Awards & Affiliations
Awards & Recognitions
2019 UF-IFAS Extension Advocate Award
2019 Florida Farm Bureau Ag Communicator Award
2018 US Fruit + Vegetable: 40 Under 40 Recipient
2018 Honorary Tapped to Florida Blue Key
2017 YF & R Achievement in Agriculture Award Winner, Florida Farm Bureau
2017 FDACS Commissioner of Agriculture’s Environmental Leadership Award
2017 appointed to the US Highbush Blueberry Council by US Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack
2016 Florida Farm Bureau CARES Award for Environmental Stewardship
2016 Honorary Director for the Wedgworth Leadership Institute for Agriculture and Natural Resources
2015, 2016 YF & R Achievement in Agriculture Award Finalist, Florida Farm Bureau
2015 Women Who Make a Difference, Girl Scouts of Gateway Council
2011 Home Magazine, Gainesville FL: 40 Under 40 Recipient
Memberships & Affiliations
Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade, Fruit & Vegetables
2019 – present (Appointed by US Secretary of Agriculture Perdue)
Alachua County Farm Bureau
Member 2010 – present
Farm Credit of Florida
Member 2008 – present
Florida Farm Bureau
Member 2010 – present
Florida Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association
Producer Member 2010 – present, Board of Directors 2019 – present
Florida Blueberry Growers Association
Producer Member 2010 – present
Gainesville Womens Giving Circle
Member 2010 – present
Junior League of Gainesville
Member 2007 – 2015
Sustaining Member 2015 – present
Leadership Gainesville Alumni Association
Alumni Member 2007 – present
Leadership Florida Alumni Association
Alumni Member 2012 – present
MBG Marketing
Producer Member 2008 – present
North American Blueberry Council
Legislative Committee 2019-present
University of Florida Alumni Association
Lifetime Member 2007 – present
US Highbush Blueberry Council
Producer Member 2010 – present, Florida Delegate (Appointed by US Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack) 2017-2019, Florida Alternate (Appointed by US Secretary of Agriculture Perdue) 2020 – present, Executive Board, Treasurer 2019
Wedgworth Leadership Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources Alumni
Alumni Member 2015 – present