Brown named State?s new Conservationist

Brown has most recently served as Deputy Chief for Management in Washington, DC for the USDA-NRCS. While in DC, he has served as Associate Deputy Chief for Management, Director of the Financial Assistance Programs Division, and Director of the Easement Programs Division. Before serving in Washington, Brown was Ohio?s State Conservationist for five years.

In August 2003, Brown was honored to be selected to participate in the Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program and completed SES certification in September 2004.

Previously, he served as Deputy State Conservationist with NRCS in Alexandria, Louisiana, and has held various positions throughout his 30 year Federal career. This includes three years serving as the liaison to the NRCS Land and Water 201 Project with the Tennessee Valley Authority in Muscle Shoals, Alabama; Area Conservationist in the Panhandle of Florida; and as District Conservationist in four locations in his home state of Tennessee. Brown returns to Tennessee to replace James W. Ford who served as Tennessee?s State Conservationist from 1997 until his retirement in January 2007.