Election Results

As a result of a recent election held by The Ohio Soil and Water Conservation Commission for the election of Supervisors of the Summit County Soil and Water Conservation District, two supervisors were elected to a three-year term commencing January 1, 2027 and ending December 31, 2029.
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Please join us in congratulating our newly re-elected supervisors, Andy Brown and Greg Zimmerman.

Andy Brown
I am a 49-year-old father of two, Theoren (22) and Gehrig (20) and I have been married to my wife, Deniele, for 26 years. In 1999 I graduated Summa Cum Laude from Kent State University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. During my time there I worked in the Biochemical Limnology lab under Dr. Robert Heath on several projects that dealt with phosphorus limitations in Lake Erie and its effects on algal blooms.
After graduation, I worked for Envisage Environmental in Brecksville as an air quality consultant. On the side, I was earning money as a tutor for high school sciences. This is where I found what I really wanted to do. In 2001 I received my Masters in the Art of Teaching from Kent State and began working for Crestwood Local Schools shortly thereafter as a Biology teacher.
In the past 25 years, I have worked to expand the offerings at Crestwood High School, developing 3 different experiential courses, Field Biology, Applied Environmental Sciences, and most recently, Horticulture. In the first two of those courses, students can take and receive college credit from Hiram College. In addition, I manage a 20x40 aquaponic greenhouse built through funds raised by my students, where students can experiment with different sustainable agricultural techniques.
In the past, I have advised two state-qualifying Envirothon teams, the first in Portage County history. In 2017, the team brought home a championship for oral presentation. In my free time, I play in three men’s baseball leagues, based out of Canton. I have learned an incredible amount in my first term as a board member and would love to continue to contribute.

Greg Zimmerman
Mr. Zimmerman is an Aquatic Ecologist with 32 years of professional experience in Northeast Ohio and across the U.S., and he has been a resident of Summit County since 2011. He has a B.S in Environmental Biology from Hiram College, a master’s degree in Environmental Biology/Geographic Information Systems (GIS) from Kent State University, Certified Mollusk Professional (CMP) and an Association of Diving Contractors International commercial diving certification.
Greg is the Vice President of EnviroScience, Inc. (based in Sumit County) and oversees and manages the operations of the company he has been with for 30 years. He focuses on transportation (road, highway, rail, and river shipping/fleeting), and large, multitask projects where natural resources, endangered species and/or water quality need to be considered.
He has extensive experience with environmental permitting and Section 7 Endangered Species surveys and formal/informal consultations and NEPA support throughout the U.S. He also has experience in remote sensing / GIS studies of watersheds to support water quality studies and models.
He has designed and managed some of the largest T&E species survey and mitigation projects completed to date in the U.S., including the PennDOT mussel programmatic agreement and PennDOT Hunter Station Bridge Replacement which included year-long stormwater and water quality monitoring components (winning PA Governor’s Award), and 11 years working on Florida’s U.S. Supreme Court water rights litigation for the Apalachicola River watershed.
Additionally, he has managed over 20 Biological Assessments and more than 100 supporting studies for projects such as the ODOT Portsmouth Bypass, ODOT Western Management Unit Bat Mitigation, and a current ODOT statewide stream and wetland mitigation contract. He has worked as an associate instructor for Hiram College and is a reviewer for The Ohio Journal of Science. When he is not working or spending time with his wife Courtney and their two young boys, you can usually find him fishing for giant musky or at a Blossom concert.
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