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Lynn is the Director Environment and Community Programs at The Johnson Foundation. Previously she was the Executive Director for Milwaukee Riverkeeper. Her career includes a decade working for The Nature Conservancy, as well as professional experiences in endangered resources, energy conservation, and teaching. Originally from Virginia, Lynn now lives in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, with her husband Marc Gorelick and teenage sons, Evan and Girard.
Lindsay is a management consultant by occupation and a paddler by avocation. He and his wife (and co-conspirator) Amanda live in Monona, spending as much time as possible on the water because, "God does not subtract from your allotted time on Earth that which you spend with a paddle in your hand."
Cassie is a civil and environmental engineer at JJR in Madison. She wears many hats in her job: water resources designer, public access advocate, waterfront planner, and coastal engineer. Off the job she wears many hats as well: bicyclist, tennis player, outdoor enthusiast, artist, sailor, paddler and kayaker, skier, hiker, traveler, reader, knitter, crafter. She and her husband Nick live in Madison where they enjoy working on their house, gardening, cooking delicious food from the farmer’s market, watching independent movies, and spending time with friends and family. Cassie is also actively involved in ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) as a local chapter board member, and is a “Big” through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County. She holds a Master’s Degree from UW-Madison in Civil and Environmental Engineering with an specialty in Environmental Science, is a LEED Accredited Professional and a state-licensed Professional Engineer.
Marcia is a native of Portage County, a Madison resident, and director of special projects for Artful Home, aka The Guild, a local on-line art merchandiser. She brings to the River Alliance a background in public broadcasting membership and passion for local action.
Bob Martini is retired from his statewide rivers coordinator position at the Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources, where he worked for over 30 years, including leading the massive clean-up of the Wisconsin River and guided many a controversial dam removal project. He's an avid trout angler and paddler, and is active in many other resource conservation organizations. He is a father of two adult children, a grandfather, and married to Kathy, a retired teacher.
Representative Cory Mason, formerly government relations director for AFT-Wisconsin, a labor union representing state and technical college employees, is currently serving in the Wisconsin Assembly in District 62.
Prior to his AFT position, he served as the government relations coordinator for the State Bar of Wisconsin. Cory’s government experience includes working for state Senator Judy Robson, where he served as clerk on the Senate Committee on Human Services and Aging and for the Joint Committee for the Review of Administrative Rules (JCRAR). Prior to working for Senator Robson, Mason worked for state Senator Lynn Adelman, where he clerked the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform, and Consumer Affairs.
Mason's no stranger to campaigns, having assisted in local races for county board and school referenda, state Senate and Assembly races, and as deputy director for the Democratic Party's Coordinated Campaign in 1998. His home river is the Root River in Racine.
Patrick is a partner in The Hamilton Consulting Group, a lobbying firm in Madison he helped establish in 1997. His prior government experience includes four years in the Office of Governor Tommy Thompson where he served in a number of capacities, including policy advisor on natural resource and agricultural issues, Wisconsin’s representative on the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association, policy director, and executive assistant and interim chief of staff to the Governor. He also spent five years as the deputy secretary of the Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations, and two years as executive assistant at the Department of Commerce. Past board experience includes 12 years on the Great Lakes Protection Fund Board under appointment by Governors Thompson and McCallum.
Gail Schroeter is the vice president of retail banking at Home Savings Bank in Madison. She has had a passion for rivers after she and her avid muskie fisherman husband, Jeff, lived on the banks of the Yahara River near Stoughton for 18 years while raising their family.
Mary is a lifelong resident of Wisconsin and an avid participant in the natural world. She is blessed to have work that feeds her soul, serving as executive director of the Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation, a non-profit company that designs and implements programs to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy. She is an avid hiker, biker and angler, as well as a novice paddler. Mary previously served as executive Assistant and deputy secretary of the Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources.
Bill, a lifelong paddler, has been helping protect Wisconsin's rivers for many years. He is a member of several organizations interested in unique land acquisition and protection initiatives. Bill, from Dousman, WI, is self-employed and semi-retired.
Bev Stelljes lives near Fall Creek, Wisconsin, on the Eau Claire River. She's a native of Nebraska, a stone's throw from the Missouri River, but her river obsession began during college on Nebraska's other river, the Platte. Bev and her husband Kevin have paddled many miles together, going for remote wilderness areas from Canada to Chile, Alaska to New Zealand.
A teacher by training, Bev runs a horseback riding training school whose goal is not only teach horseback riding but to develop an appreciation of nature and the natural world. Bev has served on a number of committees in her community involving conservation and river corridor protection.
Joe grew up along the Fox River back when the river was not especially pretty. He attended the UW-Madison and UW-Oshkosh and did graduate work at UW-Stevens Point in Natural Resource Management.
Joe has been the Sauk County Conservationist for 22 years. He presently serves as an officer for the Wisconsin Association of Land Conservation Employees, the Baraboo River Canoe Club and the Citizens for Waterfront Revitalization. He is married to Lyn Foster, his conservation partner and fellow parent to two adult children.
Tina is a member of the Sokaogan Chippewa Community of Mole Lake, Wisconsin. She has worked for the tribe's environmental department for 15 years, the last 10 as director. She has also served as tribal vice chair and tribal secretary. She is recipient of the Michael Frost Award from the National Tribal Environmental Council. Tina looks forward to bringing tribal water issues and people to the River Alliance's statewide river agenda.
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