Sessions
Two Presentations: 1) Tackling Water Quality through Regional Coalition Building 2) The Importance of Watershed Partnerships: Building the Lake Superior Collaborative
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Fri
James is the co-founder and Executive Director of Clean Lakes Alliance. He has experience working for both non-profit and for-profit organizations, including Capital Newspapers and Downtown Madison, Inc. While working with Hype Communications on a project for Mad-City Ski Team, James identified the community’s untapped passion for the lakes. He wrote a business plan for Clean Lakes Alliance in the summer of 2010 and started recruiting the founding board members.
Under James’ leadership, Clean Lakes Alliance has received national recognition including the North American Lake Management Society Technical Merit Award in 2014, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Citizen-Based Monitoring Program of the Year in 2018, and GuideStar’s Platinum Level Seal of Transparency in 2017 - 2021.