Janet Burnett is the County Extension Director for University of Illinois Extension in Madison and St. Clair counties. She has a master's degree in public administration/public policy from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville and a bachelor's degree in home economics education from Eastern Illinois University.

In her role as county extension director, Burnett oversees Extension programming in four broad areas: nutrition, family and consumer sciences; community and economic development; agriculture and natural resources; and 4-H/youth development.

She is a member of the National Association Extension Consumer and Family Sciences and the League of Women Voters for the Edwardsville area.