Mississippi State Office
Jackson, MS 39269-1602
Jackson, MS 39269-1602
Welcome to the NRCS Mississippi State Office Directory. With the mission of “Helping people help the land,” the Natural Resources Conservation Service provides products and services that enable people to be good stewards of the Nation’s soil, water, and related natural resources on private lands.
Welcome to NRCS in Mississippi!

Kurt Readus, State Conservationist
Mississippi NRCS, led by our State Conservationist and our State Leadership Team.
Since 2013, Kurt Readus has served as the State Conservationist for Mississippi. Kurt was born and raised in North Alabama. He graduated from Alabama Agricultural & Mechanical University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science. Kurt has twenty-five years of service with Natural Resources Conservation, beginning as a student trainee in Arizona and Alabama in 1998. After two years as a student trainee, Readus became a Soil Conservationist. In 2005, he was promoted to District Conservationist in the Avondale Field Office in Arizona. In 2007, he accepted the position of Area Conservationist for Central Mississippi. He guided twenty-one field offices and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (MBCI) Tribal Field Office. He served as Assistant State Conservationist for Programs in Mississippi from January 2011 to September 2013. In September 2013, he became the State Conservationist for Mississippi. During his career with NRCS, he has served on various details, which include National Headquarters in Washington, D.C., as the Acting Deputy Chief for Science and Technology, Director of Financial Assistance Programs Division, National Conservation Stewardship Team, and Acting Deputy State Conservationist for California. He is a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute, Certificate of Mastery, Leadership for a Democratic Society August 2018, Leadership Mississippi Class of 2016, Mississippi Economic Council, M.B. Swayze Foundation, and the National Leadership Development Program, National Employee Development Center, Class of 2010. He is married to Dr. Fonda Readus and has five beautiful children to keep his heart and mind on the country's future.

MISSISSIPPI NRCS STATE OFFICE EMPLOYEE DIRECTORY
Name | Position | Phone Number | |
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Kurt Readus
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State Conservationist
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VACANT
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Executive Assistant
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Name | Position | Phone Number | |
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Michael E. Carr
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Assistant State Conservationist (M&S)
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Victoria Hobson
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Financial Resources Specialist
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Broadrick Patrick
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Management & Program Analyst
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Faith Tillman
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Management Analyst
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Emily Broadbent
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Management Analyst
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Stanley Murray
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Program Analyst
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Kesher Mitchell
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Support Specialist
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Charles “Chuck” Lea
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Outreach Coordinator
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Name | Position | Phone Number | |
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Edward "Earl" McMillian
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Assistant State Conservationist (Programs)
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Benjamin Allen
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RCPP State Program Specialist
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Ashley Kellum
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State CSP Program Manager
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Rachae Martin
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State EQIP Program Manager
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Charmaine Payton
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Administrative and Program Support Specialist
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Melia Arrington
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Administrative and Program Support Specialist
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Kennyon Webb
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Soil Conservationist
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Name | Position | Phone Number | |
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Janeiro Smith
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Assistant State Conservationist (Easements)
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Ronald "Ron" McCain
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Natural Resource Specialist
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Sara Vinson
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Realty Specialist
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John Conrad
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Forester
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Benjamin Naron
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Natural Resources Specialist
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Richard Hagar
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Easement Specialist
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Jason Makamson
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Easement Soil Conservationist
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Name | Position | Phone Number | |
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Rogerick Thompson
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State Resource Conservationist
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Marion Reed, Jr.
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Agricultural Economist
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James Jenkins
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Cultural Resources Specialist
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Tamara Campbell
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Biologist
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Jordan Roberts
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State Forester
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Tiffari Jenkins
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Resource Conservationist
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Name | Position | Phone Number | |
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Michael Richard
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PMC Manager
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Jon Allison
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Gardener
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Johnathan Vollmer
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Agronomist
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Name | Position | Phone Number | |
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Olguy Louis
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State Conservation Engineer
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Teague Duncan
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Geologist
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Jessica Watkins
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Civil Engineer
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Codey Davie
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Civil Engineer
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Chastain Hughes
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Civil Engineer
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Helen D’Agostino
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Natural Resources Specialist
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Scott Coleman
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Agricultural Engineer
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Name | Position | Phone Number | |
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James Curtis
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State Soil Scientist
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Julie Pitts
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State GIS Specialist
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Lindsey Singleton
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Resource Inventory Specialist
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James Fieber
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Natural Resources Specialist
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Delaney Johnson
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ACES
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VACANT
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State Public Affairs Officer
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Deidre Lindsey
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Public Affairs Specialist
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Tommi Matthews
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Public Affairs Specialist
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Name | Position | Phone Number | |
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Christy Robinson
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Assistant State Conservationist - Field Operations_Area 1 North MS
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Jamie Keith
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Assistant State Conservationist - Field Operations_Area 2 Central MS
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Dennis Jones
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Assistant State Conservationist - Field Operations_Area 3 South MS
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Taharga Hart
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Assistant State Conservationist - Field Operations_Area 4 MS Delta
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