Karin Stutzman-District Manager
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Karin Stutzman graduated from OSU with a post baccalaureate in Natural Resource Policy, focusing her studies around watershed management. She has worked for the District since 2011 and in January 2014 became the District Manager. Karin is responsible for overseeing all district operations, yearly budget creation and implementation, bookkeeping, public contracting, partner relationships, board development and managing staff. Her prior 17-year career in real estate and banking has developed the skills she needs to be District Manager at Polk SWCD and be a careful steward of tax payer dollars that funds district work. Karin takes pride in developing sound community relationships, and working with the citizens of Polk County to understand and foster conservation of our precious natural resources.
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Marc Bell-Senior Resource conservationist
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Marc Bell is a Resource Conservationist for the Polk SWCD since 2012, and a Senior Resource Conservationist for the Polk SWCD since 2018. His focus is on upland oak habitat restoration and water quality issues. He provides technical assistance and program opportunities for all land uses, namely, farms for Polk County landowners. Prior to working for the district he was awarded his Masters in Natural Resource Management from Oregon State University and has worked with wetlands in Washington State, Illinois, and Wisconsin for state and private agencies. He completed his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Privately, Marc advocates for and builds mountain bike trails.
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Jackson Morgan-Farm Specialist
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Jackson Morgan graduated from Texas Christian University in May of 2017, with a degree in Applied Geoscience and minors in Energy Management & Technology and Geography. Jackson was born and raised on a small farm in Oregon that focused on Scottish Highland cattle, forestry, and orchards. He is excited to work with a variety of small farms, farmers, and land owners to assist them in meeting their goals using best practices for long-term environmental land planning.
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Hayley White-Agriculture Program Coordinator
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Hayley White is the Agriculture Outreach Program Coordinator serving the Small Farms Program in Polk and Marion counties. She is working for both Oregon State University Extension and the Polk Soil & Water Conservation District in a unique collaboration forged to bring on a new small farms program agent in Polk and Marion counties with more of an outreach focus.
A 2016 graduate of Montana State University, White majored in agriculture relations, a program tailored for grooming Extension agents. She most recently worked as an agriculture investigator for the Idaho Department of Agriculture. “I am thrilled to get back to Oregon and immerse myself in the great diversity of agriculture in the Willamette Valley." |
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