Jeff Corbin has spent the last 30 years working to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay.

He is currently the lead for all-things-living-shoreline in Virginia and Maryland for the Native Shorelines Team at the Davey Tree Expert Company.

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Prior to being acquired by the Davey Company in 2022, since 2016, Corbin was the director of environmental policy and water markets for Restoration Systems (RS). In his role at RS, he was responsible for expanding the company's visibility in water quality markets across a multi-state region.

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Prior to joining RS, he served two EPA Administrators as senior advisor for the Chesapeake Bay and Anacostia River for six years. He coordinated all aspects of the agency's Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts in that role. He served as the chief liaison among the Office of the Administrator and numerous federal, state and local agencies and organizations. While at EPA, Corbin was an avid and outspoken advocate for the use of market-based conservation approaches.

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From 2006-2009, Corbin served Virginia Governor Tim Kaine as his assistant secretary of natural resources and worked with the Commonwealth's six natural resource agencies. Corbin's responsibilities involved many different aspects of protecting and restoring Virginia's natural resources, including water, air, fisheries and land issues.

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Before working for Governor Kaine, he served as the Virginia deputy director and senior scientist for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation for nine years. During that time, he was an outspoken advocate for environmental protection throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed. His duties involved various aspects of science, policy, education, legislation, advocacy and media relations.

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Corbin obtained a B.S. in marine science from the University of South Carolina and an M.S. in oceanography from the University of Rhode Island. He lives in Goochland, Virginia, with his wife Delaine.

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