Kirk Gadzia, Professional Certified Educator with Holistic Management International.

Kirk has over 25 years experience teaching the concepts of Holistic Management® worldwide. Combined with his extensive international consulting work on many agricultural operations, he is uniquely qualified to help students achieve their learning objectives.

Kirk is co-author of the important National Academy of Sciences book: Rangeland Health. He holds a BS degree in Wildlife Biology and an MS in Range Science. Kirk works directly with producers to achieve profitability in their operations. He also provides customized training and consulting to a wide variety of conservation organizations. Years of assisting people on the land helps Kirk approach training sessions in an interactive, hands-on style. His courses are known for a relaxed atmosphere, open dialogue and practical real-life examples.

Owen Hablutzel, Professional Certified Educator with Holistic Management International

Owen has been working with people and organizations stewarding broad-acre working-landscapes since 2007.  Through regenerative ranch/farm design, consulting, workshops/courses and large group-facilitation, Owen’s core work has focused on designing and growing multi-functional agro-ecosystems while improving capacity to manage these systems successfully, at both ranch-property and catchment-landscape scales.  His has a current regenerative venture with Landscape Function Management.

Bill Costanzo, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension LGD Program Specialist

Bill grew up in Escalon, a small farming town in California’s Central Valley, where his family ran a commercial Angus cattle ranch. He holds a B.S. in Agriculture Education from California State University–Fresno and spent over 19 years as an ag teacher and FFA advisor before joining Texas A&M AgriLife Center–San Angelo as an LGD Extension Specialist. Bill used livestock guardian dogs (LGDs) with his own flock of wool sheep in Northern California for over eight years, experience that now informs his work on a joint project with the Texas Sheep & Goat Predator Management Board. At the AgriLife Center, he manages over 20 LGDs across multiple research sites, leads field days and workshops, develops educational materials, and supports research involving GPS tracking, game cameras, and long-term LGD bonding studies. He works closely with cooperating producers across Texas to evaluate LGD performance in real-world conditions.