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Grady Spann

Botanical Garden of the Ozarks

part of a series on Treasure

About the speaker

Grady Spann is the CEO/Executive Director of the Northwest Arkansas Land Trust. This month, Grady will share his life’s journey from beautiful Brazil to the glory of The Natural State, including his perspective on the most valuable treasure he encountered along the way through an exciting and colorful life of discovery, exploration, and joy. Grady is a proud graduate of Henderson State University, where he majored in Parks and Recreation before launching a 9-year adventure with the U.S. Army and then protecting Arkansas’s iconic treasures in an amazing 30-year career with Arkansas State Parks. His life’s journey continues today protecting the special places and landscapes that define Northwest Arkansas.

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