Connie Handel

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DeKalb County Program Coordinator
Address

1350 West Prairie Drive Sycamore IL 60178-3166

Phone
815-758-8194
Program Areas
Horticulture
Natural Resources, Environment, and Energy

Connie is the Illinois Extension Program Coordinator for Master Naturalist and Master Gardener programs in DeKalb County. She works with Extension volunteers, educators, and the community to facilitate and promote educational programs.

Connie earned a Bachelor of Science degree in sociology from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. 

Before becoming an Extension Program Coordinator, she worked for 13 years as a University of Illinois Extension Community Worker in Natural Resources at the Natural Resource Education Center in Russell Woods Forest Preserve, Genoa.