Our Team

Austin Kelly
Co-coordinator

Rode Mills
Co-Coordinator

Caitlyn Cooper-Norris
Co-coordinator
Caitlyn Cooper-Norris is an assistant professor at Texas Tech University. Prior to joining Texas Tech in 2020, she worked for Texas A&M AgriLife Research. She received her BS and MS degrees from Tarleton State University and her PhD from Texas A&M University. She has helped with YRW since 2018. In addition to serving as one of the YRW Co-Coordinators, Caitlyn is also a member of the Texas Section Society for Range Management Board of Directors. Her research at Texas Tech focuses on invasive and noxious species management, range plant physiology, rangeland restoration, and livestock/wildlife interactions.

Jenny Pluhar
TSSRM Youth Activities Chair
Jenny Pluhar has been involved with Youth Range Workshop over thirty years. She manages three ranches in the Texas Panhandle and one in Montana with 80,000 ac of rangeland. As Executive Director of the Texas Grazing Land Coalition, she works with ten regional coalitions across Texas, manages grants, and coordinates outreach activities. She is also active consulting with many ranches in Conservation Stewardship Programs. She is past president of both TSSRM and SRM (Society for Range Management). The only woman to receive the TSSRM Outstanding Contribution to Range Management award, one of the ranches she has managed for 25 years was the recent recipient of the TSSRM Outstanding Range Management award.

Dan Caudle
DIRECTOR

Lee Knox
Director

Kathryn Brady
Director
Kathryn Brady is a District Conservationist with USDA-NRCS in San Marcos, Texas. Kathryn has been working for NRCS for eleven years. In her career, Kathryn not only assists the local farmers and ranchers, but also fosters relationships with the community. She received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Texas A&M. She attended the Youth Range Workshop in 2003. She serves as Secretary to the Texas Section Society for Range Management. Kathryn enjoys promoting natural resources and water conservation as well as working with young people to inspire them to be all they can be and to learn to enjoy the outdoors.

Dandy Kothmann
Director

Hoyt Seidensticker
Director

Paul Loeffler
Director

Matt Coffman
Director

Ranee Knox
Director

Mark Moseley
Director

John Sackett
Director

Jake Landers
Director

Erin Jones-Gray
DIRECTOR

Deann Burson
Cabin Director

Camille Carey
Cabin Director

Chase Brooke
Cabin Director

Christophe Peralt
Cabin Director

Emma Waters
Cabin Director
Emma Waters is from Canadian, Texas. She is currently a student at the University of Wyoming in Laramie majoring in Range Ecology and Watershed Management. Emma attended Youth Range Workshop in 2018 and won the public speaking contest. She attended YRW again in 2019 and served as a Junior Director. She was a delegate to the High School Youth Forum at the SRM Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado in 2020. Emma loves identifying plants and talking about cattle.

Taryn Mitchell
Cabin Director

Virgil Epperson
Cabin Director

Haley Clampit
Cabin Director

Chet Smith
Cabin Director

Sawyer Breeding
Cabin Director

Katherine Haile
Cabin Director
