![]() Congratulations to the following individuals who have graduated from the Leadership Eau Claire™ program. 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 Congratulations to the following individuals who have graduated from the Leadership Eau Claire™ program.
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. |
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