Contact Our Team

Meet the Team

If you need additional information or have questions, please contact a member of the program team below.

Purdue Extension

Laura Esman, Research & Reporting Coordinator, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
lesman@purdue.edu

Cora Hill, Regional Urban Agriculture Educator, Purdue Extension Region 3
hill272@purdue.edu

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

John Orick, Purdue Master Gardener State Coordinator, Purdue Extension, Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
orick@purdue.edu
Contact for Purdue Extension Rainscaping Education program

Kara Salazar, Assistant Program Leader, Community Development and Sustainable Communities Extension Specialist, Purdue Extension, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
salazark@purdue.edu
Contact for Purdue Extension Rainscaping Education program

University of Illinois Extension

Peggy Anesi, Natural Resources, Environment and Energy Educator, University of Illinois Extension serving Boone, DeKalb, and Ogle Counties
psdoty@illinois.edu

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

Chris Enroth, Horticulture Educator, University of Illinois Extension serving Henderson, Knox, McDonough, and Warren Counties
cenroth@illinois.edu

Abigail Garofalo, Extension Specialist, Illinois Master Naturalist Program, University of Illinois Extension
aeg9@illinois.edu

Layne Knoche, Stormwater Outreach Associate, University of Illinois Extension, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
lknoch2@illinois.edu

Jamie Viebach, Horticulture Educator, University of Illinois Extension, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
jviebach@illinois.edu