Linda L. Gillilland

Linda Gillilland is the Executive Director of Cornell Cooperative Extension in Clinton County which is nestled between Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks. She has a special interest in connecting youth and adults to the world around them. Cornell Cooperative Extension is able to provide an educational pathway to steer climate stewardship and its effects ...
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Marissa Nolan

Marissa Nolan joined CCE Schuyler as an Environmental Educator in 2020. In her role she focuses on teaching adults and kids about native plants, gardening, composting, recycling, and other sustainability topics. Marissa now works as the Horticulture Team Lead for CCE-Tompkins Marissa earned a bachelor’s degree in Wildlife biology from McGill University and a master’s degree ...
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Khila Pecoraro

Khila is the Recycling and Composting Educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension, Schenectady County. Her background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Sustainability from SUNY Oneonta and a Master’s degree from the Geography Department at Syracuse University where she studied Climate Change and Adaptation. Prior to working at CCE, she worked for several environmental non-profits ...
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Erik Schellenberg

Erik Schellenberg is the natural resources educator at CCE Orange. He is passionate about the living world and wants to support any and all work that aims to restore health to the land and all the beings and cultures that inhabit it. This includes delivering programming related to water health, soil management, forest health, ...
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Ryan Staychock

Ryan Staychock is an Environmental and Natural Resources Educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension serving Cayuga, Schuyler and Seneca counties. His professional interests include building community capacity to implement environmental, cultural, and economic sustainability. The juxtaposition of ecosystem science and human progress drives him to help people practice environmental stewardship. His current focus in the ...
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