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Tammy Willis is the NRCS Illinois Acting State
Conservationist, headquartered in Champaign, Illinois, and has
worked for the agency for 28 years.
Tammy began her career with USDA Soil Conservation Service (now
NRCS) in 1995. She has worked in multiple states throughout her
career which has afforded her a diverse conservation experience
and knowledge.
She started as a Soil Conservationist trainee in Jonesboro,
Arkansas and continued to Freeport and Sycamore, IL. She later
moved to Wynne, Arkansas in 2003 as a District Conservationist
to continue providing technical assistance and farm bill program
delivery to farmers, livestock producers and other customers. In
2007, she was selected as an Area Resource Conservationist in
Dayton, Ohio. After four years, in 2011, Tammy became the
Assistant State Conservationist for Programs in Syracuse, NY.
For a decade, she provided leadership, guidance, and direction
for NY’s Financial Assistance and Easement Programs to internal
and external customers. In 2021, she was selected as the first
Assistant State Conservationist for Partnerships for NY. She
successfully completed the Strategic Leadership Development
Program (SLDP) through George Washington University in 2021.
During Tammy’s career she completed two Acting State
Conservationist detail opportunities: New York, 2018 and South
Carolina, 2017. In 2022, Tammy served on a detail to the new
Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Office (UAIP),
helping to establish the office in her role as the UAIP Advisory
Committee Coordinator.
Tammy and her husband of 24 years have a son and daughter.
[Aaron Patrick]
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NRCS Announces Acting State Conservationist
