Hilary Swartwood joined the Chesapeake Research Consortium in 2019, as staff to the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Water Quality GIT. Currently, Hilary supports the Watershed Technical, Wastewater Treatment, and Toxic Contaminant Workgroups.

She graduated from the University of Buffalo in 2014 with her Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies with a minor in Geography. Hilary then pursued her graduate degrees at SUNY-ESF and Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs where she graduated in 2016 with a duel master’s degree in Environmental Studies and Public Administration. During her undergraduate career, Hilary ran Division I Cross Country and Track and Field while also participating in internships with New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation and the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens. Her environmental studies graduate work includes participating in the Great South Woods, Adirondack State Park Recreation Planning Project and aiding in the research and publishing of a book chapter titled: Wildlife Conservation as a Public Benefit: The Public Trust Doctrine and the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. As part of her public administration capstone, Hilary and four others worked with NASA on developing outreach strategies for the next phase of the Mission to Mars.

Prior to her work with the CRC, Hilary was the Tasting Room Manager and occasional Assistant Winemaker of Lamoreaux Landing Wine Cellars and the co-leader of the certified Hector Presbyterian Church Earth Care Team. Hilary recently moved to Annapolis from the Finger Lakes, where she grew up. When not working at CRC, Hilary enjoys going wine tasting, running on trails, reading as many books as possible, watching baseball, and baking pies.