Executive Director
Soil and Water Conservation Society
Craig Cox is Executive Director of the Soil and Water Conservation Society, a society dedicated to promoting the art and science of natural resource conservation. He has been involved with agriculture, natural resource and environmental issues throughout his life. Prior to this appointment he served at the USDA and the National Academy of Sciences. At the Academy, he directed four studies including “Soil and Water Quality: An Agenda for Agriculture”. He also worked for ten years at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in a number of positions, ultimately directing land and water resource management in the state park system.
Mr. Cox earned a degree in wildlife management from the University of Minnesota. In 1989, he completed a M.S. in agricultural economics, also from the University of Minnesota.