Board of Directors
Current Board Members
Dave Adam (Franklin) Senior Vice President and Treasurer for Johnson Financial Group; Certified Public Accountant (retired)
Amy Alstad (Madison) Director of Land Management & Environmental Education, Holy Wisdom Monastery
James P. Bennett (Madison) Professor of Botany, UW-Madison (retired)
Linda Bochert (Madison) Attorney, Environmental Regulation, Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP (retired)
Kristine Euclide (Madison) Attorney, Madison Gas & Electric (retired)
Beckie Gaskill (Marshfield) Outdoor and Environmental Reporter and Content Creator
Lisa Gaumnitz (Madison) Coordinator for Save Our Songbirds; Public Affairs Manager for Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (retired)
Rebecca Haefner (Wauwatosa) Physician, Wheaton-Franciscan Healthcare; former Ecologist and Director of Stewardship for Missouri Chapter of The Nature Conservancy
Martin Henert (DeForest) Executive Assistant, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection; Administrator, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (retired)
Jaimes Johnson (Green Bay) Director of Community Engagement, UW Credit Union (retired)
Kristine Krause (Rhinelander) Vice President Environmental, Wisconsin Energy Corporation (retired)
Mark LaBarbera (Hazel Green) President & CEO, ML & Associates; Executive Director, Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
Tom Olson (Presque Isle) Vice President, CUNA Mutual Group; President, Directions 21 Business Group (retired)
Scott Valitchka (Neenah) Founder, Kompas Business Partners, LLC; Adjunct Instructor, Fox Valley
Technical College Center for Business and Industry
Michael Williamson (Madison) Executive Director of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board; Director, North Carolina Retirement System; Assistant to the UW-Madison Chancellor (retired)
David Zeug (Shell Lake) Outdoor Communicator; Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Conservation Warden – Northern Region’s Enforcement and Science Program Leader (retired)
Board Officers
Dave Adam—Chair
Michael Williamson—Vice Chair
Kris Euclide—Secretary
Martin Henert—Treasurer
Emeritus Members of the Board
Darrell Bazzell
Bruce Braun
Thomas Dott
Jim Hubing
Diane Humphrey Lueck
Tom Lochner
Bill Lunney
Thomas Lyon
James Matras
Howard Mead
Thomas Schmidt
Christine Thomas
Todd Tiefenthaler
Honorary Emeritus
C.D. “Buzz” Besadny*
Daniel Chabot*
Anthony Earl*
Collins Ferris*
Daniel T. Flaherty*
Robert Froehlke*
Paul Hassett*
Warren Knowles*
David Ladd*
Peggie Post Mallery*
Cliff Messinger*
Gaylord Nelson*
Ronald Semmann*
Toby Sherry*
Dair J. Stewart*
Albert Toma*
Daniel Trainer*
Margaret Van Alstyne*
Sally Whiffen*
Nash Williams*
* denotes that the person is deceased
Banner photo by Joshua Mayer