William Hopper
Member of the Board
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.
Bill’s parents and family were in the agriculture business and eventually were acquired by Georgia Pacific. Bill then worked for Georgia Pacific for five years before his family bought controlling interest in a small but leading bank in Taylorville, Illinois.
Bill became Chairman and CEO of this bank and led the company for twenty years before they eventually merged with a much larger financial institution in Springfield, Illinois.
Bill was also in the auto business and had many small dealerships in and around Springfield and Taylorville, Illinois.
Bill was very active in his community as a member of YPO (Young Presidents Organization); served on the Boy Scout Council and was very active in fundraising for the Boy Scouts as well as the local hospital in Taylorville. Bill also served on the Advisory Board of Southern Illinois University, School of Medicine.
Bill’s family also started and he still runs the Hopper Family Foundation. Bill and Marilyn are members of the Minocqua Country Club.
Meet our other Directors
Gregg Walker
Gregg is the owner of The Lakeland Times in Minocqua and the Northwoods River News in Rhinelander.
View
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.
View
Glenn Schiffmann
A lifetime resident of northern Wisconsin, Glenn Schiffmann believes strongly in combining quality construction with competitive pricing, backed with a professional organization.
View
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.
View
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.
View
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.
View
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!
View
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.
View
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.
View
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.
View