Meet the Team

I have grown up very attached to the land and the wild, I worked on my grandfather’s ranch as soon as I was able. I also have a deep connection through hunting and fishing, the land feeds my family. It is also a spiritual connection, it feeds my soul.

dalexander@plateauwildlife.com

After generations of farming and ranching, I truly feel connected to the land and my family ranch. I'm here to help you feel the same connection to your land.

mhefner@plateauwildlife.com

My dad took me hunting in south Texas every weekend growing up, which turned into a love and passion for the outdoors and a desire to go into a wildlife management career.

cwhitfill@plateauwildlife.com

Growing up spending time on the farm with my dad provided memories that are cherished and training that stuck. I pray it will do the same for my children. Land, to me, represents family.

tmilligan@plateauwildlife.com

My connection to the land began growing up in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. I have so many fond memories of the freedom of exploration and the many adventures with my siblings amongst the trees and wildlife that surrounded our home.

kbain@plateauwildlife.com

For myself, land and its wilderness serve as a symbol of quiet renewal and the idea of connecting to something larger; anchoring myself to those things is something I chase after and have woven deeply into my identity.

kanderson@plateauwildlife.com

Owning 10 unrestricted acres in Dripping has given me a spiritual connection with wildlife and flora that I get to see every day. Working at Plateau makes that connection even more meaningful.

mdelanghe@plateauwildlife.com

I am connected to the land through stewardship and an intense desire to provide a myriad of memories for myself and children through nature viewing and wildlife watching.

mgray@plateauwildlife.com

To me, land means abundance, and not in just space, food, and water, but in life, discovery, and quiet.

jhall@plateauwildlife.com

My ever present need to extend a sense of ethical responsibility keeps me connected to the land.

skahlich@plateauwildlife.com

I am connected to the land by my family’s heritage as blackland farmers, my joy in observing and sharing nature’s wonders and diversity, and the understanding that our welfare is dependent on healthy lands and waters.

skiefer@plateauwildlife.com

Aldo Leopold said it best, “there are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.”

klassiter@plateauwildlife.com

I feel connected to the land in the hot Texas sun as I gather wild Muscadine grapes to make homemade jam.

lpatterson@plateauwildlife.com

Ever since receiving my degree in wildlife biology I’ve had an insatiable thirst for knowledge of the natural environment and wildlife around me.

sporterfield@plateauwildlife.com

Being exposed to native Texas wildlife and the beautiful scenery of the Hill Country at a young age has always fueled my passion for conserving land and wildlife for the generations to come after me, so they too can get to experience the land as I did.

driley@plateauwildlife.com

I am connected to the land because I always feel the happiest and most at home when I am walking off-trail through a wild place and getting to know the plants and animals that live there.

aeberly@plateauwildlife.com

My eagerness to show off the natural world to my family- especially my kids, connects me to the land.

nfisher@plateauwildlife.com

We have entered an age in which it has become our duty to protect and provide for the land that has provided us with so much.

aking@plateauwildlife.com

My connection to the land lies in the appreciation of where good land stewardship and the beauty of nature intersect and in trying to get to that end I truly enjoy being literally connected to the land by work boots with chainsaw in hand.

sparker@plateauwildlife.com

I am connected to the land as a lifelong student of all the information it holds and can teach us.

dspeidel@plateauwildlife.com

I believe that caring for Mother Earth is a moral imperative.

jhyder@plateauwildlife.com

I have felt a connection to our land since I was a little girl. Protecting it means I have something beautiful to share with my son so he grows up with an appreciation for nature and adventure.

sleake@plateauwildlife.com

Connecting to land through gardening brings me closer to God and our beautiful planet helping me to find peace in all things.

aspence@plateauwildlife.com

A favorite from John Muir says it all, “of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.”

jwheat@braungresham.com

I'm a seventh generation Texan who comes from a long line of Texas landowners and property right advocates, starting with the Declaration of Texas Independence.

gbeasley@plateauwildlife.com

The land is what connects us all. The air, water, trees, soil - it’s what we all share and we must work together to preserve its beauty.

mcleveland@plateauwildlife.com

I feel connected to the land because nature provides me a peaceful safe-haven to disconnect from the bustle of everyday life.

apowell@plateauwildlife.com

As a landowner, I try to live as lightly on the land as possible; enjoying being an integral part of a functioning ecosystem that is improved by my thoughtful activity.

barmstrong@plateauwildlife.com

My first connection to the land was through my grandmother's rice farm. It was the amazing diversity of wildlife using the Texas landscape that inspired me then and still does to this day.

dbraun@braungresham.com