UVALDE — Todd Swift has been appointed the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service regional program leader for the agency’s South Region. His responsibilities will include agriculture, natural resources and 4-H.
Swift, who will begin his position Jan. 1, will be located at the Texas A&M Research and Extension Center in Uvalde, 1619 Garner Field Road.
Todd Swift will be the new AgriLife Extension regional program leader for the agency’s South Region. (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo)
He was previously AgriLife Extension county agent for agriculture and natural resources and the county coordinator for Blanco County, working from the AgriLife Extension office in Johnson City. He also served as an AgriLife Extension county agent for agriculture and 4-H in Llano and Runnels counties and was owner of The Planter Box Nursery, a retail nursery and lawn/landscaping business in Marble Falls.
Swift has a bachelor’s degree in animal science and master’s degree in animal reproduction, both from Angelo State University in San Angelo.
“As regional program leader, Todd will provide leadership, support, and direction to AgriLife Extension agents in 41 counties in Districts 10 and 12, which cover southwestern and southern Texas,” said Dr. Susan Ballabina, AgriLife Extension associate director for program development, College Station. “He will also be responsible for acquiring resources and building partnerships to support program priorities.”
Ballabina added that Swift has “continually demonstrated program excellence” and has used the agency’s program development process “very effectively, resulting in high-impact programs in the counties where he has served.”
“Todd is also known as someone with a strong work ethic and as a team player,” she noted.
In his AgriLife Extension career, Swift has developed numerous exhibits, written dozens of news releases and articles, composed or adapted various instructional program guides, given hundreds of agriculture and 4-H-related presentations, and has secured many grants and donations.
He is a member of the Animal Industries state committee, serves on the AgriLife Extension District 10 Emeritus Committee, and served on AgriLife Extension’s West Region Agriculture and Natural Resources Wildlife Program Team. He also has completed the Natural Resource Leadership Course and has won distinguished service awards from state and national agriculture associations.
“I hope my 20-plus years of programming expertise will benefit the agents and specialists in Districts 10 and 12,” Swift said. “I’m looking forward to working with them and also working with the newly assembled AgriLife Extension leadership team for the South Region.”
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