Our company continues to support the educational aspirations of employees’ children through our Chesapeake Aspiring Scholars program. For 2016, we were pleased to honor 10 students as our Aspiring Scholars. Our Aspiring Scholars were recognized with scholarships to attend accredited colleges or universities or post-accredited education technical schools.

“AS THESE REMARKABLE STUDENTS PREPARE FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF THEIR JOURNEY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING THEM REACH THEIR ASPIRATIONS.”

— Elaine Bittner, Senior Vice President of Strategic Development

“Each of our employees is valuable to our organization and our success as a Company is driven by our employees’ dedication, hard work and continuous demonstration of our brand values, all while operating as a unified team,” said Mike McMasters, President and CEO. “As our employees are important to our Company, so are their families. The Chesapeake Aspiring Scholars program is one way our Company continues to work toward providing an organizational culture of aspiring and caring.”

“All scholarship recipients exhibited academic excellence, hard work and leadership while actively involved in extracurricular activities and their communities,” said Elaine Bittner, Senior Vice President of Strategic Development. “As these remarkable students prepare for the next phase of their journey, we look forward to helping them reach their aspirations. I wish each of our Aspiring Scholars success!”

A special thank you to our selection committee including: Elaine Bittner, Senior Vice President of Strategic Development; Sydney Davis, External Communications Manager; Al Gallo, Managing Director of PESCO; Andy Hesson, Director, Operations; Lisa Klotz, Financial Analysis and Services Manager; Danielle Mulligan, Marketing Manager; Bill O’Brien, Associate General Counsel; and Melanie Ryder, Communications Project Manager.