Jason Waskey is the CEO of Blue Crab Strategies, a consulting firm that develops approaches for some of the most impactful players in the global transition to a clean energy economy and the fight against climate change.

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Waskey has spent his career developing and leading efforts that empower individuals and organizations to collectively enact change. He is a strategic leader, organization builder, and coalition developer with experience on local, state, national and global stages.

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A Maryland native, he learned to respect and care for the region’s unmatched natural environment as a Boy Scout, which instilled in him a lifelong passion for stewarding the planet and safeguarding it for future generations. His childhood was marked with hikes in the Appalachians, exploring the woods and streams near his home in Harford County, and fishing on the Chesapeake Bay with his grandfather, parents, and brothers. He’s interested in preparing the Chesapeake region for the effects of climate change, readying the adaptation and resilience needed to protect our ecosystem and its inhabitants.

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He started his career as an organizer of people volunteering on grassroots political campaigns while studying at the University of Maryland, College Park. He went on to work in the Maryland State House for both the executive and legislative branches, and took an early role in the Obama for America campaign in 2007. That led to over 10 years of involvement in the Obama movement in various roles at the state and national levels.

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Waskey is the founder and current board member of Civic Nation, a national 501(c)(3) that uses organizing, engagement, and public awareness to address some of our nation’s most pressing challenges.

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A passionate outdoorsman who loves hiking, camping, and sailing, when not outside, you can find Waskey with his nose in a book or rooting for his beloved Terps and Ravens. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Elena, and their hound dog, Otis, and spends weekends growing food on a small-scale regenerative farm in the Shenandoah Valley.

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