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Mark joined AFT in August 2019, bringing his experience in agronomy, soil health, and soil and water conservation. In his role as Agronomist and Program Manager for the national Climate and Soil Health Team, Mark leads the soil health systems adoption workstream for our row crop-focused Partnership for Climate Smart Commodities Partnership project. He previously served as the Farming for Cleaner Water Program Manager on the Agricultural Conservation Innovations team at AFT. Mark is a professional agronomist with 35 years of experience working with farmers, agricultural, environmental and conservation organizations, governmental agencies, university researchers, and extension educators. He began his career as an agricultural extension agent with Ohio State Extension, then served as the Agricultural Liaison for the Director of Ohio EPA and later, at the Ohio Department of Agriculture, established a new regulatory program for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. In 2002 Mark left the public sector and established his own consulting business, Land Stewards, which continues today and focuses on ensuring farmland is productive, in harmony with conservation and environmental goals and compliant with federal and state regulations. Mark has a B.S. and M.S. in agronomy from The Ohio State University and is a credentialed Certified Crop Advisor and Certified Conservation Planner.