Meet Jessica Crowder
Jessica Crowder brings more than two decades of experience in agriculture, land management, and public policy, with a career focused on supporting working lands, rural communities, and Wyoming's core industries.
Jessica spent her childhood on a cattle ranch in central New Mexico, where she first developed a deep appreciation for the connection between land and the people who steward it. She pursued her passion for rangeland stewardship at Texas Tech University, earning both a B.S. in Range Management and an M.S. in Range Science. Her graduate research focused on prescribed summer fire and grazing management in the Northern Great Plains.
Today, Jessica and her husband, Jason, own and operate a ranch in Laramie County, along with multiple businesses, including a consulting firm focused on agriculture, conservation, and natural resource policy.
Before focusing on their businesses, Jessica served as executive director of the Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust and spent more than four years as a policy advisor to former Wyoming Governor Matt Mead. She has also served in policy roles with the Western Landowners Alliance and the Wyoming Department of Agriculture, as a technician with the Agricultural Research Service, and as an instructor at Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming. Across these roles, her work has centered on natural resource management, with a strong emphasis on keeping working lands intact, productive, and economically viable across diverse ownerships.
Jessica has experience collaborating with landowners, federal partners, state agencies, local governments, and nonprofit organizations to shape policy and management strategies that benefit both Wyoming’s landscapes and its communities.
Outside of her professional work, Jessica enjoys spending time outdoors — riding horses, gardening, fishing, and traveling — with Jason and their daughter, Adelynn. She also spends a fair amount of time fixing fences and washing show livestock.
A Collaborative Problem Solver
Jessica has worked alongside:
Ranchers and agricultural producers
Federal and state agencies
Local governments and community leaders
Nonprofit organizations and conservation groups
Her experience navigating complex policy challenges gives her a practical understanding of how decisions made in Cheyenne impact real people across Wyoming.
Community Involvement & Wyoming Values
Jessica has been actively involved in her community, including:
Cheyenne Frontier Days committees
Local school and community leadership
4-H and youth agriculture programs
She also serves in leadership roles within professional organizations like the Society for Range Management, including as a past Wyoming Section President.