District Manager 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Nancy Metcalf-District Conservationist

 

 

Deborah Minnich-District Secretary

Debbie has worked for the Queen Anne's Soil Conservation District since October 1994.  She enjoys assisting the public and keeping the office running smoothly. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald Dawkins-Soil Conservation Technician

Donald started working for the USDA Soil Conservation Service in 1956 in Kent County, Maryland after attending Goldey Beacom College.  He moved to the Queen Anne's District office in 1959 and worked for NRCS until he retired from federal service in 1994.  At that time, Donald began working part-time for Queen Anne's Soil Conservation District as a Queen Anne's County employee. 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas Bramble-Soil Conservation Technician

Tommy started working for QASCD in 1980 as a county employee.  In 1985, he was hired as a Soil Conservation Planner for Talbot Soil Conservation District.  In 1989, he returned to QASCD to work as a Soil Conservation Planner to write Complete Conservation Plans for farms in the Critical Area.  In 1999, he began working as a Soil Conservation Technician.  Tommy and his family operate a Polled Hereford farm near Queen Anne, MD.  He is also a director of the Maryland Hereford Association. 

 

 

 

Matthew Yoash-Soil Conservation Technician

Matt started working for Caroline Soil Conservation District as a Soil Conservation Technician in 1979.  He came to work for Queen Anne's Soil Conservation District in 1988 as a Soil Conservation Technician. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sharon Calisto-Soil Conservationist

Sharon joined the Queen Anne's Soil Conservation District as a Soil Conservationist for NRCS in 2002.  Previously, she worked for MDA as a Conservation Planner in Prince George's County.  Sharon graduated from the University of Maryland at College Park in 1994 with a B.S. in General Agriculture. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alison Howard- Soil Conservation Assistant

Alison Howard, Soil Conservation Assistant, works with the Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program (WHIP), Transition to Organic, sediment control and outreach and education programs including the Envirothon program. She is a member of the LEAD Maryland Class V and an organic vegetable and grain farmer in Queen Anne’s County.

 

 

 

 

 

Rebecca Briggs-Soil Conservationist

Rebecca graduated from the University of Maryland at College Park in 2003 with a B.S. in Natural Resource Sciences.  While in college, she interned with the USDA National Plant Materials Center in Beltsville, MD and Queen Anne's Soil Conservation District.  She started working as a Maryland Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Planner in 2005 for Anne Arundel SCD, and joined Queen Anne's SCD in 2007.  In August of 2010, she became a Soil Conservationist for NRCS.

 

 

 

Carrie Jennings-Soil Conservation Planner

 

Carrie joined the Queen Anne's Soil Conservation District as a MDA Soil Conservation Planner in 2001.  She graduated from Virginia Tech with a B.S. in Environmental Policy and Planning with a background in Forestry. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Katie Starr-Soil Conservation Planner

Katie joined Queen Anne's Soil Conservation District in July of 2006 as a Grant Planner for the Corsica watershed. She was hired as a permanent MDA Soil Conservation Planner in May of 2007. She graduated from the University of Maryland in 2004 with a B.S. in General Agriculture with a background in Animal Science.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Sarah Harris- Administrative Assistant

                        Sarah worked next door at Farm Service Agency for 2 years and now works in the District Office as an assistant for both NRCS and District programs. 

 

 Jen Nelson-

 

 

 

Dale Foxwell-