Haleigh Summers's schedule for NACD Annual Meeting 2025

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Haleigh Summers

Sand County Foundation

Agricultural Geospatial Data Scientist

Ames, IA

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About me

Haleigh joined Sand County Foundation in 2023 as the Agricultural Geospatial Data Scientist. She uses soil and water data and geospatial models to quantify the impact of Sand County Foundation’s conservation projects. Haleigh obtained her Ph.D. in Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Science at Iowa State University where she also received certificates in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Data-Driven Food Energy and Water Decision Making. Her dissertation work focused on the economics and efficiencies of conservation practice adoption, as well as equitable food-energy-water systems. She has an M.S. in Agronomy from Penn State University, where she researched integrated weed management in dairy cropping systems.

My Speakers Sessions

9:00am MST

Cultivating Collaboration: Partnering with Conservation Districts and Leveraging the Fieldprint Calculator to Accelerate Conservation Practices in Agriculture Salt Lake E (2nd)Sydney Mucha • Eric Schmechel • Haleigh Summers • Tessa Lightfoot