Appointed June 9, 2021 to fill vacancy of a Three Year Term
Expires in 2023
Capital Campaign Manager
Contact Ron at [email protected]
Employment: Binning & Dickens Insurance - I work by appointment however during this Covid-19 mess I have been working in the mornings.
Volunteer Experience:
Whitewater Rotary Club: member since 1984, President twice, currently treasurer.
Chair of many fundraisers.
Young Auditorium: Board member and Chair of their fundraising committee.
Wisconsin Makers: treasurer
Others
Experience, education, and skills that contribute to the effectiveness as a board member: Worked in the insurance business since 1970, owned my own insurance agency here in Whitewater from 1983 to 2012 and Mike Dickens has let stay working here right up to today. I graduated from UWW in 1970. I have developed a lot of sales skills and I have signed up a lot of members because of them.
Past experiences you have had with food co-ops: I have no direct experience however my daughter worked at Linden Hills Co- Op while in college in Minneapolis. After college worked for Seward Coop in Minneapolis for about 7 years. She moved to the Mississippi Market Coop in St. Paul and worked there for about 6 years. She's a member of GroCo.
Favorite food: Dessert.
Three favorite songs: Anything Jimmy Buffet - although I DON'T KNOW is the best.
Inspirational Co-op: It can't get better than a locally owned Co-operative Grocery Store!