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The Southern Maryland RC&D staff team includes one Federal employee from the Natural Resources Conservation Service, a full-time Office Associate employed by the Board of Directors and two project-funded contractors working closely with our partners. Click here to view our Board of Directors | | Natural Resources Conservation Service Staff |
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 Buddy Bowling Gilbert "Buddy" Bowling, Jr. serves as the Southern Maryland RC&D Coordinator. His previous assignments included serving as Special Assistant to the Maryland Secretary of Agriculture, Executive Director of the Maryland Agricultural Commission, as well as the Department's Public Outreach Coordinator. Buddy also served as the Agricultural Administrator/Environmental Planner with the Charles County Government/County Planning and Growth Management Department, working on agricultural preservation initiatives and other environmental programs. Holds a Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture/Agronomy from the University of Maryland, and is a third generation farmer. Has developed a passion for emergency management/homeland security after performing agricultural field assessments following the La Plata tornado and served as the Co-Coordinator of the Center for Agrosecurity and Emergency Management. Contact Buddy | | Southern Maryland RC&D Staff |
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Denitra Brawner  Denitra Brawner is Southern Maryland RC&D’s Office Associate. A native of Charles County, Denitra comes from a large family of ten children. Denitra first came to Southern Maryland RC&D in 1992, while still a high school student, through a program called Maryland’s Tomorrow. Since then, Denitra has continued to grow and learn from her experience with the RC&D. The work has been challenging and Denitra’s efforts have been much appreciated. Contact Denitra
| Franklin Holley  Franklin Holley is Southern Maryland RC&D’s Program Officer. She serves as a program facilitator and liaison between our projects, our communities, and our Board of Directors. Franklin has a Master’s Degree from the University of California, Davis in International Agricultural Development, and her focus has always been on community and rural development. Franklin has experience in Cooperative Extension programming in nutrition and consumer education with low-income families and schools in East Tennessee, has served as a volunteer with Heifer International to provide education about worldwide hunger and poverty and sustainable development, and has extensive experience working with and researching sustainable development and agricultural production in Latin America, namely in Ecuador and Costa Rica. Originally from East Tennessee, Franklin is excited to be back on the East Coast and part of the Southern Maryland RC&D team since June 2009. Contact Franklin
| | Les Vough 
Dr. Les Vough, a University and Extension Specialist with over 20 years of forage agronomy experience in Maryland, is the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative Coalition's Grazing Specialist, providing Maryland's farming community with forage agronomist technical assistance to prepare and implement grazing plans. Dr. Vough also works with NRCS and the National Plants Material Center in Beltsville with the Forage Variety Evaluation Trials and Simulated Grazing Growth Curve Development projects. Dr. Vough holds a Bachelor's Degree in Agronomy from Pennsylvania State University, a Master's Degree in Agronomy from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. in Agronomy from Purdue University. |
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