Kyle “Leaf Daddy” Cotner
Founder and Owner
Since the autumn of 2007 when The Foliage Report was founded, Kyle has been publishing a weekly foliage newsletter.
Rachel Walker
Chief Communications Officer
Rachel joined The Foliage Report as the Chief Communications Officer in 2023. She brings her almost decade experience of political communications to The Foliage Report.
B. Dean Berry (aka Keystone Prime)
Senior Field Correspondent
Keystone Prime joined The Foliage Report as a Field Correspondent covering Pennsylvania and surrounding states in 2023. A storm chaser and videographer by trade, Keystone Prime has been in the field since 1997, with his work seen on WeatherNation, The Weather Channel, Ryan Hall Y’All, ABC, NBC, CBS, and other national outlets, since 2018. Dean provides live-recorded update hits for The Foliage Report for Pennsylvania and surrounding states on a recurring basis from September through November, with occasional forecast and commentary appearances in the off-season.
Paige Berdomas
Field Correspondent, Nevada/Idaho/Oregon
The newest addition to The Foliage Report this year, Paige has been photographing nature’s beautiful fall foliage since age 12 when she got her first digital camera. Born and raised in the Laurel Highlands mountains of Pennsylvania, she now travels the country most of the year chasing storms and the aurora. You can also find Paige behind the scenes helping women bring precious life into the world as a travel labor and delivery RN and nurse practitioner. Paige’s work with storms has been featured on The Weather Channel, ABC, NBC, and CBS. You can also find her on social media/Youtube as Tornado Paigeyy.
Thomas Knepshield
Field Correspondent, West
Thomas joined The Foliage Report in 2023 while along his southbound hike through the Appalachian Trail which happened to end during peak fall color in the southern Appalachians. Thomas is an avid outdoorsman who specializes in storm and landscape photography acorss the United States. Outside of storm season, his favorite time of the year is fall! Thomas currently lives in the mountains of Colorado and provides updates and media for The Foliage Report in his area.
Evan Fisher
Foliage Expert and Consultant
In 2021, Evan Fisher joined The Foliage Report as an expert not only for his beloved North Carolina mountains but also compiling information for KML files to be distributed to media partners.
Evan graduated from UNC Asheville in the spring of 2023 with an undergraduate degree in Atmospheric Sciences, he is currently in grad school attending North Carolina State University.
On September 1st, 2023, Evan started Explore Fall, a website partnered up with The Foliage Report to track autumn colors.
Gopinath Jogu
GIS and KML Consultant
Jogu started helping out The Foliage Report in 2023 to create KML files for television meteorologists across the United States. He is a GIS expert and holds a Master’s Degree, Geographic Information Science and Cartography from the University of Leicester