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​Congratulations to the following individuals who have graduated from the Leadership Eau Claire™ program.
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LEC Class of 2019
Joseph Abhold
Scott Ableidinger, Jamf
Lynn Barrie,  Junior Achievement of Wisconsin, Inc.
Jenna Bauer, Wipfli LLP
Jessica Bierman, Realityworks, Inc.
Adam Bragee, EO Johnson Business Technologies
Kelly Buchholtz, Mayo Clinic Health System - Luther Campus
Kurtis Burton, Chippewa Valley Technical College
Trish Campbell, Chippewa Valley Technical College
Travis Christman, HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital
Ryan Erickson, Commonweal Development Corporation
Laura Eysnogle, Wendel
Tricia Friederichs, Rhom Construction LLC
Dawn Gast, Group Health Cooperative of Eau Claire
Matthew Goethe, Fairfield Inn and Suites by Marriott
Bob Grinde, CCFBank
Reidar Gullicksrud, Bauman Associates, Ltd.
Nik Hanko, Royal Construction, Inc.
Steve Hoecherl, Ayres Associates
Jesse Jaskowski, Hoeft Builders, Inc.
Mike Kelash, Nohre & Company, S.C., CPA's
Adam Kinnard, Royal Credit Union
John Lahti, Miron Construction Co., Inc.
Kasey Lemke, Market & Johnson, Inc.
Luisa Lewis, BMO Harris Bank
Greg MacLeod, Hutchinson Technology, Inc.
Kelly Mechelke, Regis Catholic Schools
Sommer Miller, HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital
Michael J. Muehlbauer, Wells Fargo
Jason Munz, Trust Point
Michael Olson, PESI, Inc.
Amanda Parkinson, Feed My People Food Bank
Scott Polenz, Marshfield Clinic - Eau Claire Center
Kallie Robb, Xcel Energy
Sarah Ross, Huebsch Services
Ashley Smetana, Dove Healthcare - South Eau Claire
Marisa Stanley, Eau Claire City-County Health Department
Emilu Starck, Ruder Ware, L.L.S.C.
Karen Stellpflug
Jenessa Stromberger, City of Eau Claire
Dave J Usher MD,  ReforMedicine,S.C.
Jordan Van Proosdy, Peace Church
Amie Winters, Children's Museum of Eau Claire
Anne Woolever, Regional Enterprises for Adults and Children, Inc.
Tyrel Zich, Xcel Energy

As part of the program, the class completed five community service projects for area non-profit organizations. To read more about the projects, click here.  If your organization would be interested in submitting a group project proposal for next year’s class, click here. 

Thank You!
Thank you to the many volunteers that make this program possible. We truly appreciate all your support.

Executive Committee
Chair Kristin Schmidt, M3 Insurance
Vice Chair Nick White, Associated Bank
Alumni Chair Jeff Stevens, Chestnut Consulting

Curriculum Committee
Sara Antonson
Ally Clark Peterson, Girl Scouts of the Northwest Great Lakes
Heather Costley, Mayo Clinic Health System
Luke Hanson, Eau Claire Economic Development Corporation
Margo Keys, Chippewa Valley Technical College
Greg Leonard, Eau Claire County
Renee Liming, Bauman Associates, Ltd.
Wayne Marek, Eau Claire Children’s Theatre
Stavroula McCormick, REALiving
Mike McHorney, Children’s Museum of Eau Claire, Inc.
Steve Nick, City of Eau Claire
Shelly Olson, Chippewa Valley Technical College
Julie Poquette, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Carrie Ronnander, Chippewa Valley Museum
Chris Seelen, Ruder Ware, LLSC
Michael Strubel, Marshfield Clinic Health System
Kari Tatu, DaVinci Therapeutic Massage
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Congratulations to the following individuals who have graduated from the Leadership Eau Claire™ program.
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LEC Class of 2018
Jeff Abramson, Ayres Associates
Enoch Antwi, Chippewa Valley Technical College
Joscelyn Baker-Hoy, Orgel Wealth Management
Ryan Balts, Royal Credit Union
Maria Bamonti, Just Local Food Cooperative
Mike Barrickman, Bartingale Mechanical, Inc.
Dennis Beale, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Scott Becker, Xcel Energy
Steve Bianchi, CCFBank
Kendra Boda, Chippewa Valley Endodontics
Beth Crowell, Charter Bank
Christopher Dean, Citon Computer Corporation
Jordan Dow, Mayo Clinic Health System
Cortney Draxler, Eau Claire City-County Health Department
Heather Feigum, C.E.S.A. # 10
Monica Frederick, Royal Construction, Inc.
Erin Garney, Wisconsin Independent Network, LLC
Chris Gierhart, Weld Riley, S.C.
Kate Haas, The Plus
Justin Harings, CCFBank
Karen Jacobson, Chippewa Valley Museum
Carol Johnson, Marshfield Clinic Health System
Jared Johnson, Royal Credit Union
John Kleven, Chippewa Valley Technical College
Justin Koppa, Bauman Associates, Ltd.
Meghan Kulig, Regis Catholic Schools
Dawn Malcolm, Charter Bank
Ben Michael, Jamf
Mike Minner, Hope Gospel Mission Building Hope
Tim Molepske, Boy Scouts of America, Chippewa Valley Council
Craig Monson, YMCA
Mike Morrey, Mayo Clinic Health System
Leah Ness, City of Eau Claire
Jennifer Nielsen, Xcel Energy
Brandon O'Connell    
Dustin Olson, United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley
Nic Sanderfoot, Miron Construction Co., Inc.
Roxie Schmidt-Flanders, Boy Scouts of America, Chippewa Valley Council
Nicole Schultz, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Tom Seaholm, Winona National Bank
Toni Simonson , HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital
Hal Snow, SDS Architects, Inc.
Jared Swyter, Security Financial Bank
Katie Zook, Affiance Insurance Group LLC

As part of the program, the class completed five community service projects for area non-profit organizations. To read more about the projects, click here.  If your organization would be interested in submitting a group project proposal for next year’s class, click here.

Thank You!
Thank you to the many volunteers that make this program possible. We truly appreciate all your support.

Executive Committee
Chair Latacia Greeley, Menomonie Chamber of Commerce
Vice Chair Kristin Schmidt, M3 Insurance
Past Chair Jim Lahti
Alumni Chair Jeff Stevens, Chestnut Consulting

Curriculum Committee
Sara Antonson, Boys & Girls Club of the Greater Chippewa Valley
Ally Clark Peterson, Girl Scouts of the Northwest Great Lakes
Heather Costley, Mayo Clinic Health System
Margo Keys, Chippewa Valley Technical College
Greg Leonard, Eau Claire County
Renee Liming, Bauman Associates, Ltd.
Wayne Marek, Eau Claire Children’s Theatre
Stavroula McCormick, Aurora Community Services and REALiving
Mike McHorney, Children’s Museum of Eau Claire, Inc.
Steve Nick, City of Eau Claire
Shelly Olson, Chippewa Valley Technical College
Julie Poquette, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Carrie Ronnander, Chippewa Valley Museum
Chris Seelen, Ruder Ware, LLSC
Georgia Smith, HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital
Michael Strubel, Marshfield Clinic Health System
Paul Swartos, CCFBank

Congratulations to the following individuals who have graduated from the Leadership Eau Claire™ program.

LEC Class of 2017
Kelli Bergner, Xcel Energy
Brian Bessinger, Royal Construction, Inc.
Leonard Borgen, Miron Construction Co., Inc.
Diane Cable, Eau Claire County
Paul Canfield, Re/Max Affiliates
Margot Dahling, Silver Spring Foods, Inc.
Liz Dohms, Leader-Telegram
Laura Ericson, Chippewa Valley Technical College
Deb Erwin, Literacy Chippewa Valley
Melissa Eslinger, Marshfield Clinic - Eau Claire Center
Ben Franko, Wells Fargo  
Jessica Hannusch, Mayo Clinic Health System
Roger Hermsen, Wisconsin Independent Network, LLC
Chad Larson, CCFBank
Matt Larson, Larson Orthodontic Specialists
Ashley LaVick, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Wisconsin, Inc.
Jennifer Loew, Mayo Clinic Health System
John Lofgren, City of Eau Claire
Lacey Logslett, BMO Harris Bank
Ted Maday, Oakwood Hills Animal Hospital
Patti Matthews, Manpower
Nichole Mayer, Wipfli LLP
Brian Moore, YMCA
Shaughnessy Murphy, Ruder Ware, L.L.S.C.
Brieanna Lise Newton, Ostertag Orthodontics, LLC
Casey Newton, Regis Court Dental Associates
Bruce Ommen, Ayres Associates
Theresa O'Neel, Associated Bank
Allison Shepard, Herrick and Hart S.C.
Lois Sieve, Acoustic Café
Jacob Spies, Royal Credit Union - Hastings Pl
Patrick Sullivan, Market & Johnson, Inc.
Paul Swartos, Bremer Bank
Jodi Thesing-Ritter, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
James Thomas, The REACH Foundation, Inc.
Shari Tieman, HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital
Jacqueline Van Hemert, Children's Museum of Eau Claire
Zachary Weisenberger, Merrill Lynch
Debbie Wentzel, Hillside Dental, Ltd.
Jesse Werner, Charter Bank
Pamela Westby, L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Melissa Wilson, Chippewa Valley Technical College
Anne Yoder, Nestle Nutrition
Joe Ziehr, Xcel Energy

As part of the program, the class completed five community service projects for area non-profit organizations. To read more about the projects, click here. 

Thank You!
Thank you to the many volunteers that make this program possible. We truly appreciate all your support.

Executive Committee
Chair Jim Lahti, Bremer Bank
Vice Chair Latacia Greeley, WESTconsin Credit Union
Past Chair Margo Keys, Chippewa Valley Technical College
Alumni Chair Jeff Stevens, Chestnut Consulting

Curriculum Committee
Sara Antonson, Boys & Girls Club of the Greater Chippewa Valley
Ally Clark Peterson, Girl Scouts of the Northwest Great Lakes
Heather Costley, Mayo Clinic Health System
Kelly Jacobs
Wayne Marek, Eau Claire Children’s Theatre
Stavroula McCormick, Aurora Community Services and REALiving
Nick Mohr, Rhom Construction
Steve Nick, City of Eau Claire
Shelly Olson, Chippewa Valley Technical College
Julie Poquette, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Kristin Schmidt, M3 Insurance
Jon Schultz, City of Eau Claire Fire Department
Chris Seelen, Ruder Ware, LLSC
Georgia Smith, HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital
Michael Strubel, Marshfield Clinic – Eau Claire Center

LEC Class of 2018
Applications for next year’s Leadership Eau Claire class are due Thursday, June 1! For more information, visit the Eau Claire Chamber website.

​Congratulations to the following individuals who have graduated from the Leadership Eau Claire™ program.

LEC Class of 2016
Grant Beardsley, Weld Riley, S.C.
Cherrie Bergandi, Chippewa Valley Technical College
Mike Berger, Mayo Clinic Health System
Jay Brettingen, Charter Bank
Regina Butler, Ruder Ware, LLSC
Joe Carlson, Boy Scouts of America, Chippewa Valley Council
Teva Dekel, Williams Diamond Center
Garrett Denney, SMB Group, LLC
Julia Diggins, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Bud Drexel, Hope Gospel Mission Bargain Center
Tarese Dubiel, Marshfield Clinic – Eau Claire Center
Reid Ferguson, Keller Williams Realty
Jason Forehand, Silver Spring Foods, Inc.
Latacia Greeley, WESTconsin Credit Union
Lori Gustafson, Xcel Energy
Kris Hahn, Market & Johnson, Inc.
Luke Hanson, Eau Claire Area Economic Development Corp.
Sheanne Hediger, Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP
Douglas Hoffer, City of Eau Claire
Joe Hogan, Hutchinson Technology, Inc.
Glen Kennison, Royal Credit Union Corporate Center
Renee Liming, Biesterveld & Spies, LLC
Stavroula Marcell, REALiving
Joel Michaelson, Huebsch Services
Sarah Mull, Oakwood Hills Animal Hospital
Katie Murphy, RB Scott Company, Inc.
Brian Murray, CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP
Monica Obrycki, Eau Claire Energy Cooperative
Mark Oldenberg, CCFBank
Amanda Olson, Xcel Energy
Carmen Peterson, YMCA
Scott Rannila, Associated Bank
Phil Recheck, Children’s Museum of Eau Claire
Carrie Ronnander, Chippewa Valley Museum
Celestee Roufs, Group Health Cooperative of Eau Claire
Kathryn Schauf, Eau Claire County
Kristin Schmidt, M3 Insurance
Travis Schroeder, Ayres Associates
Anna Sizer, Mayo Clinic Health System
JJ Smieja, Realityworks, Inc.
Lynn Standorf, The Community Table
Nick White, Live in Eau Claire, LLC, The Local Lounge
Dustin Wiesner, Wipfli LLP

As part of the program, the class completed five community service projects for area non-profit organizations. To read more about the projects, click here. Thank You!

Thank you to the many volunteers that make this program possible. We truly appreciate all your support.

Executive Committee
Chair Margo Keys, Chippewa Valley Technical College
Vice Chair Jim Lahti, Bremer Bank
Past Chair Ally Clark Peterson, Girl Scouts of the Northwest Great Lakes 
Alumni Chair Stephanie Butero, Precision Quality Systems, LLP

Curriculum Committee
Sara Antonson, Boys & Girls Club of the Greater Chippewa Valley
Kelly Jacobs, Eau Claire County
Jessica Janssen, Chippewa Valley Technical College
Kelly Jacobs, Eau Claire County
Wayne Marek, Eau Claire Children’s Theatre
Nick Mohr, Rhom Construction
Steve Nick, City of Eau Claire
Shelly Olson, Chippewa Valley Technical College
Julie Poquette, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Jon Schultz, City of Eau Claire Fire Department
Chris Seelen, Ruder Ware, LLSC
Georgia Smith, HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital
Michael Strubel, WEAU 13 News

LEC Class of 2017
Applications for next year’s Leadership Eau Claire class are due tomorrow, Wednesday, June 1! For more information, visit the Chamber's website.

Congratulations to the following individuals who have graduated from the Leadership Eau Claire™ program.

LEC Class of 2015
Becky Adamski, Eau Claire YMCA
Jason Jon Anderson, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Andie Auna, Xcel Energy
Suzanne Becker, Feed My People Food Bank
Sara Carstens, Mayo Clinic Health System
Marquita Davis, Mayo Clinic Health System
Amy Doughty, Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc.
Patrick Erickson, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
Liz Falkner, Lasker Jewelers
Sam Forehand, Realityworks, Inc.
Lieske Giese, Eau Claire City-County Health Department
Jodi Gobrecht, Eau Claire County
Kendra Goodman, Wipfli, LLP
Char Gurney, Royal Credit Union
Karen Hauck, Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes Inc.
Andrew Holland, BMO Harris Bank
Joe Kauffman, Chippewa Valley Technical College
Rachel Kjos, JAMF Software
Kelly Kramer, Herrick & Hart, S.C.
Bob Kremer, Mayo Clinic Health System
Jim Lahti, Bremer Bank
Claire Lindstrom, UW-Eau Claire Continuing Education
Emily Madsen, Eau Claire Realty
Paul Mirr, Ruder Ware, LLSC
Jeff Mohr, Rhom Construction
Amy Muehlbauer, Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce
Kyle Neidermire, Xcel Energy
Sara Pedicone, Oakwood Hills Animal Hospital
Dennis Pischer, Royal Construction
Jackie Rasmussen, BMO Harris Bank – Private Banking Division
Josh Rizzo, Chippewa Valley Habitat for Humanity
Matt Rokus, Eau Claire Police Department
Mike Shea, Market & Johnson, Inc.
Cara Sliva, Rump’s Butcher Shoppe
Michael Steininger, Spangler Flory, LLP
Cory Tietz, City of Eau Claire
Mark Troendle, L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Bill Wallo, Weld, Riley, Prenn & Ricci, S.C.
Nicole Wilson, Royal Credit Union
Heather Wolske, Eau Claire County

Group Projects
As part of the program, the class completed five community service projects for area non-profit organizations. To read more about the projects, click here. 

Thank You!
Thank you to the many volunteers that make this program possible. We truly appreciate all your support.

Executive Committee
Chair Ally Clark Peterson, Girl Scouts of the Northwest Great Lakes
Vice Chair Margo Keys, Chippewa Valley Techical College
Past Chair Barbara Oas, Royal Credit Union
Alumni Chair Stephanie Butero, Gold Cross Answering Service

Curriculum Committee
Sara Antonson, Boys & Girls Club of the Greater Chippewa Valley
Zan Degen, Mayo Clinic Health System
Monica Herman, HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital
Jessica Janssen, Chippewa Valley Technical College
Kelly Jacobs, Eau Claire County
Wayne Marek, Eau Claire Children’s Theatre
Nick Mohr, Rhom Construction
Kristan Motszko, Eau Claire Area School District
Steve Nick, City of Eau Claire
Shelly Olson, Chippewa Valley Technical College
Mahlon Peterson
Jon Schultz, City of Eau Claire Fire Department
Chris Seelen, Ruder Ware, LLSC
Michael Strubel, Visit Eau Claire

Leadership Eau Claire™ Participants are required to participate in a group project. The class is divided into teams, which throughout the year work with a community non-profit organization to complete a service project. 

City of Eau Claire/DNR 
The City of Eau Claire along with the DNR initially asked for help developing a festival to highlight urban wood products made from wood recovered by the City of Eau Claire. After working with stakeholders to realize there was no urban wood network in the Chippewa Valley, Team Orange determined that greater value would come from facilitating the creation of a process by which to connect urban wood resources with potential vendors or artisans and ultimately a local consumer market. Initial outreach meetings were held to gauge the interest of local users, and information was gathered from both individuals who have supported similar network creations in other areas as well as key contacts within the local City government. After several options were reviewed, the recommendation was to work with a similarly minded non-profit organization known as Wisconsin Urban Wood to partner with the City in the creation of a use agreement. This use agreement contract (in the process of execution) will provide insurance for the local members to access City property as well as allow for a more streamlined resource dissemination process from the City’s perspective. In addition, avoiding the cost of chipping urban wood materials that have a higher use will not only reduce cost on behalf of the City but also align with sustainability initiatives outlined in the City’s vision for the future. After successful use agreement execution, the intention is for artisans to produce goods that are then used to form the basis of a burgeoning urban wood market in the Chippewa Valley, and the use agreement created by this LEC team (the first of its kind in the state of Wisconsin) can be modeled by other communities interested in similar initiatives.

Eau Claire Healthy Communities – Mental Health Action Team 
This LEC group completed a brochure/guide for the Eau Claire Healthy Communities – Mental Health Action Team. The team had voiced concern that mental health services need to be more visible and accessible in the Chippewa Valley. The group’s goal was to create a document that contained accurate information for mental health services that was easily accessible to individuals in the Chippewa Valley. The final product is a brochure/guide entitled “Navigating Mental Health Services in the Chippewa Valley,” which includes resources, definitions, a mental health wellness check, primary contact information for specific entities and a question and answer section. The brochure/guide will be placed at local food pantries, homeless shelters, hospitals, clinics, social services agencies and any other locations where mental health consumers tend to visit. Hopefully, this brochure/guide will help those mental health consumers obtain the services they need with more ease and less stress.

Family Resource Center 
The largest fundraiser of the year for the Family Resource Center is its “Where in Eau Claire” scavenger hunt. It was the task of this Leadership Eau Claire™ group to help grow the event. By increasing the importance of corporate sponsorships and participating, as well as tweaks to raffle ticket sales, registration forms and social media activity, along with incorporating an evaluation form after the vent to take into consideration participant feedback, the group feels like they have set the Family Resource Center up for success. The Family Resource Center and Leadership Eau Claire™ invite you to donate, participate and/or spread the word about “Where in Eau Claire,” which will take place on Thursday, July 9, 2015. For more information about the Family Resource Center or its “Where in Eau Claire” scavenger hunt, please visit www.frcec.org.

Joshua’s Camp 
Joshua’s Camp asked this Leadership Eau Claire™ group to develop a professional PowerPoint presentation to be used for volunteer recruitment, funding proposals and general organization information. The group met with the founders, John and Cathy Finney, created an outline for the presentation and asked John to write all of the words he would use for each of the outlined topics. The group then took those words and used them on the slides and in the slide notes section to ensure all of his thoughts were in the presentation for any person that used the PowerPoint. In the middle of the project, John lost his own battle with cancer, but the group continued to work with Cathy. After completing the presentation, the group also helped Cathy purchase presentation technology and taught her PowerPoint basics.

Junior Achievement
Junior Achievement sought assistance from this Leadership Eau Claire™ to improve its brand and community awareness in the North Central district of Wisconsin. This LEC group conducted an extensive study of the North Central districts social media and messaging efforts. A great deal of attention went into examining Junior Achievements’ social media efforts through a SWOT audit. A SWOT analysis is the methodical examination of Junior Achievement’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities to expand, and threats of area competitive non-profits through the lens of social media. The group’s analysis considered JA’s internal efforts in social media and website management. At the same time, the group studied how area non-profits promoted themselves through free social media outlets to gain a strong following of supporters. Our overall conclusions from the SWOT analysis were documented and shared with Junior Achievement staff. The group also assisted with two ancillary Junior Achievement projects. 2015 marked the 25th anniversary of Junior Achievement in Eau Claire serving the North Central district of Wisconsin. The group was eager to help support and promote the 25th Anniversary Gala for Junior Achievement. One group member cultivated a donor to fund the table fee for the group to attend the 25th Anniversary Gala. Members of the group volunteered at the Gala with registration and hospitality. Lastly, Junior Achievement expressed an interest to better connect with the manual labor and construction industries. Thus, the group created a small database of names and contacts within construction and manual trades for Junior Achievement to contact for tentative job shadowing, mentoring or volunteering programs.