Contact Information
Office of the Great Lakes

For questions, please contact:

Steve Galarneau, Director
(608) 266–1956

Jim Baumann, Senior Policy Analyst
(608) 266–9277
  • Great Lakes Monitoring Team Chair
  • Farm Bill Programs
  • Nutrient Monitoring
  • NOAA Nonpoint Funding
  • Sediment Remediation on Hayton

Maureen Connors, Program Assistant
(608) 266–9269
  • Programs Web Pages
  • Financial Payments
  • Grant Processing

Kim Walz, Water Resources Engineer
(608) 264–9220
  • Great Lakes Protection Fund and Great Lakes Harbors and Bays Grant Management (state funding)
  • CZM Funding Coordinator
  • U.S. Co–Chair for the IJC Upper Great Lakes Water Level Study Ecosystem Team
  • EPA–GLNPO Grant Coordinator
  • GLRC Subcommittee

Jo Temte, Water Resources Management Specialist
(608) 267–0555
  • Monitoring Coordinator
  • Outreach
  • Education–Information Activities
    • state fair
    • great lakes calendar
    • brochures
    • restoration strategy

Kate Barrett, GIS Analyst
(608) 266–9238
  • GIS and Data Management Policy Development
  • Liaison with Lake Michigan Stakeholders
  • Primary Liaison to Internal and External Partners on GIS and Data Sharing Activities

Tom Simmons, GIS Analyst
(608) 264–6010
  • AOC and LaMP Data Management
  • Spatial Geographic and/or Remote Sensing Data

Donalea Dinsmore, Water Resources Management Specialist
(608) 266–1926
  • WI Great Lakes Quality Management Plan
  • Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP)
  • Coordinate Federal Funding Opportunities for Great Lakes Projects

Andy Fayram, Water Resources Management Specialist
(608) 267–7654
  • Great Lakes Monitoring Coordinator
  • Great Lakes Fisheries Team Rep.
  • Wetlands Team Rep.
  • Cladophora Project Coordinator
  • Climate Change Policy
  • Green Bay Hypoxia Study

Kendra Axness, Water Resources Management Specialist
(608) 267–0700
  • Area of Concern (AOC) and Lakewide Management Plan (LaMP) Statewide Coordinator
  • AOC Delisting Strategy Policy
  • AOC Outreach Coordinator

Region Great Lakes Program Staff


Vacant, Water Resources Management Specialist
  • Lake Superior LaMP Coordinator, NOR (Superior)

Joe Graham, Water Resources Management Specialist
(715) 762–1346
  • Lake Superior LaMP Sediment Data and Monitoring Coordinator, NOR (Superior)

Tracey Ledder, Water Resources Management Specialist
(715) 395–6904
  • St. Louis River AOC Coordinator, NOR (Superior)

Cheryl Bougie, Water Resources Management Specialist
(920) 662–5170
  • Lake Michigan LaMP – Sediment Data and Monitoring Coordinator, NER (Green Bay)

Ben Uvaas, Water Resources Management Specialist
(920) 662–5465
  • Menominee River AOC Coordinator, NER (Green Bay)

Erin Hanson, Water Resources Management Specialist
(920) 662–5419
  • Green Bay and Fox River AOC Coordinator, NER (Green Bay)

Megan O´Shea, Water Resources Management Specialist
(414) 263–8625
  • Milwaukee Estuary AOC Coordinator, SER (Milwaukee)

Stacy Hron, Water Resources Management Specialist
(920) 892–8756 x3051
  • Sheboygan River AOC Coordinator, SER (Sheboygan)

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Last Revised: Wednesday January 04 2012