Chad Ellis

Ellis joined the Noble Research Institute as a pasture and range consultant in 2012.

Previously, Ellis was a Regional Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI) director for 15 central states at the Central National Technology Support Center (CNTSC) for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Prior to that, Ellis worked with NRSC as a rangeland management specialist in San Angelo, Texas. He also worked in the Chihuahuan Desert as a district conservationist in Alpine, Texas, to the subtropics in Florida as the state rangeland management specialist.

Ellis grew up in Lohn, Texas, a small farming and ranching community in Central Texas.