Judy Russell
Member of the Board; Women's Legacy Council Member; Walter Olson Committee
Judy graduated from Marquette University in Milwaukee with a BSN in Nursing. She also attended the Parish Nurse Prep Program. Judy graduated from the University of Rochester, NY with a Master of Science Degree in Nursing as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Community Health. She is a Certified Occupational Health Nurse, COHN-S. She has a nursing license in both Wisconsin and Illinois.
She has served as Parish Nurse at St. Edna Church in Arlington Heights, IL; Corporate Health Nurse for Bank One in Chicago, IL; Corporate Health Administrator/Nurse for CF Industries, Long Grove, IL; Occupational Health Sites’
Visitor Participant” in London, Liverpool, England; Principal at Bartlett and Russell Consultants, Arlington Heights, IL; School Nurse/Teacher in Palatine, IL and Pittsford, NY; Village Nurse for Arlington Heights, IL; Clinical Instructor for Labor & Delivery at Loyola University in Chicago and she also worked at several hospitals as a Labor & Delivery Nurse in both Wisconsin and Illinois and a psychiatric charge nurse in Evanston Hospital in Illinois.
She is a CPR instructor for AHA and Red Cross, Board of Health member, Rolling Meadows, IL. She is active in various community services – homeless shelter, nurses’ organization, church, Girl Scouts, etc.
Meet our other Directors
Gregg Walker
Gregg is the owner of The Lakeland Times in Minocqua and the Northwoods River News in Rhinelander.
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Barry J. Seidel, MD, FACS
Barry became a full time surgeon in Minocqua in the spring of 1972. In addition to his part time activities in the surgery department, Barry is currently chairman of the Walter Olson Medical Education Committee and Director of Medical Education at HYMC.
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Glenn Schiffmann
A lifetime resident of northern Wisconsin, Glenn Schiffmann believes strongly in combining quality construction with competitive pricing, backed with a professional organization.
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William Hopper
Bill and his wife Marilyn have been coming up to the Northwoods since the 1940’s. They have had their home on Trout Lake for many years.
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Dick Gustafson
Dick recently retired from his own executive search firm the Gustafson Group, specializing in healthcare provider executives search. Dick spent over 20 years at Heidrick & Struggles (global executive search firm) in the Chicago office where he served as Vice Chairman of the firm and Chairman, Global Health Care Practice. Before that he served as Managing Partner for the Health Care Practice. Dick successfully led major searches for CEO’s, CMO’s, CFO’s, COO’s, and Vice Chancellor and Deans of Medical Schools.
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Carrie Nichols Hoye
Carrie is a retired marketing executive who is devoted to community service. Carrie served as Vice President of Marketing for GE Consumer Finance and Director of Marketing for Chicago Tribune. In 2005, Carrie formed CJH Strategic Marketing, where she defined data-driven, customer-focused acquisition and retention strategies for clients including the Washington Post, Dallas Morning News and OSI Restaurant partners.
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Mark Pitman
My wife Cheryl and I became year-round residents of Minocqua in 2006, after spending the past 25 plus years living in Wausau. We have two children, Andrea age 26 and John age 23. After working 30 years with Wausau Financial Systems, I have retired as of 12/31/11!
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Greg Nicklaus
Mr. Nicklaus has been employed with River Valley Bank since 1998. Previous to joining River Valley, he was the Executive Vice President and Head of Sales at Dealers Credit, Inc. for ten years. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from St. Norbert College.
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Aldo J. Madrigrano
Aldo J. Madrigrano is the CEO of Beer Capitol Distributing, Inc. and President of the Beer Capitol Investments both located in Sussex, Wisconsin.
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Trygve A. Solberg
Trygve (Trig) graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Trig is one part of the larger T.A. Solberg Company, Inc., a diverse and healthy organization of over 1,000 associates that also operate Tula's Café in Minocqua, several fuel and convenience stores throughout northern and central Wisconsin, Trig's Central Bakery and Trucking Facility, Trig's Recycling Center, and the Tasmania Northwoods Resort.
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