Our Staff
Our experienced professionals here in the Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District (LSWCD) are team members with backgrounds in agriculture, natural resources, and engineering who provide technical assistance, develop conservation plans for landowners, design Best Management Practices (BMPs), and conduct educational outreach.
Suzanne Brown
District Operations Manager
Suzanne provides leadership and assistance to the LSWCD Board of Directors in the day to day coordination and direction of District operations. Suzanne assists the Directors in the development of relevant policies and procedures and helps manage the District’s environmental education work.
Kris Dennen
Program Assistant
Kris maintains the District Cooperator Database which outlines plan compliance in the Land Use and Ag/Forestal districts. She also supports a variety of duties as needed.
(571) 918 – 4530 ext. 108
Chris Van Vlack
Urban/Ag Conservationist
Chris supports farmers with implementing conservation farm plans. This work includes state and locally funded cost share projects like fencing horses, cattle, and other livestock out of streams, and providing water systems for livestock. Chris also works with the suburban community in Loudoun with the Virginia Conservation Assistance Program to help with homeowner and HOA scale conservation projects like rainwater harvesting, dry wells, conservation landscaping, and rain gardens.
(571) 918-4530 ext. 107
Pat McIlvaine
Senior Conservation Specialist
Pat performs professional and technical work relative to the promotion of the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices (BMPs) programs for the Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD). She provides technical assistance in carrying out implementation plans and performs on-site inspections to determine feasibility of conservation measures in the urban and agricultural community.
Jay Frankenfield
Conservation Specialist III
Jay supports the Virginia Agricultural Cost-Share Best Management Practices Program (BMPs). He provides technical assistance in carrying out implementation plans and performs on-site inspections to determine feasibility of conservation measures in the urban and agricultural community. He also administers the Septic Pump-out Rebate Program.
Kaylea Powell
Conservation Specialist
Kay supports the Virginia Agricultural Cost-Share Best Management Practices Program (BMPs). She provides technical assistance in carrying out implementation plans and performs on-site inspections to determine feasibility of conservation measures in the urban and agricultural community. She also supports the educational efforts of the district.
Robert Wilbur
Conservation Specialist I
Robert Wilbur,Conservation Specialist I, supports the Virginia Agricultural Cost-Share Best Management Practices Program (BMPs). He provides technical assistance in carrying out implementation plans, performing on-site inspections and using soil and manure management to improve agricultural land across the urban and agricultural community. Robert is also a Virginia Nutrient Management Plan (NMP) writer for agriculture.
Fletcher Dilldine
Conservation Specialist
Fletcher supports the Virginia Agricultural Cost-Share Best Management Practices Program (BMPs). He provides technical assistance in carrying out implementation plans and performs on-site inspections to determine feasibility of conservation measures in the urban and agricultural community.
(571) 597-2280
Jennifer Venable
Conservation Specialist
Jennifer supports the Virginia Agricultural Cost-Share Best Management Practices Program (BMPs). She provides technical assistance in carrying out implementation plans and performs on-site inspections to determine feasibility of conservation measures in the urban and agricultural community.
Jessie Freeland
Education Outreach Specialist
Jessie develops and presents environmental education programs for K-12 school students and teachers to assist with the locality’s stormwater environmental and conservation education needs. She also supports other LSWCD conservation education programs such as Envirothon, Storm Drain Marking, Teacher Mini-Grants, Soil & Water Poster Contest, the LSWCD website and produces the quarterly Conservation Education Newsletter.
(703) 965-3610
Leah Sattler
Invasive Species Program Administrator
Leah Sattler, Invasive Species Program Administrator, manages the Invasive Plant Species Management Program (IPSMP). She provides assistance with the IPSMP application process, oversees IPSMP project implementation, and helps with reimbursement and project close-out for the IPSMP.
(571) 690-0394