Staff

IDEA has faculty and staff throughout Illinois to serve agriculture producers and agribusinesses. Click on the area of the map where you are located to view IDEA staff. The faculty and staff listed below are associated with IDEA projects. Campus Faculty and Staff

Northwest Region Staff

Kim Tack: Extension Educator, IDEA (Initiative for the Development of Entrepreneurs in Agriculture) Phone: 309/796-0512

Sandy Shetler:Extension Specialist, Educational Technology, Quad Cities Center

Darlene Knipe: Extension Specialist, Marketing and Business Development, Quad Cities Center

Richard Knipe: Animal Systems Specialist, Beef and Ag Entrepreneurship, Quad Cities Center

Dave Feltes: Extension Educator, Integrated Pest Management, Quad Cities Center

Dan Jennings: Extension Educator, Animal Systems, Rockford Center

Al Kulczewski: Unit Leader, Henderson/Mercer/Warren County

Mark Maidak: Unit Leader, JoDaviess/Carroll County

Kyle Cecil: Extension Educator, Agriculture & Natural Resources Mgmt, Knox County

Northeast Region Staff

Todd Byrd: Extension Program Coordinator, Community and Economic Development, Chicago

Willene Buffet: County Director, Cook County/Chicago Unit

Rhonda Hardy:Unit Educator, Community and Economic Development, Chicago

Ellen Phillips: Extension Educator, Crop Systems, Countryside Extension Center

West Central Region Staff

Peter Fandel: Extension Educator, Crop Systems, Woodford County

Roger Larson: County Extension Director, Peoria County

Dean Oswald: Extension Educator, Animal Systems, Macomb Center

East Central Region Staff

Suzanne M. Bissonnette: Extension Educator, Integrated Pest Management, Champaign Center

Lisa Ellis: Unit Leader, Edgar County

Rosie Gibbons: Unit Leader, Effingham County

Michelle Pride: Unit Leader, Vermillion County

Southern Region Staff

John Pike: Extension Educator, Community & Economic Development, Carbondale Center

Elizabeth Wahle: Extension Educator, Horticulture (Commercial Fruits & Vegetables), Edwardsville Center

Campus Faculty and Staff

Dan Anderson:Extension /Research Specialist in Agriculture, On-Farm Research Coordinator, NRES

Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant: Extension/Research Specialist in Agriculture

Peter Goldsmith: Assistant Professor, Agribusiness and Farm Management, ACE

Catherine Eastman: Integrated Pest Management, NRES, Life Sci: Entomolgy, INHS: Economic Entomology

John Masiunas: Associate Professor, Weed Management, NRES

Bill Shoemaker: Senior Research Specialist, Food Crops, NRES

Michelle Wander: Associate Professor of Soil Fertility/Ecology, NRES

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