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District Board

The Kent Conservation District is currently governed by a ten member Board of Supervisors. There are four elected farmer members; one Kent County Levy Court Commissioner representative; one University of Delaware Cooperative Extension Agent who acts as Secretary; two members appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control; and two associate members appointed by the Director of DNREC's Division of Soil and Water Conservation for expertise deemed valuable to the operation of the District. The borders of the supervisors area are divided east and west by Rt. 13, and north and south by Route 10. Following is a list of the Board of Supervisors:

Elected board members serve 4-year terms, appointed and associate members 3-year terms.

Name   Position   Term
         
Robert A. Killen   Chairman   January 1, 2009 to

Felton

 
Elected Farm Member
  December 31, 2012
         

Edwin J. Alexander

 
Vice-Chairman
  January 1, 2011 to
Camden   Elected Farm Member   December 31, 2014
         

Bruce Snow

 
Treasurer
  January 1, 2012 to
Smyrna  
Elected Farm Member
  December 31, 2015
         

Phillip Sylvester

 
Secretary
  None Applicable
University of DE   Assigned per DE Code    
         

Glen M. Howell

 
Levy Court Commissioner
  None Applicable
Kent County   Designee per DE Code    
         

Alfred M. Moor, III

 
Elected Farm Member
  January 1, 2010 to
Kenton       December 31, 2013
         

Frederick T. Mott

 
Appointed Member
  September 1, 2011 to
Dover       August 31, 2013
         
Michael Twining   Appointed Member   October 1, 2011 to

Greenwood

 
  September 30, 2014
         

Michael K. Brown

 
Associate Member
  November 1, 2011 to
Hartly       October 31, 2014
         

Terry L. Pepper

 
Associate Member
  October 1, 2011 to
Camden       September 30, 2014
         

Barbara Reed

 
Associate Member
  January 1, 2010 to
Dover       December 31, 2012

For a map of the Elected Farm Member Areas, please click here.

For more information regarding Conservation District Board membership and election rules and procedures, please click here.

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District Staff

Administrative
Timothy Riley
District Coordinator
Paula Kohout
Administrative Manager
Gayle Wills
Accountant
Beverly Darling
Receptionist
Heavy Equipment
T. Townsend Yerkes
Equipment Foreman/Operator
John Lucks
Equipment Operator
Ronald Argo
Equipment Operator
Nutrient Management
Jacob Urian
Conservationist
Kerin Walsh
Conservationist
Sediment & Stormwater
Jared Adkins, P.E.
S & S Program Manager/Engineer
Ray Richter, P.E.
Stormwater Engineer
David Cahill
Stormwater Engineer
Brian deYoung
Engineering Inspector
Gene Mullen
Engineering Inspector
Kelly Wilson
Urban Conservationist
Tax Ditch/Drainage Assistance
Gene Vanderwende
Survey Technician

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USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service

Thomas Wiltbank
District Conservationist
James Moore
Soil Conservation Technician
Richard Gorlich
Agricultural Engineering
John Bushey
Conservationist
Clarimer Hernandez-Vargas
Soil Conservationist
Lindsay Vanderwende
Civil Engineering Technician

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