Rhonda Holliday

• Currently the Area 2 Conservation Desktop point of contact for all area employees for questions on usage of the software
• Joined as co-leader in the presentation and adoption of new software, conservation desktop, to prepare all area employees for the upcoming program year
• Provided answers to resource conservation questions from employees within the area while serving as acting Area Resource Conservationist
• Trained, coached and mentored staff to ensure smooth adoption of Toolkit, the conservation planning software utilized by conservationists throughout the agency since the program originated in 2001
• Served as the Toolkit Point of Contact for Area 2 providing daily technical support to area staff to enable the implementation of the toolkit software
• Organized the Area 2 roll out of updated toolkit software to all field offices within the area and presented the training materials to the class participants with assistance from a 7 member training cadre
• Accepted appointment as the State Level Federal Women's Program Manager for Illinois (2014-2019), developing an annual business plan, participating in recruitment efforts such as career fairs and serving on the state civil rights committee providing input on employee training state wide. Coordinating the publication of "The Source" newsletter 2 times per year and maintaining the state wide federal women\'s program share point site with current program documents
• Currently Serving as Area 2 Client Gateway Point of Contact. Delivering information and problem solving on a daily basis with the area employees to assist them with efficient use of the program. This tool is of high importance and visibility on a national level so effective delivery of this service to clients is crucial
• Attended Extending Outreach to All Customers in North Carolina then participated in state level Outreach Cadre generating outreach training materials for all employees
• Currently serving on the State Accident Review Committee (2006-Present). Reviewing all vehicle accidents that occur within the state and making recommendations to leadership on employee disciplinary action. Also responsible for delivering training to employees on motor vehicle safety in the work environment
• Knowledgeable in the use of the employee evaluation software through completion of performance reviews and summaries for employees annually. Supervise a full time Soil Conservation Technician as well as a summer Student Trainee for one summer and a Soil Conservationist Trainee for 2 years
• Served as a representative of the Natural Resources Conservation Service at the Lower Sangamon River Resource Conservation and Development Watershed monthly meetings. Managed the operations of the field office providing administrative support to the planing effort
• Coordinated field office staff and 5 partner agencies to secure Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program funding for the Chatauqua Project. The Chatauqua community is an under served community within the county that requested resource conservation assistance and this project required many hours of inventory and evaluation prior to soliciting funding from several sources as well as overseeing the construction of the final project
• Served as a witness for the Assistant State Conservationist for Field Office Operations during a personnel meeting in which an employee was being fired
• Served on training cadre to deliver Conservation Reserve Program Training to contractual agencies that would in turn assist field offices throughout Illinois with program delivery to customers
• Developed power point presentation of materials and responsible for presentation of portion of training program
• Coordinated and participated in the Rapid Assessment of the Lake Petersburg Watershed. This involved planning assistance from the state office and also evolved into an area wide training opportunity

• Account manager for all business financial transactions that generate over $1,000,000.00 on an annual basis
• Provide input on daily decision making ranging from cropping decisions for over 4000 acres of cropland as well as a 120 head cow/calf herd and a farrow to finish hog operation
• First hand knowledge of the day to day decisions of NRCS clients
• Assist with nutrient management, crop rotation, and tillage practice selections for the cropland acres on an annual basis
• Providing input on livestock feed rations, artificial insemination schedules, fencing maintenance needs, pasture rotation schedules and perform rate of gain ananlysis for market animals

• Coordinated funding for ongoing Schaad Watershed Planning Project in cooperation with the local Soil and Water Conservation District and the Landowner Drainage District.
• Managed an approved Environmental Quality Incentives Special Project funding allocation for the watershed of $14,157 contributing to an overall implementation cost of $58,580
• Completed extensive training to perform co-lateral duty of Field Office District Cultural Resources Coordinator. Traveled to counties state wide to assist the State Cultural Resources Coordinator with identification and documentation of significant cultural resources sites
• Gathered and analyzed data in cooperation with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for resource conservation planning on Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area.Worked with site manager to physically inventory every crop field on the site and develop recommendations for resource conservation on the individual areas. Property is 10,200 acres in size
• Served as co-Chair of the Area Quality Steering Team (QST). Worked with team members to improve employee morale within the area through awards and recognition programs. Participated in training needs annual reviews of all area employees as part of the duties of the QST
• Worked closely with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Cass county Soil and Water Conservation District to pioneer the implementation of the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP). Several thousand acres were enrolled in CREP throughout Cass county
• Attended the annual conference of the Soil and Water Conservation Society in Biloxi, MS to present a joint paper with the District Conservationist from the neighboring county on the benefits of CREP
• Received two nominations for the Conservation Academy Awards Program for leadership in conservation planning in Cass County
• Supervised by Steve Mozley, retired from agency, no contact information available

Served in a training position assisting with the planning and application of total resource management systems. Working with landowners to develop, maintain and revise conservation plans.

• Coordinated funding for on-going Schaad Watershed Project from 1995-2001 consisting of grant funding for plan development over a three year period $12,464.00