Staff and Board of Directors

The Wisconsin County Forests Association is governed by a Board of Directors made up of elected County Board officials who serve on their respective County Board Forestry (or similar) Committees. For purposes of elections, the State of Wisconsin is divided into five areas as described below.

Meet our Staff

Rebekah Luedtke

Executive Director
Office: 715.539.1097
Cell: 218.410.0268
Email: rebekah@wisconsincountyforests.com

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Mark Heyde

Assistant Executive Director
Phone: 608-577-6159
Email: mark@wisconsincountyforests.com

Dave Kafura

Technical & Resource Advisor
Phone: 715-520-7503
Email: dave@wisconsincountyforests.com


The Board of Directors

Directors Area 1: Counties: Florence, Forest, Langlade, Marinette, and Oconto

Ed Kelley
Florence County
Hank Novak
Marinette County

Directors Area 2: Counties: Lincoln, Oneida, Price, Taylor, and Vilas

Bill Bialecki, Treasurer
Lincoln County
Myron Brooks
Taylor County

Directors Area 3: Counties: Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas & Iron

Directors Area 4: Counties: Barron, Burnett, Chippewa, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer, and Washburn

Bill Schradle
Barron County
Norman Bickford
Burnett County
Hank Graber
Washburn County
Lolita Olson
Washburn County

 

Phil Schneider, Vice President
Rusk County

Directors Area 5: Counties: Adams, Clark, Eau Claire, Jackson, Juneau, Marathon, Monroe, Vernon & Wood

Joe Waichulis, President
Clark County
Rick Seefeldt
Marathon County

Directors-at-Large

Michael Luedeke
Spooner, WI
Henry Schienebeck
Rhinelander, WI
Jeff Barkley
DeForest, WI

List of Officers

President:
Joe Waichulis
Clark County
Vice President:
Phil Schneider
Rusk County
Treasurer:
Bill Bialecki
Lincoln County
Secretary:
Rebekah Luedtke
Executive Director
715-539-1097
rebekah@wisconsincountyforests.com