President and Founder- Denton Baldwin
Background:
- Active within Fauquier County’s agricultural community- member of the Fauquier County Chamber of Commerce and Balanced Growth Alliance
- Received Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) Compost Operator Training in 2011.
- Served in the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Decatur (DDG-73)- Operation ‘Enduring Freedom’
- Seven years’ experience in commercial diving contracting for the commercial shipping industry, U.S. Coast Guard and National Guard.
- Life-long resident of Fauquier County, Virginia
- To contact Denton, direct messages to Denton@freestatefarmsva.com
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Operations Officers- Ashlea Smith
Background:
- Co-Chair, Organics Task Force for the National Capital Area.
- Program Coordinator, Trash Free Potomac Watershed Initiative, Alice Ferguson Foundation (2010- Feb 2012)
- Co-Organizer, Material Resource Sustainability Internship (2009-2012) with DC Dept. of Public Works, Washington Convention Center, DCPS, ECO City Farms, et al.
- Bachelor of Arts, George Mason University, 2010
- Lifelong Resident of Northern Virginia
- To contact Ashlea, direct messages to Ashlea@freestatefarmsva.com
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Active Partners and Technical Support
| Group/Individual | Role |
| Energy Conversion Research Ventures, Inc. (ECORE) | Strategic Planning, Active Partner |
| Carson-Ashley & Assoc. | Planning, Engineering |
| Arent Fox, LLP | Legal Counsel |
| Kittelson & Associates, Inc. | Traffic Impact Analysis |
| Douglas Ross, J.D. | Legal Counsel, Anaerobic Digestion Advisor |
| Norfolk Southern Corporation | Rail feasibility analysis, transport |
| Dominion Resources GreenTech Incubator | Power generation expertise and feedback |
| Institute for Local Self-Reliance | Feedstock analysis |
