Indiana Land Use Summit

2026 Scheduled Speakers

Angie Abbott

Associate Dean of Agriculture, Director of Purdue Extension, Purdue University College of Agriculture

abbottar@purdue.edu

Dan Chavas

Professor, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University

dchavas@purdue.edu

Lynne Dahmen

Senior Managing Director, Purdue University Institute for a Sustainable Future

ldahmen@purdue.edu

Dagney Faulk

Director of Research, Center for Business and Economic Research, Miller College of Business, Ball State University

dgfaulk@bsu.edu

Becca Gillespie

Managing Director, Energy Systems Network

becca@energysystemsnetwork.com

Xiaonan Lu

Associate Professor with the School of Engineering Technology and Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (by courtesy), Purdue University

lu998@purdue.edu

Tamara Ogle

Community Development Specialist, Purdue Extension

togle@purdue.edu

Jamie Palmer

Senior Policy Analyst, Indiana University Public Policy Institute

jlpalmer@iu.edu

Kara Salazar

Assistant Program Leader, Community Development & Sustainable Community Extension Specialist, Purdue Extension, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant

salazark@purdue.edu

Geoff Sanchez

Agrivoltaic Researcher, Purdue University Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

gmacraes@purdue.edu

Juan Pablo Sesmero

Professor of Agricultural Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

jsesmero@purdue.edu

Aaron Thompson

Associate Professor; Director, Center for Community & Environment Design, Purdue University

Dan Walker

Community Development Specialist, Purdue Extension

walke422@purdue.edu

Kayla Wright

Community Resilience Specialist, Community Development Educator, Purdue Extension

knwright@purdue.edu