Enrollee Spotlights

Mike Lee, CO NRCS ACES Enrollee
ACES Program participants come from many facets of life, and from all over the country. Our Enrollees have special talents that enhance the Natural Resources

Trent Procter, CA Forest Service Enrollee
At the time this is being written, it is only the beginning of fire season and already California is burning. Temperatures are smashing records with

Janet Hahn, OR BLM Enrollee
Janet Hahn wasn’t retired for long before she dived right back in to work. After 30 years spent with the U.S. Forest Service, and with an educational background in engineering, Janet happened

Dale Gates, NY ACES Enrollee
ACES enrollees provide tremendous support to NRCS including training of new agency staff and assistance for programs that enhance all of our natural resources by

Steven Brillhart, KS ACES Enrollee
Steve retired from NRCS after 35 years of service. His dedication did not end there – he became an ACES Enrollee in 2013 and continues to work with the Hutchinson Kansas NRCE office on a regular basis

Dan Switzner, MO ACES Enrollee
ACES-NRCS Enrollee Dan Switzner is a tribute to our program by providing high-quality assistance to the St. Joseph, MO Area Office of NRCS. Dan’s job as a Conservation Planning Specialist consists of assisting the District Conservationist in the Kingston Field Office.

Alice Johnson, TX SEE Enrollee
Alice Johnson is a SEE enrollee Mail Technician in Region 6. In her capacity as a Technical Assistant, Alice assists the Region 6 Enforcement Branch Chief in maintaining and tracking the Branch mail and dispersing mail for the RCRA, Water and Air Sections.

Jeff Holdren, DC BLM Enrollee
So, someone has to volunteer to be the first! In this case, Jeff Holdren is our first BLM Experienced Services Program (ESP) enrollee. The BLM and National Older Worker Career Center (NOWCC) officially began the ESP on April 16, 2019 when Jeff began his enrollment in the program.

William “Scott” Martin, IL ACES Enrollee
The National Older Worker Career Center take great pride in spotlighting our Enrollees. We recently had the pleasure of asking a fantastic ACES-NRCS enrollee some

Mary Mondragon, CO ACES Enrollee
NOWCC is grateful for the people who work with the program to make it so effective and worthwhile for many, many reasons. We celebrate those individuals every day quietly, humbly and with great admiration for them. The following article is about one of those wonderful people – an ACES Enrollee that works for the NRCS Office in Colorado at the Denver Federal Center – Mary Mondragon!! Mary’s Monitors are greatly appreciative of her work…