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Board of Directors<\/h1>\n

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Current Board Members<\/h2>\n

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Dave Adam<\/strong> (Franklin) Senior Vice President and Treasurer for Johnson Financial Group; Certified Public Accountant (retired)<\/p>\n

James P. Bennett<\/strong> (Madison) Professor of Botany, UW-Madison (retired)<\/p>\n

Kristine Euclide<\/strong> (Madison) Attorney, Madison Gas & Electric (retired)<\/p>\n

Beckie Gaskill\u00a0<\/strong>(Marshfield) Outdoor and Environmental Reporter and Content Creator<\/p>\n

Lisa Gaumnitz\u00a0<\/strong>(Madison) Coordinator for Save Our Songbirds; Public Affairs Manager for Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (retired)<\/p>\n

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Rebecca Haefner<\/strong> (Wauwatosa) Physician, Wheaton-Franciscan Healthcare; former Ecologist and Director of Stewardship for Missouri Chapter of The Nature Conservancy<\/p>\n

Martin Henert<\/strong> (DeForest) Executive Assistant, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection; Administrator, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (retired)<\/p>\n

Jaimes Johnson\u00a0<\/strong>(Green Bay) Director of Community Engagement, UW Credit Union (retired)<\/p>\n

Kristine Krause<\/strong> (Rhinelander) Vice President Environmental, Wisconsin Energy Corporation (retired)<\/p>\n

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Scott Valitchka <\/strong>(Neenah) Founder, Kompas Business Partners, LLC; Adjunct Instructor, Fox Valley
Technical College Center for Business and Industry<\/p>\n

Michael Williamson<\/strong> (Madison) Executive Director of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board; Director, North Carolina Retirement System; Assistant to the UW-Madison Chancellor (retired)<\/p>\n

David Zeug\u00a0<\/strong>(Shell Lake) Outdoor Communicator; Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Conservation Warden – Northern Region’s Enforcement and Science Program Leader (retired)<\/p>\n

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Board Officers<\/h2>\n

Dave Adam\u2014Chair
Michael Williamson\u2014Vice Chair
Kris Euclide\u2014Secretary
Martin Henert\u2014Treasurer<\/p>\n

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Emeritus Members of the Board<\/h4>\n

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<\/p>\n

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Honorary Emeritus<\/h4>\n

C.D. \u201cBuzz\u201d 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*<\/p>\n

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* denotes that the person is deceased<\/em><\/p>\n

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