District Staff

Staff

Morgan Levy, Administrator

	Resident of Miami-Dade County since 1926
	U.S. Naval Air Force, 1942-47, fighter pilot
	University of Colorado, Civil Engineering
	West Dade Federation of Homeowners Associations, Founder
	Dade Coalition for Good Government, Founder
	South Florida Resource Conservation & Development Council
	Airport West Chamber of Commerce, 1999 Achievement of the Year Award

Linda Meeder, Coordinator

	B.S. Geology 1981, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
	Grad work in calcareous nannoplankton age dating techniques, 1982, Florida State University
	Microscopic sediment analysis, Antarctic Research Facility, FSU. 1982
	Wetland research program technician, National Audubon Society, Rainey Sanctuary, LA, 1986-91
	UF Master Naturalist Program, Wetland Module graduate,2003

Robert Perez, Mobile Irrigation Lab Project Leader

	Electronics Engineer with minor in Environmental Science
	Formerly staff scientist and technical supervisor for FDOT, air, soil and groundwater sampling
	Bilingual English/Spanish
	U.S. Air Force Reserve, Combat Engineer, US Army Certification in water and wastewater treatment and engineering, including reverse osmosis certification.

L.T. "Sonny" Clayton,

Mobile Irrigation Lab Team Member

	B.A. in Business Administration from Florida Memorial University, Miami, FL 1972.
	Chairperson, Planning and Zoning Board, Florida City, as well as member of several community organizations.
	Retired from Scotts after 34 years specializing in lawn and garden needs.

Donald Grimsley,

Director

Nursery Lab Project

	Nicholson H.S. Valedictorian, Bradenton, FL 1985
	MCC, Assoc. Science Degree 1987
	Civil and agricultural engineering contractor 1985-2005
	Agricultural Engineering Consultant , South Dade SWCD Nursery BMP Lab 2005-Present

William Townshend,

Director

Composting Projects

	Designed Miami-Dade County AA Biosolids composting process
	Hurricane Andrew mulching project - 1993-95 mulched 4.5 million tons of clean hurricane debris and returned it to agricultural lands, avoiding $90 million in tipping fees, while eliminating pollution from burning
	C.O.W. Project 1994-96 - Biological, chemical & physical enhancement of clean organic waste, in conjunction with University of Florida Tropical Research and Education Center and Dade County Solid Waste Department
	Florida Pilot Project Commission - SDSWCD project at Butler Oaks Dairy, Lorida, Florida - Project Manger developing in-vessel composting of cow-manure on-site to remove phosphorus from Okeechobee Watershed
	Pilot
	SDSWCD - 20 years developing composting techniques
	Development of composting program with Whole Foods Markets

Supporting Staff

Christine Coffin

District Conservationist for Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe Counties

USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service

	District Conservationist for Miami-Dade & Monroe Counties, 1996-Present
	District Conservationist for Broward County 1995 -1996; 2006-present
	USDA-NRCS Soil Scientist , Delaware1991-1995
	Graduate of University of Maryland, B.S. in Agronomy, 1991,
	Florida Soil and Water Conservation Society, Secretary, 2005