Meet the Team
Andy Bennett - Manager
Dylon Borger - Field Operations
Laura Nywening - Field Forester
Andy, Judson's second son, graduated from the University of Tennessee with a degree in Forest Management in 2003. After graduation, Andrew worked in different facets of home construction for almost 10 years. In the fall of 2014, Andy picked up the baton of R&V from his late father and has operated the company since then. Andy is blessed to be married to his wonderful wife Amy since 2004 and grateful to have five beautiful children: Amelia (14), Aiden (12), Ava (9), Adeline (deceased 2016), and Asher (2).
Andy is an Approved Forester in the state of NJ; recognized as a Technical Service Provider (TSP) by the NRCS; licensed with the NJDEP as a Certified Pesticide Applicator; Certified Tree Farm Inspector; member of the Society of American Foresters (SAF); and member of the NJ Forest Association (NJFA).
Dylon graduated from Pennsylvania College of Technology in 2009 with an associate’s degree in Forest Technology. In 2012, he received his bachelor’s degree in Forest Land Management from Pennsylvania State University. Since graduating, he has worked as a forester for several firms in New Jersey and Pennsylvania while also being a forester technician for the Pennsylvania Department of Natural Resources.
Dylon joined R& V in 2014. His professional experience is defined through conducting forest inventories on public and private lands along with marking and cruising timber in both NJ and PA. Dylon has vast knowledge in georeferencing and digitally mapping properties, conducting invasive species control, Forest Stand Improvement (FSI) cuttings, and conducting collaborative projects with outreach agencies such as the NJ Forest Service, NRCS and NJ Audubon. Dylon is recognized as an Approved Forester by the state of NJ; Certified Tree Farm Inspector; has his NJDEP Core Certification for Pesticide Application; level 1 Certified in Soren Eriksson’s Game of Logging; member of the NJ chapter of the Society of American Foresters (SAF); and member of the NJ Forestry Association (NJFA).
In November 2023, Dylon and his wife Jamie Lee welcomed a new addition to the family: a son, Branch! Dylon is proud to have been raised and influenced by his late father Dean L. Borger, his mother Pamela, his brother Dickson, sister Mackenzie, and other family members.
Laura graduated in 2008 from Westfield State University with a degree in history education. She has held a variety of jobs including park ranger, educational farmer, and production farmhand. In 2013, she started Peace and Carrots Farm on her family farm in southern NY State. Laura's farm provided enough vegetables for nearly one hundred CSA shares and two Farmers’ Markets. In late 2019, Laura began assisting R&V with field inventory work and has since become employed full time. Since then, she and her partner, Matt, have moved to New Jersey and she is starting a “yardstead” at their house in Montague.
While she has no formal education in anything related to forestry or agriculture, her love for the land has allowed her to quickly pick up the skills required to assist landowners. She likes plants a lot and has a knack for remembering almost everything she reads.