Board of Directors
Anthony Handzlik, Esq.
President
Reinhart Boerner Van Duren SC
Anthony J. Handzlik handles general corporate and tax matters related to closely-held businesses, S corporations, partnerships and LLCs. He has extensive experience relating to the acquisition and sale of businesses, including the structuring of such transactions to achieve maximum tax and economic efficiency. A shareholder in the firm’s Tax and Business Law Departments, Mr. Handzlik advises clients on general corporate matters, tax planning and compensation issues.
Anthony J. Handzlik handles general corporate and tax matters related to closely-held businesses, S corporations, partnerships and LLCs. He has extensive experience relating to the acquisition and sale of businesses, including the structuring of such transactions to achieve maximum tax and economic efficiency. A shareholder in the firm’s Tax and Business Law Departments, Mr. Handzlik advises clients on general corporate matters, tax planning and compensation issues.
Mr. Handzlik is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin and has published several articles on corporate practice. He is a frequent speaker to accountants, attorneys, business owners and others on topics relating to closely held businesses, including the purchase and sale of such businesses and successor planning. He is an engineering graduate of Marquette University and received his law degree, cum laude, from the University of Wisconsin in 1984.
Mr. Handzlik was raised in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, and now resides on the Menomonee River Parkway in Wauwatosa.
Dan Gray
Vice President
Migratory Bird Management
I grew up in West Lafayette, Indiana, on the Wabash River. Through my dad and Boy Scouts I spent a lot of time canoeing on the Wabash and Tippecanoe rivers, Wildcat Creek, and Sugar Creek. I received a degree in history, studied church history and theology, and taught high school social studies in Indianapolis, South Bend and St. Paul. In St Paul, in addition to history and government, I team taught environmental classes and coordinated the outdoor wilderness portion of the curriculum. In March of 2002, I moved to Milwaukee to be closer to my son who lives in Waukesha.
I worked at the Urban Ecology Center as Urban Adventures Coordinator, and currently work with Migratory Bird Management.
Mike Lindemann
TreasurerR.W. Baird & Co.
Mike Lindemann is a Senior Associate in the Investment Banking group at Robert W. Baird & Co., where he advises public and private businesses on capital raisings, mergers & acquisitions and other corporate finance-related activities. Mike received his BA in Economics from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine and MBA, with Distinction, from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth in Hanover, New Hampshire. In his free time, Mike enjoys the outdoors, including fishing and hunting with his Chesapeake Bay Retriever.
Mike Lindemann is a Senior Associate in the Investment Banking group at Robert W. Baird & Co., where he advises public and private businesses on capital raisings, mergers & acquisitions and other corporate finance-related activities. Mike received his BA in Economics from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine and MBA, with Distinction, from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth in Hanover, New Hampshire. In his free time, Mike enjoys the outdoors, including fishing and hunting with his Chesapeake Bay Retriever.
Brian Adams
Performance Yacht Services
Nancy Aten
Land Steward
I’m a tree-hugger, designer, and optimist, and work toward something Maya Angelou wrote: “when you learn, teach. When you get, give”. A former engineer and software developer, I've realigned my work with my ecological passions... I recently completed four years of studying ecologically-based landscape architecture in Georgia, where I helped develop alternative stormwater management plans for the city there, and worked on local watershed issues. I now work independently in Milwaukee; I also serve on the boards of Wild Ones and the Door County Land Trust, teach Environmental Literacy at MIAD, and love to go on botanizing walks.
Howard Caplan
Nurses Medical Staffing
John Grunau
Gilbane Building Company
Gilbane Building Company
Steve Koeneke
Thristy Boy, LLC
Steve was a founding partner and Executive Creative Director of Stir Marketing. Steve, along with partner
Brian Bennett, built Stir into a $25M shop in eight short years. Steve now founded and runs the firm Thirsty Boy,
a strategic marriage of traditional advertising with digital technology. With what little spare time he has, Steve
enjoys fitness, volunteer work, anything on the water, professional and amateur sports, motorcycling (three
bikes and counting), and the challenges of parenting four kids.
Annette Koerten
Oconomowoc High School
Francisco Martorell
Eric Vogel
Vogel Design Group Inc.
A native of Milwaukee, Eric Vogel is the founding partner of Vogel Design Group Inc. The firm specializes in contemporary design and sustainable
building techniques working on projects in the Milwaukee and Madison area ranging in size from residential to large mixed use. In his free time, Eric serves on several non-profit boards. Recently, he was highlighted by the Business Journal as one of Milwaukee’s young leaders to watch.
Susan Winecki, D.Min.
David Wolfson
Wisconsin Foundation for Independent Colleges
Shirley Jeffrey
Honorary Board Member Emerita
I have been a member since the organization's infancy. I bring to the river my life experiences (I was a psychotherapist working with the dying and the grieving). I have been photographing the river for 18 years. The river has been a healing presence in my life; hence, I have become a dedicated advocate for the river. I want to share my deep love of the river with others and hope that others will be reminded of the importance of rivers in their lives as well as in the life of the planet.
I have been a member since the organization's infancy. I bring to the river my life experiences (I was a psychotherapist working with the dying and the grieving). I have been photographing the river for 18 years. The river has been a healing presence in my life; hence, I have become a dedicated advocate for the river. I want to share my deep love of the river with others and hope that others will be reminded of the importance of rivers in their lives as well as in the life of the planet.
