Sharma Torrens

Sharma, a native Arizonan, owns her own company, Ag-Conserve Consulting, LLC, and she is a consultant for the Arizona Association of Conservation Districts (AACD) and Central Arizona Land Trust (CALT). As the Conservation Education Director for the AACD, Sharma spearheads educational efforts, works with the educational centers, and pursues grants and funding. With CALT, acting as the Conservation Specialist, Sharma works with farmers and ranchers to keep the agricultural operation in place with conservation easements while maintaining open space and wildlife habitat, etc.  In both roles with these nonprofit organizations, Sharma can pursue her two passions of conserving agriculture and natural resources.

Sharma has a B.S. in Wildlife Biology from A.S.U. and a J.D. from Thomas Jefferson School of Law.  She graduated from Project CENTRL (center for rural leadership), is a U.S. Bureau of Land Management AZ Resource Advisory Council member, and is on the International Leadership Alumni Conference Advisory Board, the AZDA’s Food & Ag. Policy Advisory Committee, the Coalition for Farmland Preservation, and the Board of Slow Food Phoenix.