Jessica E. Hill

Jessica E. Hill serves as the Director of Cooperative Extension.  She is responsible for coordinating three programs including Horticulture, 4-H and Youth Development, and Family and Consumer Sciences.  Her areas of specialization include health, wellness, financial literacy and parenting education.

Jessica began her career in DeKalb County as a Parenting Education Extension Agent.  She also served as a County Extension Agent prior to assuming the role of Director of Cooperative Extension in 2004.

Prior to joining the DeKalb County Cooperative Extension, Jessica was a County Extension Educator in Cook County, Illinois. 

Jessica is a graduate of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Campus with a bachelor’s degree in Community Health and a master’s degree in Social Work with an emphasis on Health Care. 

Departmental Summary - Cooperative Extension

Cooperative Extension provides the citizens of DeKalb County with educational programs and information from the University of Georgia in the area of Horticulture, 4-H and Youth Development, and Family and Consumer Sciences.

Cooperative Extension educational programs have countywide significance:

• In the community and schools through 4-H and Youth Development
• In communities with efforts such as Master Gardeners and urban gardening
• In homes through nutrition, child development, housing, and financial literacy
• In nature by helping residents to protect the environment, and