Jennifer Casey

Jennifer Casey is the granddaughter of sharecroppers and her family has lived in Jacksonville for three generations. Her 43 years have been filled with books, music, faith and a large extended family. She is enormously grateful to share life with her husband of 22 years and their three children in a beautiful and diverse city on the St. Johns River.

Jennifer’s background as an educator helps her promote conservation and stewardship. She has taught middle school for over a decade and she is passionate about leaving a legacy of natural resource preservation for the next generation. In 2018, she was elected to the Duval Soil and Water Conservation District board where she currently serves as Chair.

She has expanded their student programs and has transformed a regional event to create awareness about urban agriculture into a mentorship program for beginning farmers. More recently, she led the community in establishing Regeneration Park, the conservation district’s first demonstration project on public land.

As she serves the community, Jennifer is a partner with agencies and organizations meeting local conservation needs, a champion of agricultural education and a committed advocate of soil and water stewardship. In the future, Jennifer wants to engage with policy experts at all levels of government to help stakeholders understand that to the degree that we value stewardship and conservation, the long-term sustainability of our natural resources is more secure.