Mill Creek’s Alyssa Nohren wrapped up her duties as an attorney rather succinctly.

“If you own dirt, or if you want to own dirt, I can help you,” said Nohren with a big smile.

The 2016 winner of the Volunteer of the Year Award by The Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast was standing in her office at Lakewood Ranch’s Icard Merrill, where she has been a shareholder since 2006.