Office of Great Waters Staff Contacts
Staff in the DNR's Office of Great Waters:
- support the DNR role in the Great Lakes Commission, the Council of Great Lakes Governors and the International Joint Commission;
- coordinate with state and federal agency Great Lakes programs such as the Dept. of Administration Coastal Zone Management, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant, University of Wisconsin-Extension and U.S. Geological Survey;
- work with non-governmental organizations to protect the Great Lakes;
- develop Lake Michigan and Lake Superior restoration and protection action agendas;
- manage Great Lakes project funding.
Central Office contacts
Vacant
Director
Kendra Axness
AOC and LAMP policy coordinator
Lori Buckley
Contracts specialist
Donalea Dinsmore
Quality assurance and funding coordinator
Jim Killian
Water and sediment resources management specialist
Melissa Lake
Program specialist
Madeline Magee
Monitoring and beach coordinator
Diane Packett
Data manager
Emily Punke
Grants coordinator
Susan Tesarik
Outreach specialist
Region contacts
Lake Michigan Basin
Rebecca Fedak
Lake Michigan basin supervisor
Jessica Brandt
Lake Michigan Area of Concern project management specialist
Brennan Dow
Milwaukee Estuary AOC coordinator
Sheboygan River AOC coordinator
Kelly Hayden
Lake Michigan Area of Concern project management specialist
Stacy Hron
Lake Michigan LAMP coordinator
Brie Kupsky
Green Bay Program Coordinator
Rae-Ann MacLellan-Hurd
Lake Michigan monitoring and sediment coordinator
Mandy Mellinger
Lake Michigan Area of Concern project management specialist
Patrick Siwula
Aquatic invasive species response and pathway specialist for southern Lake Michigan basin
Amanda Smith
Aquatic invasive species response and pathway specialist for northern Lake Michigan basin
Lake Superior Basin
Cherie Hagen
Lake Superior basin supervisor
Ellen Coffman
Lake Superior monitoring and sediment coordinator
Dara Fillmore
Lake Superior water resources management specialist
David Grandmaison
St. Louis River wild rice and habitat coordinator
Lacey Hill-Kastern
Lake Superior LAMP coordinator
Binational program coordinator
Alex Selle
Aquatic invasive species response and pathway specialist for Lake Superior basin
Matt Steiger
St. Louis River AOC coordinator
Upper Mississippi River Basin
Jim Fischer
Mississippi River team leader