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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 Alice Thompson, 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. Mary Linton, Vice Chair, teaches Biology at the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. 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. 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. Kim Genich, Secretary , 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. MEMBERS Gail Epping Overholt was the Director of Education at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center from 1999 - 2005, prior to which she was a Water Resources Specialist with the WDNR. Gail served as a science teacher in Wisconsin public schools from 1987 - 1991. She received her undergraduate degree in Elementary Education and MS in Water Resources Management with an emphasis on wetlands, both from UW-Madison. Gail has been an active member of the Wisconsin Wetlands Association and served on the board in the late 1990’s. Wetlands are her passion, and if elected, will put that passion to work to fulfill the mission of WWA. Tim Eisele is a full-time freelance outdoor writer and photographer writing for The Capital Times, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Wisconsin Outdoor News newspapers, and is the editor for the Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association's Woodland Management magazine (and he's always looking for a good story idea)! He is a founding member and three time past-president of the Wisconsin Outdoor Communicator's Association and is an active member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America. Tim, and his wife Linda, own and manage 100 acres in Crawford County to benefit wildlife. Scott Froehlke is a registered contract lobbyist based in Madison. For a dozen years Froehlke was a legislative staffer for a variety of elected officials. His current client base ranges from Wisconsin winemakers to urban town government officers. Scott helped pass the recent important, incomplete groundwater withdrawal legislation. He gained experience in advocacy and water policy as a board member of the River Alliance of Wisconsin. 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. Laurie Lawlor is an award-winning author of more than 35 works of fiction and nonfiction for children, young adults, and adults, and provides numerous writing workshops and presentations at schools and libraries. Her recent natural history/memoir, THIS TENDER PLACE THE STORY OF A WETLAND YEAR, was inspired by a rare fen near her family's home in southeastern Wisconsin. Laurie teaches part-time in the Fiction Writing Department of Columbia College, Chicago. She has been involved as a hospice volunteer and as a naturalist at Ryerson Woods, Lake County Forest Preserve in IL. 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. Jonathan Reed is the President of Jonathan Reed and Associates, a management consulting service for environmental and scientific organizations. He recently returned to Wisconsin after serving as Associate Director and Acting Lead of the Conservation Science Division of The Nature Conservancy. Jonathan holds a Masters of Science and a PhD in Zoology from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. 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. 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. Galen Smith is a retired biology professor from University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He is a plant taxonomist with a specialization in wetland species. He has recently revised the genera Typha, Scirpus, and Eleocharis for the Flora of North America. Galen is an ardent conservationist who co-founded the Iowa chapter of The Nature Conservancy, helped stop the construction of a dam and the destruction of two natural areas in Iowa, initiated the statewide Iowa natural areas system effort, helped establish the Beula Bog, Lulu Lake, and UW-Whitewater nature preserves, and served on the SEWRPC committee for natural areas and the 1996 DNR water quality regulations review committee. 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. |
