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Beverly Riddle, District Program Administrator
Riddle can be reached by calling 740-425-1100 Ext. 105. Yvonne Ackerman, Administrative Assistant
Ackerman can be reached by calling 740-425-1100 Ext. 101. Brian Porterfield, District Technician
Porterfield can be reached by calling 740-425-1100 Ext. 111. Nathan Taylor, Wildlife/Forestry Specialist
Taylor can be reached by calling 740-425-1100 Ext. 110. Chad Turner, Urban-GIS Technician
Turner can be reached by calling 740-425-1100 Ext. 112. |
Belmont SWCD StaffBeverly Riddle Yvonne Ackerman Brian Porterfield Nathan Taylor Chad Turner |
In 1999, Riddle became the District’s first Program Administrator responsible for managing the office, public relations, marketing, and developing new District programs areas and services. She resides in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, where she and her husband, Bruce, raise Angus cattle. They have two sons, Bob and Bart Morrison, who farm and work in agricultural related professions. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Education from the Ohio State University. She taught at Carrollton High School and was 4-H and Home Economics Program Assistant for Jefferson County Extension Service. Before becoming DPA in Belmont, she served as a Supervisor for 9 years in Jefferson County, Area 3 OFSWCD Director and Chairman.
Ackerman,
a native of Monroe County, joined Belmont Soil & Water Conservation District in
December of 2004. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural Communications
from the Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences. Ackerman is responsible for the District finances, website,
newsletter, design, public relations and is also assists in the tree and fish sales held each year.
Ackerman serves as webmaster of the district website.
Porterfield, a life-long resident of Belmont County, currently lives in St. Clairsville raising beef cattle on his family farm. Porterfield graduated from the Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute in 2003, with an Associates Degree in Beef and Sheep Production and Management.
Taylor, originally from Key, near Bellaire, Ohio, is a graduate of Hocking Technical College in Nelsonville, Ohio, where he earned an Associates Degree in Recreation and Wildlife Management and a second Associates Degree in Forest Management. Taylor has worked for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Parks Division at Burr Oak State Park in Glouster, Ohio. He worked two seasons with the United States Forestry Service at the White River National Forest in Meeker, Colorado. Once returning to Belmont County, Taylor worked with a logging company for 10 months, where he was involved with all aspects of the logging operation. 
Turner, a lifetime resident of Barnesville, attended Hocking College in Geographics (GIS & GPS). He has been a member of the Ohio Operating of Engineers, where he has been surveying and building roads and bridges.