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