Texas LAND•Summer 2017

CONTRIBUTORS
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1 FARM CREDIT BANK OF TEXAS, headquartered in Austin, Texas, is a
cooperatively owned wholesale bank that is part of the nationwide Farm
Credit System. Their mission is to enhance the quality of life in rural America
by using cooperative principles to provide competitive credit and superior
service to their customers. Find out more at FarmCreditBank.com.
2 JANNELE FEARS, a native Texan, is co-owner of RJ Free Lance Writing
with her husband Robert. Since childhood, she has loved animals of
all kinds and has a deep appreciation of nature’s ecosystems and their
functions. Janelle spent two years as administrative assistant for the
Range Science Department at Utah State University where she worked
with five professors in developing research reports and lesson plans.
Her professional writing includes articles for Texas Wildlife Magazine and
newsletters for various charitable and political organizations. She coauthors
various articles for beef cattle and forage magazines and edits
everything produced by RJ Free Lance Writing. While Robert traveled
extensively on business, she raised two daughters and then later joined
her husband in international travel. Janelle is the proud grandmother of one
granddaughter and four grandsons.
3 ROBERT FEARS was raised in Texas where he worked as a cowboy on
various ranches during high school and undergraduate studies. He holds a
BS degree in agricultural sciences from Sam Houston State University and
a MS in Range Ecology from Utah State University. Robert spent two years
as livestock manager for the Government of Guam and 33 years in product
development for Dow AgroSciences. After retirement from Dow, he chaired
the Williamson County Appraisal Review for six years and developed
a freelance writing business with his wife, Janelle. The couple writes
magazine and newsletter articles, product literature and web material.
4 DR. CHARLES GILLILAND currently holds an appointment as a Research
Economist with the Real Estate Center in the Mays School and an
appointment as Adjunct Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics at
Texas A&M University. In addition, Dr. Gilliland is a Helen and O.N. Mitchell
Fellow of Real Estate and a Clinical Professor of Finance teaching real estate
investment analysis for the Master of Real Estate program in the Mays
School at Texas A&M University.
5 IRWIN GREENSTEIN is the publisher of Shotgun Life, the first online
magazine dedicated to the best in wing and clays shooting.
6 KRISTIN LEWIS HAWKINS works for Texas and Southwestern Cattle
Raisers Association (TSCRA) as web content manager and editor of The
Cattleman Update, a daily cattle industry newsletter. She also writes
columns, articles and feature stories for The Cattleman magazine, TSCRA’s
monthly publication. Kristin has been with TSCRA for 18 years, starting as
receptionist and moving to the communications department in 2007. Kristin
is a sixth-generation Texan with deep roots in agriculture. She has one
daughter, Amy, and lives in Fort Worth.
7 SHOTGUN LIFE is the first online magazine devoted to the great people
who participate in the shotgun sports. Their goal is to provide you with the
best coverage in wing and clays shooting. That includes places to shoot,
ways to improve your shooting and the latest new products. Everything
you need to know about the shotgun sports is a mouse-click away. That’s
because Shotgun Life is your dynamic resource for the most current and
useful information as it becomes available. Shotgun Life is free, and you can
see it at ShotgunLife.com.
8 GREG SIMONS received a B.S. degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
in 1987 from Texas A&M University and soon after formed Wildlife
Systems, Inc., a company that currently manages hunting operations on
over 800,000 acres of private land in Texas and New Mexico. He is also
co-owner of Wildlife Consultants, LLC, providing technical assistance to
landowners and other entities on habitat management and other wildliferelated
issues. Greg served as President of Texas Wildlife Association
through July 2015.
9 TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN CATTLE RAISERS ASSOCIATION
(TSCRA) offers a broad range of services, including law enforcement,
government and public affairs, insurance services, industry news and
information on best practices, educational programs, and discounts for
ranching supplies and related services to members and the industry.
10 JENNI WINEGARNER is the business manager and marketing director for
Amarillo-based Legacy Land Auctions. Legacy Land Auctions specializes
in providing full-service marketing of premier farm and ranch real estate
across Texas and beyond. Jenni has previously worked for a national beef
industry trade association in Washington, D.C. and managed the political
operations for a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Raised in
the registered Angus cattle business, Jenni is a third-generation producer
residing with her husband and two young children near Canyon, Texas.
11 LORIE A. WOODWARD has worked as a writer and public relations
practitioner exploring the intersection of agriculture, natural resources
and public policy for almost 30 years. Her career, which has included
stints in the public and private sector, has taken her across the
country and around the world, where she has been enthralled by the
people of the land and their stories. She is the president of Woodward
Communications and co-owner of The Round Top Register, a regional
magazine focused on life in the rolling bluebonnet hills of central Texas
where country meets city. Woodward was reared on a ranch near
Lexington, Texas, but now makes her home in San Angelo with her two
children, Kate and Will.
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