Community Advisors
The Community Prairie restoration project's community advisors provide guidance on project goals, help inform key decisions and offer insight into opportunities for collaboration with campus and community partners. They also helps to ensure that this project reflects both best practices and community priorities.
- Amy Brodkorb, Secondary STEAM Manager, DeKalb School District
- Andy Wanek, Executive Director, DeCarbon DeKalb
- Bill Nicklas, City Manager, City of DeKalb
- Cortney Strohacker, Executive Director, DeKalb County Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Dean Johnson, Executive Director, DeKalb County Soil and Water Conservation District
- Hallela Wagner, NIU Student Ambassador
- Holly Jones, Professor of Biological Sciences, NIU
- Jennifer Groce, Director of Community Promotion, NIU
- Josh Clark, Natural Resource Manager, DeKalb County Forest Preserve District
- Kristen Brynteson, Director, NIU STEAM
- Matt Deitch, Director, Northern Illinois Center for Community Sustainability, NIU
- Michael Haines, Community Ambassador
- Nick Newman, Environment and Technology Manager, Kishwaukee Water Reclamation District
- Paul Zepezauer, Executive Director, DeKalb Park District
- Sarah Montgomery, Director of Teaching and Learning, 6-12, DeKalb School District
- Sarah Schaefer, Elementary STEAM Manager, DeKalb School District
- Scott Zak, Communications and Engagement Manager, City of DeKalb
- Thomas Skuzinski, Director, Institute for the Study of Environment, Sustainability and Energy, NIU
Funding
This project has been generously supported by
- DeKalb County Community Foundation
- NIU Foundation