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Intro || Mission Statement || History || Why Save Wetlands? || Meet the Staff || Our Board of Directors Wisconsin Wetlands Association Board of Directors
OFFICERS Mary Linton, Chair, is based in Fort Atkinson as a conservation biologist. She has an M.S. in Biology from Michigan Technological University and a Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of Kentucky. Her research interest is the complex ecology and conservation of wetland animals that use wetlands and uplands to complete their life cycle. Her idea of a good time is chasing frogs and toads on a warm rainy spring night. She is a published scientist and poet. She is a certified ecologist by the Ecological Society of America Kim Genich, Vice-Chair, has been involved in environmental issues such as recycling, energy and water quality for many years. He has assisted in various legal seminars on wetlands, restoration and mitigation. Kim is an avid birdwatcher. He lives in Madison and works for Dane County Head Start. John Ebsen, Treasurer, is a retired underwriter/insurance analyst for CUNA Mutual Group in Madison. He holds an MBA from UW-Milwaukee, is a CPA, CFA, CFE, and CPCU. John has been a Dane County Volunteer, consulted with Wisconsin's Environmental Decade and is an avid outdoorsman. John has participated in the statewide deformed frog surveys and in several WWA wetland workshops. MEMBERS Scott Froehlke is Chair of the WWA Policy Committee and follows legislation and policy closely for our organization. Scott Froehlke, a former aide in the Wisconsin Legislature and US Senate, is a Madison-based contract lobbyist. He was also recently appointed by Governor Doyle to be a Public Representative on the Patients Compensation Board. As a former River Alliance of Wisconsin board member, he helped pass a recent law creating a permitting system for high capacity well withdrawals. R. Tod Highsmith is a writer and editor in the conservation sciences. His career includes stints as an environmental educator, ornithological researcher, and staff journalist for an international bird conservation organization. He is a former officer of the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, and served as editor of The Passenger Pigeon, the society's quarterly journal. He holds a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Bruce Moore is a water resources engineer for WDNR. Bruce is a registered professional engineer and hydrologist in WI and holds a graduate degree in environmental monitoring. He is a dedicated conservationist and a believer in maintaining a small footprint. His many contributions to protecting the environment include driving a car powered by vegetable oil and being a strong supporter of Wisconsin Wetlands Association as a volunteer, donor and program participant. Gene Roark was a co-founder of The Nature Conservancy-Wisconsin Chapter in 1960. He serves or has served on numerous boards and committees for diverse conservation groups, including: Dane County Natural Heritage Foundation, Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association, Madison Audubon Society, Dane County Conservation League and Wisconsin Society for Ornithology (magazine editor). Gene is a former DNR employee, has worked in tourism and public relations for the state, and as a private consultant. Penny Shackelford is a retired physician and emeritus professor of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO where she specialized in infectious diseases. After retiring she moved to Milton, WI where she and her husband own 380 acres of wetland, upland hardwood forest and prairie, which they are restoring to pre-settlement vegetation. Their land, appropriately named "Fair Meadows," is a State Natural Area. Penny is a Past Board Member and Secretary of the Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association and currently a board member of the Lake Koshkonong Wetland Association. Carl Sinderbrand, is a partner in the Madison law firm, Axley Brynelson, where he practices environmental, construction and government administrative law. A graduate of Oberlin College and UW Law School, he previously served as an assistant attorney general at the Wisconsin Department of Justice. He is a former member of the Dane County Lakes and Watershed Commission, and currently is a member of the board of directors of Clean Wisconsin, Inc. Alice Thompson, Former Chair, is a wetland ecologist and owner of Thompson and Associates Wetland Services and consults on wetland issues and projects throughout the state. She has a Masters degree from UW-Milwaukee where she researched reed canary grass. Thompson is a certified Professional Wetland Scientist with the Society of Wetland Scientists. Thompson is active in wetland delineation, restoration, mitigation and invasive species. John Wetzel retired from a 30 year career in Wildlife Biology with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources where he worked across the state, most recently in the Mississippi River Work Unit based in La Crosse. He is active in a number of conservation organizations related to waterfowl and the Mississippi River including: Wisconsin Wildlife Federation-Federation Board and Chair of the Waterfowl Committee, La Crosse Conservation Alliance, Mississippi River Citizens Commission, Mississippi Valley Conservancy, Ducks Unlimited, Wisconsin Waterfowl Association, Ruffed Grouse Society, The Wildlife Society and Wisconsin Chapter, Audubon Society and Brice Prairie Conservation Association. Paul Zedler is a Professor of Environmental Studies at the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at UW-Madison and a senior scientist at the UW Arboretum. Paul previously worked at San Diego State University (SDSU) as director Biological Field Stations, biology professor, and chairman of the ecology program area. Paul holds a B.S. in English from UW-Milwaukee, and M.S. in Botany and Ph.D in Botany-Plant Ecology from UW-Madison.
Tom Bernthal is a wetland ecologist with the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources, Lakes and Wetlands Section, Madison.
Tom was co-chair of WWA in 1995 and is currently an active board
member of the Friends of Pheasant Branch in Middleton. Randy Hunt is a wetland hydrologist with
the U.S. Geological Survey, Middleton. His PhD was in hydrogeology
from UW-Madison. Dave Siebert is a wetland ecologist in the
Bureau of Integrated Science Services with the Department of Natural
Resources in Madison. Pat Trochlell is a wetland ecologist with
the "Wetland Team" in the Lakes and Wetlands Section
of the Department of Natural Resources, Madison. |
