Summer 2016

TEXAS LAND / Contributors
JACQUI DAVIE At the core of Jacqui
Davie’s business practices in a passionate
commitment to serving ranchers and
Agribusiness owners throughout Texas,
Oklahoma, and Louisiana. She employs a
client-centric approach to addressing the
estate and succession issues that face
these business owners today. Jacqui’s
strength is creating objective and customized
financial plans that help provide her
clients with an enhanced sense of security
regarding their future, as well as the future
of their family and the operation. Jacqui is
currently the President of the Texas Coastal
CattleWomen’s Association, as well as an
active member of the Texas & Southwestern
Cattle Raiser’s Association, Texas Longhorn
Breeders Gulf Coast Association, and Texas
Longhorn Breeders of America Association.
She was a featured speaker on the topic
Legacy Planning for Landowners at the 2014
Beltwide Cotton Conference.
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 our customers. Find out
more at FarmCreditBank.com.
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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.
SAMANTHA FOX develops data for
Ponderosa Advisors, LLC, a boutique natural
resources information and analytics firm
based in Denver, Colorado. Ponderosa’s
water expertise fuels Water Sage, a webbased
research and analysis portal for
land and water now available in several
Western US states, as well as water and
land consulting services. Samantha also
writes about the social, economic, legal,
and cultural significance of scarce water in
the West. She holds a Bachelor of Science
in Engineering Physics from the Colorado
School of Mines.
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
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.
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 wildlife-related
issues. Greg served as President of Texas
Wildlife Association through July 2015.
LORIE 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.