SPEAKERS

Thank you for your interest in Maryland’s Inaugural Outdoor Recreation Summit!


We are excited to collaborate with these knowledgeable, dedicated professionals in the outdoor recreation field to provide participants with a plethora of learning opportunities at this event!

Rachael Pacella | Internal Communications Coordinator, Office of Communications Maryland Department of Natural Resources


Rachael Pacella is an award-winning journalist with more than a decade of experience writing about schools, the environment and breaking news. She has written for The (Salisbury) Daily Times, Baltimore Sun Media Group and the Capital Gazette, among others.


She was awarded a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation in 2019 along with the staff of the Capital Gazette. She was named Time magazine's 2018 Person of the Year along with staff of the Capital Gazette, Jamal Khashoggi, Maria Ressa, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.

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