This is outstanding for Kristen and CBMM, and our whole community. Very fitting honor from this really wonderful organization. She is the real deal with her deep ocean sailing background, and kayaking too!
How did we get so lucky to have her here?
Totch Hartge
Easton
Michael Estrella says
Many of us have already expressed our sincere congratulations to Kristen on this well deserved honor. The business community as well as town residents have let her know how proud we are of her and how happy we are that she is here with us.
I am sure that once the local town governing body ( the cosm ) finishes climbing out of the latest hole they have dug for themselves, they will find the time to express congratulations from the whole town.