Meet Jessica Crowder

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.

Jessica and her husband, Jason, now own and operate several enterprises, including their consulting company, their ranch in Laramie County, and multiple real estate ventures. Jessica provides consulting expertise in land management, agriculture, conservation, and 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.