About Us

HALO is a membership-based organization whose members are passionate about their land, our world, and stewarding the resources that feed America and power its economy. Most of our landowner members have energy development leases on their land, seeking to diversify their ability to maintain ownership of their family farms. HALO provides counsel to area landowners on legal representation, ways they can educate community members about the benefits of energy development, developing ag-energy partnerships, and much more. A somewhat new organization, we continue to develop and refine our approach to best meet the needs of our landowner members. E-mail [email protected] to learn more or to provide suggestions on ways we can serve our membership.

Meet the team

Jeremy LaFaver, President, HALO

Before starting Heartland Area Land Owners (HALO), Jeremy LaFaver grew up in Lewis and Clark County, Montana on a gravel road near the local rodeo grounds as the son of a teacher and a public servant. His family later moving to Kansas, he graduated from Kansas State University before moving to New Mexico where he worked for the New Mexico Legislative Council Service as a researcher and bill drafter. Yearning to get back to the Heartland, LaFaver moved to Kansas City in 2009 to become the policy director for a statewide advocacy organization in Missouri. He went on to serve 2 terms in the Missouri House of Representatives where he worked on tax, energy, and conservation issues, among others. These experiences led him to form HALO, as he saw a serious need for landowner voices to be at the table when local officials are making decisions that impact their livelihood. In 2017, he began talking to other landowners throughout the heartland about the idea until there was finally enough critical mass of members to begin operations in 2022. LaFaver and his wife Stephanie live in Kansas City with their daughters Isabelle and Caroline and their dogs Emma and Tucker.

Lane Lundeen

Lane Lundeen was born south of Dodge City and is proud to call Kansas his home. He graduated from Fowler High School and went to Kansas State University to get his Bachelors of Science in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology with a minor in Political Sciences. Most recently, Lane worked for Kansas State University as a phlebotomist, pharmacy technician, and CPR instructor at Lafene Student Health Center. While at K-State, Lane assisted in graduate student research monitoring stream health in Riley, Marshall, and Wabaunsee counties. He also served as Student Body Vice President his senior year - chairing the Educational Opportunity Fund and Green Action Committee. 

Prior to his time with Lafene, Lane worked for the Northwest Youth Corps as a crew leader working alongside the Washington Department of Fisheries and Wildlife removing invasive species from local municipalities to improve the land for native flora, fauna, and landowners.

 Having been raised on a farm Lane knows the importance landowners put on keeping their property healthy and the great effort it takes to preserve their family's namesake.

Jeff Crocker

Jeff Crocker was born in Jefferson City and raised on a farm in Cole County Missouri. His family moved to southeast Missouri from Kentucky in 1820. He attended Blair Oaks High School and Lincoln University while working for the Missouri Department of Conservation eventually moving on to a career in law enforcement with the Cole County Sheriff's Office and then the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

After the attacks of 9/11, Jeff went to work for the Department of Homeland Security. He worked in various law enforcement and counter terrorism assignment throughout the upper Midwest as well as Europe and Asia. He is a graduate of Bellevue University, Bellevue Nebraska.

Upon his retirement Jeff moved back to rural mid-Missouri where he lives with his wife Heather and kids Charlie and Lucy. His oldest son Jesse is on active duty in the U.S. Navy. They have two labs, Daisy and Yogi. He is active in Missouri 4H where he is a youth shotgun shooting sports coach as well as an assistant coach for the Osage Trap Shooting Team.