Emelie Swackhamer

Emelie is a Horticulture Extension Educator at the Montgomery County Extension office.  She holds a B.S. degree in Plant Science from The Pennsylvania State University and a M.S. in Plant Pathology from the North Carolina State University.

Her programs focus on the green industry including diagnosis of plant problems, plant identification and selection, estimating and bidding for landscape installation, green infrastructure and pesticide safety education. She is serving as the team leader for green industry extension programming. 

Emelie is also a source of information and programming on the new invasive insect Lycorma delicatula, the spotted lanternfly.