Contact Our Team

John Orick, Co-leader, Purdue Master Gardener State Coordinator
orick@purdue.edu
Purdue Extension, Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture

Kara Salazar, Co-leader, AICP, PCED, LEED AP ND, Assistant Program Leader and Sustainable Communities Extension Specialist
salazark@purdue.edu
Purdue Extension, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant

Brooke Alford, Extension Education - Urban Agriculture
bmalford@purdue.edu
Purdue Extension, Marion County

C. Eliana Brown, Extension Water Quality Specialist, MSEE LEED AP NGICP
brown12@illinois.edu
University of Illinois Extension, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
Contact for University of Illinois Extension Rainscaping Education program

Laura Esman, Managing Director, Indiana Water Resources Research Center and Research Associate & Lab Manager, Natural Resources Social Science Lab
lesman@purdue.edu
Purdue University, Department of Forestry & Natural Resources

Karen Mitchell, Extension Consumer Horticulture Specialist
mitcheka@purdue.edu
Purdue Extension, Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture

Amanda Mosiman, Extension Education, ANR
bailey1@purdue.edu
Purdue Extension, Warrick County

Hans Schmitz, Extension Educator, ANR, CED
hschmitz@purdue.edu
Purdue Extension, Posey County

Nikky Witkowski, Extension Educator, ANR
nikky@purdue.edu
Purdue Extension, Porter County

Phillip Woolery, Extension Educator, ANR
pwoolery@purdue.edu
Purdue Extension, Pulaski, and Starke Counties