Dr. Mahdi M. Al-Kaisi, Professor of Soil Physics, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University; American Society of Agronomy Fellow; Soil Science Society of America Fellow; and Soil and Water Conservation Society Fellow
Arthur “Butch” Blazer, former President, Mescalero Apache Tribe; former Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment; former New Mexico State Forester
Ryan Britt, Missouri farmer; National Conservation Foundation Next Generation Leadership Institute Member; President Missouri Association of Conservation Districts
Jimmy Emmons, Dewey County Commissioner, Oklahoma; No-till on the Plains Vice President; Leopold Conservation Award Winner
Joe Fox, President, National Association of State Foresters; Arkansas State Forester
James Gulliford, former Administrator, EPA Region 7; former Soil and Water Conservation Society Executive Director
Leonard Jordan, former Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Acting Chief; former NRCS Associate Chief for Conservation; former NRCS Eastern Regional Conservationist; former NRCS State Conservationist in Georgia, Washington
Cindy Lair, Colorado Department of Agriculture, Director Colorado State Conservation Board (CSCB), Conservation Services Division; former president, National Association of State Conservation Agencies
Ray McCormick, Lifelong conservationist; 2010 Indiana Master Farmer
Tim Palmer, National Association of Conservation Districts Immediate Past President; diversified farmer in South Central Iowa
Laura Wood Peterson, President, LWP Consulting
Dr. Victoria Reinhardt, Ramsey County Commissioner, St. Paul, Minnesota, National Association of Counties; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Local Government Advisory Committee; Recycling Association of Minnesota Chairwoman
Dr. Karen Waldrop, Ducks Unlimited, Inc. Chief Conservation Officer
