Fred Tutman

Roles: Panelist

Frederick Tutman is a grassroots community advocate for clean water in Maryland’s longest and deepest intrastate waterway and holds the title of Patuxent Riverkeeper. He lives and works on a former tobacco farm located near the Patuxent that has been his family’s ancestral home for a century. Before founding the Patuxent Riverkeeper organization, Fred spent nearly 25 years working as a media producer and consultant on assignments all over the globe, including a long stint with traditional healers in West Africa. After a late life sojourn into law school, he now teaches Environmental Law and Policy at St. Mary’s College. He is the longest serving Waterkeeper in the Chesapeake Bay region (21 years) and the only African American Waterkeeper in the U.S.

2025 Program(s):
Upstream, Downriver: Uniting For Water Justice