Clean Wisconsin Board of Directors
SUE DURST, Madison Term Expires January 2011
Sue Durst is the Human Resources Director at the Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation (WECC) since 2002. As a member of WECC’s executive team, Sue assists the Executive Director in overall decision making and management of the organization. Sue is also responsible for planning, developing, and leading WECC’s human resource functions including compensation, employee benefits, organizational training and development resulting in an effective and satisfied workforce. Sue is an active member of the Greater Madison Society for Human Resources Management.
Sue also worked for several years as a recruiter for a worldwide staffing agency and as a case manager at a local non-profit that focused on vocational rehabilitation for adults with developmental disabilities and mental illnesses. Sue received her Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology/Psychology from Edgewood College graduating with honors.
Committees: Nominating
SHARI EGGLESON, Washburn Term Expires January 2012
Shari Eggleson retired from the Wisconsin Department of Justice Environmental Protection Unit after 30 years in 2009. During her career she enforced the state’s environmental protection laws (air pollution, water pollution, solid and hazardous waste management, shoreland and wetland protection) in corporation with the DNR.
She is a member of the League of Women Voters, the Alliance for Sustainability, the North Country Trail Association, 1000 Friends of Wisconsin, and is the President of the Board of the Bayfield Regional Conservancy, a local land trust. She enjoys gardening, cooking, biking, and reading. Shari received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Psychology as well as a Law Degree from UW-Madison.
Committees: Program
GARY GOYKE, Secretary, Madison Term Expires January 2011
Gary Goyke is the Director of Development and Public Relations for the
Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired (WCBVI). Gary spearheads
the council's fund-raising and legislative activities and works with individuals
and foundations in the areas of bequests, gift giving and grants to the
Council. He is active in the Association of Fundraising Professional, National
Public Relations Society and the Wisconsin Communicators Council. Prior
to working at WCBVI , Gary was a Wisconsin State Senator from Oshkosh and
is a former staff member for the late Senator and Vice President Hubert
H. Humphrey.
Gary is also the principal in Goyke and Associates, a Madison-based lobbying organization representing 14 associations and alliances. He has been a consultant and lobbyist for over 20 years. In addition to serving on the board of Clean Wisconsin's 501 (c) 3, Gary is the chair of the Clean Wisconsin Action Fund, the 501(c)4 arm.
Committees: Executive
MARGI KINDIG, J.D., Vice Chair, Madison Term Expires August 2010
Margi Kindig practiced indigent criminal defense law in Madison for 15 years, serving as CJA Resource Counsel for a number of those, and is now happily retired and pursuing her passionate interest in sustainability and preserving the natural environment. Born and raised in Wisconsin along the shores of Lake Michigan, Margi has a lifelong love for Wisconsin waters, forests, and rural areas. Her connection with Clean Wisconsin dates to 1986, when she worked with what was then called Environmental Decade to organize an environmental awareness week under the auspices of the League of Women Voters in Manitowoc.
Recognizing that climate change presents an unprecedented danger to both natural and human environments, Margi served as a citizen member of Governor Doyle’s Task Force on Global Warming. In that capacity she pursued a particular interest in the interaction between government policy and individual behavior. Also during that time she initiated a community-based social marketing project in her Madison neighborhood – the Crestwood Energy Challenge – to reduce neighborhood electricity use by 10%. Margi is also active in the League of Women Voters, where as a member of the state Legislative Committee she helps to monitor legislative activity in the area of natural resources.
Margi and her husband, Dave, each have three grown children. They enjoy traveling and spending time at their wilderness cabin in the Ottawa National Forest in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. However, they are being challenged recently to find sustainable ways to travel and simple pleasures closer to home.
Committees: Executive, Program
PAUL LINZMEYER, Green Bay Term Expires January
2010
Paul Linzmeyer was President of Green Bay-based Bay Towel, Inc. from 1994 through 2007. Prior to returning to his native state, Paul Linzmeyer has been leading
companies in San Francisco, Chicago and Denver. Returning in 1994, he assumed
the role of president of Green Bay based Bay Towel, Inc. After spending
initial efforts focusing on the company's business and marketing position,
he founded (1999) the Employers Workforce Development Network, a private
sector-led organization whose mission is to share resources and develop
partnerships for creating world-class workplaces. This private/public collaboration
was one of the partners in the initial developments of a regional coalition
to create an eighteen county North East Wisconsin economic community, now
referred to as NEW North. He was also the past Chair of the Green Bay Chamber
of Commerce and the Wisconsin Council on Workforce Investment. He currently
chairs the Bay Area Workforce Development Board and the Industry committee
of the Wisconsin Global Warming Task Force.
Along with Dr. Steve Dunn, he founded a not-for profit, which applies lean principles to environmental issues, operations and people resulting in a truly sustainable and holistic corporate strategy. He has implemented the non-financial strategies of Environmental Sustainability, Diversity and Inclusion, Health/Wellness & Safety, and Investing in People strategies that have led Bay Towel to appreciate record financial results and stakeholder (especially customer, team member, and community) loyalty.
Committees: Nominating
LUCIA PETRIE, Milwaukee Term Expires August 2010
For more than 25 years, Lucia Petrie has been engaged in building financial capacity for non-profit institutions. As the Milwaukee Art Museum’s Senior Development Director, she was a member of the Museum’s eight-member senior management team. The culmination of her 20 years of work at the Museum was the campaign for the Calatrava designed addition, which raised $100 million. In October 2002, Lucia became the Vice Chancellor of Development at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Through the reorganization of the University’s fund raising staff and its processes, UWM met its $100 million campaign goal 18 months ahead of schedule. She is currently the Senior Counsel for a Chicago based fundraising firm, TerMolen Watkins & Brandt.
Committees: Program, Development
CARL A. SINDERBRAND , J.D., Chair, Madison Term
Expires January 2010
Carl A. Sinderbrand is a partner at
the law firm of Axley Brynelson, LLP. His
practice focuses on representing municipalities and businesses, including public
and private owners, contractors and design professionals, on a wide
range of construction, commercial, environmental, and regulatory matters. He
has represented parties before regulatory agencies, in arbitrations
and trials, and in appellate courts, including several cases in
the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He also serves as an arbitrator and
mediator.
Carl received his B.A. from Oberlin College and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Wisconsin Law School. Before entering private practice, he served as an Assistant Attorney General, primarily practicing environmental law. He is a member of the Wisconsin State Bar Association: Environmental Law Section (Treasurer, Board of Directors), Dane County Bar Association: American Arbitration Association (arbitrator and mediator). He recently completed three terms (eight years) as a member of the Dane County Lakes and Watershed Commission.
Committees: Executive, Program
GOF THOMSON, J.D., Treasurer, New Glarus Term Expires August 2010
Gof Thomson has served on the Clean Wisconsin board since 1992. He
is currently the Chairman of the Bank of New Glarus, Wisconsin
and is active in national and statewide banking organizations. Gof
attended Grinnell College and the University of Minnesota Law School
where he received his J.D. Gof is also a board member and past president
of The Green County Development Corporation as well as local charitable
and community organizations. Gof and his wife Mary, have four children
and three grandchildren.
Committees: Executive, Development
DAVID WANDEL, Madison Term
Expires January 2011
David Wandel is president of the consulting firm Wandel Inc., providing
consulting services and programs nationwide in marketing, management,
fundraising, communications, public, media relations, conflict resolution,
and national level roof consulting. David coordinated the 1992 National
Clinton/Gore Bus Tour to St. Louis. He received a special service award
from the Department of Health, Education & Welfare in 1976, and
is a Board Member of the local and national Club. David has been the
board president for the Madison Boys Choir, currently sits on the advisory
board of the Madison Youth Choirs, and the Midvale/Lincoln PTA of Madison.
He has served on Clean Wisconsin's board since 2001, chaired the organization,
and is a commissioner on the Community Services Commission, City of
Madison.
Committees: Development