Acworth, GA -- At the GACD Group 1 Regional Meeting held at Tanyard Creek Overlook on February 18, district supervisors of GACD Group 1 re-elected Wes Fogle of Whitfield County for a third term as GACD Group 1 Vice-President, and re-elected Deetra Poindexter of Clayton County for a second term as GACD Group 1 Alternate Vice-President. Group 1 Vice-Presidents serve on the Board of Directors for GACD in representation of the fourteen Soil and Water Conservation Districts in Group 1 spanning 39 counties across Metro Atlanta, Northwest and West Georgia. They will each serve two-year terms.
Wes was born and raised on a dairy farm in Cope, South Carolina where he was exposed to soil and water conservation at a young age through his family’s partnership with their local USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) office. Today, Wes enjoys timber farming, hunting and the outdoors, and splits his time between his land in Georgia and South Carolina. He has served as a District Supervisor for the Limestone Valley Soil and Water Conservation District since 2013. He also serves as a board member for the Limestone Valley Watershed Dam Committee and the Limestone Valley Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Council.
Deetra Poindexter of Jonesboro has served as a District Supervisor for Clayton County Soil & Water Conservation District since 2020. She majored in Early Childhood education in college and has spent her 30 year career making a difference in the lives of youth and in her community. She continues to work with students in her role as a Clayton County District Supervisor by promoting conservation education programs including the Natural Resources Conservation Workshop, the annual conservation poster contest, and STEM and conservation student programs throughout Clayton County. Growing up, she spent summers visiting her grandparents 1,000+ acre farm in Quitman, Ga which started her passion for natural resource conservation.