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CONTRIBUTORS<br />
LORIE A. WOODWARD<br />
Lorie has worked as a writer and public relations<br />
practitioner exploring the intersection of agriculture,<br />
natural resources and public policy for almost 30<br />
years. Her career, which has included stints in the<br />
public and private sector, has taken her across<br />
the country and around the world, where she has<br />
been enthralled by the people of the land and<br />
their stories. She is the president of Woodward<br />
Communications and co-owner of The Round<br />
Top Register, a regional<br />
magazine focused on life<br />
in the rolling bluebonnet<br />
hills of central Texas<br />
where country meets city.<br />
Woodward was reared on<br />
a ranch near Lexington,<br />
Texas, but now makes her<br />
home in Brenham, Texas,<br />
with her two children, Kate<br />
and Will.<br />
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Farm<br />
Credit Bank of Texas is a cooperatively<br />
owned wholesale bank that is part of the<br />
nationwide Farm Credit System. Their<br />
mission is to enhance the quality of life in<br />
rural America by using cooperative principles<br />
to provide competitive credit and superior<br />
service to their customers. Find out more at<br />
FarmCreditBank.com.related issues.<br />
DR. CHARLES<br />
GILLILAND<br />
HARLAN RAY<br />
GREG SIMONS<br />
Dr. Gilliland currently<br />
holds an appointment<br />
as a Research<br />
Economist with the<br />
Real Estate Center<br />
in the Mays School<br />
and an appointment<br />
as Adjunct<br />
Associate Professor<br />
of Agricultural<br />
Economics at Texas<br />
A&M University. In addition, Dr. Gilliland is a<br />
Helen and O.N. Mitchell Fellow of Real Estate<br />
and a Clinical Professor of Finance teaching<br />
real estate investment analysis for the Master<br />
of Real Estate program in the Mays School at<br />
Texas A&M University.<br />
Harlan Ray is a broker at Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s Ranch<br />
and Land Division. Ray and his business partner started<br />
Burgher-Ray Ranch Sales a little over three years ago as<br />
a premier full service ranch brokerage team working in<br />
the Dallas-Fort Worth area and surrounding markets. In<br />
his spare time, Ray enjoys traveling with his wife Melissa,<br />
going to Baylor football games, fly fishing and team roping.<br />
He is on the advisory council and a founding member of<br />
the Stewards of the Wild Dallas Chapter and serves on the<br />
board of Camp John Marc. Ray and his wife currently live in<br />
Dallas with their border collie Gracie.<br />
Greg received a B.S. degree in Wildlife and Fisheries<br />
Sciences in 1987 from Texas A&M University and soon after<br />
formed Wildlife Systems, Inc., a company that currently<br />
manages hunting operations on over 800,000 acres of<br />
private land in Texas and New Mexico. He is also co-owner<br />
of Wildlife Consultants, LLC, providing technical assistance<br />
to landowners and other entities on habitat management<br />
and other wildlife-related issues. Greg served as President<br />
of Texas<br />
Wildlife<br />
Association<br />
through July<br />
2015.<br />
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