If you are interested in taking any future Advanced Training Specialist programs, please reach out to Jo Rake and let her know what categories you’re interested in. She will let you know when and if they are coming up so that you may apply (if eligible). Be sure to read how to qualify. Advanced Training Specialist Information Page
If you’d like to see an image of the below list of names, click here: Advanced Training Specialist List – (Updated 08/2026)
When you’ve completed your Advanced Training Hours, don’t forget to completed this form and submit to Dawnyel Luckie along with copies of your VMS hours: Advanced Training Document for Certification Form
COMPOSTING
- Juanita Campos
- John Geib
EARTH-KIND®
- Kathy Feagan
- Kathy Turner
- Jackie Sledge
ENTOMOLOGY
- Kathy Feagan
- Fran Crumpler
FIREWISE
- Karen Saunders
GREENHOUSE
- Jo Rake
- Kathy Turner
- Jackie Sledge
HERBS
- Donna Long-Wolfer
- Dawn Graham
- Anne Pierce
JUNIOR MASTER GARDENER
- Juanita Campos
- Jackie Sledge
PLANT PATHOLOGY
- Daniel Sutton — 2024*
- Jeff Jackson — 2024*
PROPAGATION
- Fran Crumpler
- Jo Rake
- Terry Shuffield
- Wendy Porter
- Julie James
- Liz Throckmorton
- Dawn Graham — 2026*
- Nelda Lawrence — 2026*
RAINWATER HARVESTING
- Jo Rake
- Karen Saunders
- Kathy Turner
TEXAS SUPERSTAR®
- Jackie Sledge
- Pleas McKee
- Stephanie McKee
TREE & TREE CARE
- Karen Saunders
- Boyd King
- Donna Long-Wolfer
- Ann Butler — 2026*
TURFGRASS
- Natasha Henderson — 2025*
- Grace Broyles — 2025*
VEGETABLES
- Juanita Campos
- Karen Saunders
- John Geib
- Donna Long-Wolfer
- Donna Gutierrez
- Rachel Perkins — 2025*
* Advanced Training class completed; specialist service-hour requirements are still in progress.