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, 2026 and ending December 31, 2028.
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Please join us in congratulating our newly re-elected supervisors, Ana Burns and Robert Curtis.

Ana Burns
Ana Burns is the Senior Area Manager of Environmental Services for Davey Resource Group’s northern Ohio office. She received an M.S.E.S. in Applied Ecology degree from Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs and holds a B.S. in Biology, from Indiana University. She is a graduate of Leadership Akron Signature Class 41.
Her team at Davey provides environmental consulting services including ecological consulting, ecosystem restoration, and urban and community forestry consulting. Ana is responsible for business development, client and project management, and supervision of more than 50 biologists, restoration ecologists, and urban foresters working out of DRG’s main environmental consulting office located in Kent.
Ana has over 25 years of experience in the natural resources and ecological restoration fields. She has managed a variety of ecological surveys and environmental planning studies, as well as ecological and wetlands permitting projects, mitigation bank planning and monitoring projects, and natural resource restoration design projects. She is knowledgeable of state and federal stream and wetlands regulations and stormwater management.
Ana has coordinated and facilitated public meetings and hearings and has assisted in developing various planning documents, including greenways planning, watershed planning, and urban forestry management plans. With a background in urban and rural planning, she is well versed in working with planning commissions, steering committees, and local political groups.
Ana is the vice-president of Tinker’s Creek Watershed Partners and is on the board of directors for the Ohio Stormwater Association and Keep Akron Beautiful. She also serves on the District 8 (Summit County) Natural Resource Assistance Council. 

Rob Curtis
Rob Curtis is a veteran field biologist and lifelong resident of the region. A student of the outdoors since childhood, he has a deep understanding of ecology and a passion to protect our natural heritage. 
 
Rob has a Bachelor of Science degree in wildlife management from The Pennsylvania State University and has been faithfully serving the community for more than 20 years with Summit Metro Parks, where as Ecological Supervisor he manages 15 staff and is responsible for natural area evaluation, protection, and restoration. Prior to his employment with the park district, he worked for six years as a Wetland Ecologist for EnviroScience, Inc. in Stow, as well as for several other private and public conservation agencies. His most recent venture includes serving his first term as a board supervisor for Summit SWCD, for which he seeks reelection.
 
Rob is respected by his peers throughout the region and is active in several state and local conservation efforts. He is a founding member of Lake Erie Allegheny Partnership (LEAP) for Biodiversity (leapbio.org). He and his wife Natasha reside in Tallmadge and have spent 30 years living and working in Summit County raising three children.