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 on economic development, sustainable agriculture, alternative energy, and natural resources in our own backyards and beyond.
Climate smart communities are our future. Linda believes the beauty of extension work is the ability to intertwine each program area into the next to enrich the lives of the people who call Clinton County home bringing the “cooperative” to Cooperative Extension. Clinton County’s educator team of Agriculture, Horticulture, 4-H and Nutrition works together to combine each program’s strengths to provide a strong foundation for climate education. Linda holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from Radford University and a Master of Arts in Management from Webster University. She is owner/operator of a livestock, seasonal vegetable, mushroom, compost and managed forest farm that has been family farmed since 1828.
Contact:
Linda Gillilland
Executive Director
518-561-7450
llg46@cornell.edu
Administration, Agriculture, Energy, Environment, 4-H Youth Development, Food & Nutrition, Gardening, Home & Family