Treasurer

Joe is a 37-year resident of Little Cedar Lake in Washington County, where he raised 4 children that were avid skiers and wake boarders. He earned his BBA in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and is Past President of the UWM School of Business Alumni Association. Joe is a business owner and is a current and past Board member of several local organizations.

Director

Dr. Frederick C. Prehn was born and raised in Wausau. He is a 3rd generation Wausau dentist and has been in practice in central Wisconsin for over 42 years, having earned his DDS degree at Marquette School of Dentistry after studying Chemistry, botany and bacteriology at both UW Marathon and the University of Wisconsin Madison. Fred, along with his wife Linda, owned and operate a 158-acre cranberry marsh located in Monroe County for over 27 years. He also has a Federal Firearms license and is the owner and operator of Docs Weapons, LLC, a specialty guns business. He has four grown children.

Fred served on Wisconsin’s Natural Resources Board for 8 years. This board is made up of members appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate. It oversees the Wisconsin Department of Natural resources. (DNR). As a board member and chairman for three years he helped navigate the board through many issues important to the state.

Along with his busy dental practice, Fred was a member of Cranberry Growers Cooperative which represented 35 growers selling cranberry through Graceland international in 23 countries. He introduced wind and solar energy on a large scale to the cranberry industry and operated a large wind generators and solar array on his farm. He also served on the Wisconsin Cranberry Board that funds research, education, and promotion of Wisconsin cranberries.

His civic involvement is varied and broad. Fred served on and was past president of the Wausau School District Board of Education. He served on various Aspirus Wausau Hospital and state dental committees. He is a member of the Land O Lakes Airport Commissions. As a board member of the Walter Alexander Foundation he has helped make Wisconsin a better place. He is civic minded and believes in giving back to his community.

Fred is an avid outdoorsman and has held Wisconsin hunting and fishing licenses for over 55 years. He has been an active member of many conservation groups over the years such as Whitetails Unlimited, Wisconsin Waterfowl Association, and Ducks Unlimited. He has the upmost respect for our outdoors and recreation. As an Eagle Scout, Scoutmaster, and later as Samoset Council BSA President, Fred has introduced many youth to the wonders of Wisconsin’s woods and streams.

Fred is also an accomplished mountain climber who started his skills on the granite of Rib Mountain State Park outside of Wausau and Eau Claire Dells in Central Wisconsin as a child. He has climbed many 14,000-foot peaks in the western U.S. and has summited the highest point in the Americas which is located in Argentina called Mt. Aconcagua at 22,841 ft.

Dr. Prehn has many hobbies, including collecting old cars, commercial pilot , avid skier, scuba diving, hunting, fishing, shooting sports, cycling, mountaineering, and amateur radio---but nothing compares to casting musky baits or dragging a sucker on one of northern Wisconsin’s clean clear lakes in early November.

Now living in Land o lakes WI, his focus also includes clean water and keeping our lakes in Wisconsin pristine for generations.

Secretary

Scott is a lifelong Wisconsin resident, who had the privilege of growing up on Big Cedar Lake in Washington County. As such, he has been active in fishing, scuba diving, snorkeling and underwater photography on the lake for many decades. It was in the summer of 2021 that Scott noticed significant changes to the deep weed beds on the South End of Big Cedar, namely their disappearance. A friend mentioned to him a study North Lake did, that highlighted the potential of enhanced wake boat waves disrupting underwater vegetation in water as deep as 17 feet. That began his journey to compare his extensive underwater photography from a decade ago, with the same areas in 2022 and 2023. He is a Wisconsin resident with strong private sector work experience and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School.

Director

Growing up in a small town in SE Wisconsin, Jeff quickly developed a passion for outdoor life fishing, hunting and camping with family and friends. It’s those early, but long-lasting memories which led Jeff to share those same experiences with his children. Jeff and his wife have a lake home on Big Green Lake in Green Lake, WI where they continue to enjoy Wisconsin outdoor life much in the same way they did in their early childhood.

Jeff currently serves as the Founding Partner and lead Managing Director of Wisconsin based Wing Capital Group, having done so since the founding of the firm in 2008. Targeted investments are centered primarily in Midwest based manufacturing and business service companies. Transaction focus is on buyouts of closely held/family businesses, management led buy outs and division/product line divestures. Since 1990, Jeff served in C-level leadership roles of various businesses and industries ranging from health care equipment to OEM component parts. Jeff has demonstrated an ability to assemble and lead strategically focused management teams. He previously served as the President and CEO of Main Street Industries, a privately held diversified holding company of manufacturing companies and COO of Image Printing Systems, Inc. Prior to 1990, he started his career in commercial banking with M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank (now BMO Bank). When you combine his diverse operating experience with his finance background, Jeff sees the whole picture. Jeff continues to serve on the boards of several privately held companies.

Jeff was born in Wisconsin and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh College of Business, is married and has three adult children and three grandchildren.

Ryan grew up on Blue Spring Lake in Palmyra, Wisconsin, where his family has owned property since 1961. He has been an advocate of protecting Blue Spring Lake for generations to come and was instrumental in the creation and enactment of an ordinance restricting certain artificial wake enhancement to preserve the overall health of the lake. He enjoys spending time on the water paddle boarding, kayaking, riding on his Waverunner, and spending quality time with his family on their pontoon.

Ryan is a proud Wisconsin Badger who earned his Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Behavioral Science and Law. He presently serves on the Wisconsin Alumni Advisory Council to advance alumni affinity, engagement, and legislative advocacy for the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Ryan earned a master’s degree in forensic psychology and a doctoral degree in clinical psychology. He worked for the Wisconsin Department of Corrections conducting assessments and providing psychotherapy for those with serious mental illness. He has spent the past twelve years in higher education as a program director for several master’s level psychology programs.