Mark Pitman
Secretary; Member of the Board
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. Andrea is a Massage Therapist living in Lahaina, Maui HI, and John has graduated from UW Madison and is looking into attending grad school this fall. Cheryl owns an interior decorating business called “It Can Be Arranged”, and keeps busy between Wausau and the Lakeland area, working in people’s homes and businesses.
After working 30 years with Wausau Financial Systems, I have retired as of 12/31/11! Between 1981 and 2005, I held a variety of positions focused on Sales and Marketing of Transaction Processing systems for Financial Institutions around the US and the World. I ultimately held the role of EVP Sales for 19 years and became one of three owners of the company.
We sold WFS in 2005, and I stayed on with the new owners, where I was responsible for managing our Partner Channel, made up of various companies who re-sold WFS software solutions under their own private labels.
During my tenure with WFS, I was on the Board of Directors for nearly 20 years. I also served on the Board of TAWPI, which was a non-profit service organization focused on work process improvement for Financial Institutions, healthcare providers and other organizations processing high volumes of financial transactions and payments. I served for 6 years and also held the positions of Secretary and Treasurer.
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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Judy Russell
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.
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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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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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