Annemarie Ford
Annemarie is an environmental scientist focused on water quality and aquatic resource restoration. She brings over a decade of experience in natural resource management, primarily within the Chesapeake Bay watershed, applying a practical, systems-based approach to restoration planning and implementation.
Since joining Ecosystem Services in 2015, her role has progressed from fieldwork to full lifecycle project management. As Director of Environmental Science, she leads technical teams and oversees internal systems to ensure projects are delivered efficiently, consistently, and in alignment with regulatory and performance objectives.
Her work centers on projects that produce measurable improvements to water quality, landscapes, and the communities they support. She leads stream and wetland restoration, watershed planning, and revegetation efforts for private landowners, mitigation bank sponsors, and grant-funded initiatives. Her approach emphasizes process-based restoration that restores ecological function and is designed to adapt over time to changing site conditions.
Education • Training • Certification
- M.S. Environmental Science & Planning, Johns Hopkins University
- B.A. Major Government/Minor Environmental Science, College of William & Mary
- Rosgen Level I: Applied Fluvial Geomorphology
- Rosgen Level II: River Morphology & Applications
- DEQ Combined Erosion and Sediment Control Inspector/Stormwater Inspector
- Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) Wetland Delineation Training
- NC State University – Stream Morphology Assessment & Aquatic Insect Taxonomy
- NC Division of Water Resource (DWR) Surface Water Identification Training
- Certified Virginia Pesticide Technician