Ave Bauder

Averell H. Bauder (Ave) has served as the Executive Director of Cornell Cooperative Extension in Seneca County since 2010. In addition to his oversight of all Association programming, he has particular interest/responsibilities for climate change and sustainable energy as well as Community and Economic Development. He serves as the co-chair of the CCE Climate ...
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Maura Beatty

Maura Beatty is a sophomore at Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences studying Environment and Sustainability with a concentration in Environmental Policy and Governance, with minors in Climate Change and English. She is a member of various sustainability oriented organizations on campus, such as Cornell University Sustainable Design’s Policy and Modeling team, ...
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Katherine Bunting-Howarth

Kathy leads the NYSG Extension Team for NY Sea Grant and thrives when working on helping diverse stakeholders wrestle with wicked problems. Most recently, she’s engaged in extension and research on socio-ecological resilience, crude oil transportation, climate-induced human migration, and Climate Stewards. She was PI on a Smith-lever grant that funded the development of ...
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Allison M. Chatrchyan

Allison is a Sr. Research Associate at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, and the main campus focal point for the Cornell Climate Stewards Program. She co-led the team development of the Cornell Climate Stewards Program with Katherine Bunting-Howarth, and was Principle Investigator on a USDA NIFA Planning grant to study the feasibility of developing ...
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Antonius Chess

Antonius was born and raised in Rochester, NY. He graduated from Alfred University with a double major degree in environmental science and geology and a minor in biology. During his time at Alfred he started an on-campus organization designed to teach students about environmental sustainability, agriculture and nutrition. Since leaving Alfred, Antonius has organized ...
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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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Amanda Henning

Amanda is the Ag and Food Systems Team Leader at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Niagara County. Her work focuses on agriculture and sustainable food systems as well a coordinating the county’s Master Gardener program. Amanda has a passion for environmental stewardship and strives to bring conservation and environmental awareness opportunities to residents of Niagara ...
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Marisa Niedzielska

Marisa is a rising Junior at Cornell studying Environment and Sustainability with a concentration in Sustainable Business and Environmental Economics. Marisa is passionate about sustainable development and environmental justice. She is excited to explore Rochester this summer. In her free time, Marisa also enjoys running, skiing, and hiking. Contact: Marisa Niedzielska man237@cornell.edu (585)753-2564 CCE ...
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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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Maryellen Sheehan

Maryellen Sheehan is Madison County CCE’s Agriculture & Horticulture Resource Educator. Her main focus supports commercial specialty crop producers and general agriculture, but she also works with farm and food businesses, the local food system, and natural resource & climate adaptation programming. Maryellen grew vegetables across the northeast since 1998, seeing first-hand how climate ...
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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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