QDMA Press Release
Media Contact:
Tim Lilley – (800) 209-3337
tlilley@qdma.com
QDMA Names Larry Tatom Southwest Regional Director
Watkinsville, Ga. – Larry M. Tatom
of Cross Plains, Texas, has been named Southwest Regional
Director for the Quality Deer Management Association. Tatom
began his duties in this newly created QDMA region on April
25.
“All
of us at QDMA welcome Larry to the QDMA staff,” said
Gene Newman, Director of Branch Development. “Our Regional
Directors are the QDMA in their respective regions because
of their visibility and availability, and we welcome him to
the staff during a very exciting time of growth for the association.”
Tatom will be responsible for forming and developing branches
in Texas, Louisiana and western Oklahoma. QDMA branches host
educational and fundraising events in their communities. Collectively,
the three states are home to nearly 6,000 QDMA members.
Tatom is a 1976 graduate of Texas A&M University with
a degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Management, and he brings
nearly two decades of experience in grassroots development
and fundraising for organizations dedicated to conservation
and the outdoors.
Most notably, Tatom served 10 years as the South Texas Field
Rep for the National Rifle Association, and seven years in
Regional Director positions with Ducks Unlimited, serving
West Texas and western Oklahoma.
Founded in 1988, QDMA is a national nonprofit wildlife conservation
organization with nearly 35,000 members in all 50 states and
several foreign countries. Membership in QDMA is open to anyone
interested in better deer and better deer hunting, and committed
to ethical hunting, sound deer management and the preservation
of the deer-hunting heritage. To learn more about QDMA and
why it is the future of deer hunting, call (800) 209-DEER
[(800) 209-3337] or visit www.QDMA.com.
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