Organizations Filed Purposes:
SCHLITZ AUDUBON NATURE CENTER CONSERVES OUR LAND'S DIVERSE HABITATS ON LAKE MICHIGAN AND PROVIDES MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR ALL.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS: THE CENTER OFFER PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES. WE SERVE MORE THAN 30,000 CHILDREN AND ADULTS EACH YEAR THROUGH FIELD TRIPS AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS RANGING FROM SUMMER CAMPS, TO YOGA, NATURE ART CLASSES, AND OUR MASTER NATURALIST COURSE. THE CENTER ALSO OFFERS PROGRAMMING FOR SPECIAL NEEDS INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED, YOUNG CANCER SURVIVORS AND OLDER ADULTS WITH MEMORY CHALLENGES. IN ADDITION, WE OFFER THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RAPTOR EDUCATION PROGRAM IN THE MIDWEST, WITH 16 RESIDENT BIRDS OF PREY, MEMBERS OF OUR PERMANENT FAMILY WHO CANNOT BE RELEASED BACK INTO THE WILD. OUR FEATHERED AMBASSADORS TOUCH MORE THAN 65,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY THROUGH ON-SITE AND OFF-SITE PROGRAMS.
LAND CONSERVATION: OUR 185 ACRES OF FOREST, WETLANDS, PRAIRIE, RAVINES, BLUFFS, AND SHORELINE ARE AT THE HEART OF EVERYTHING WE DO. THE LAND IS OUR OUTDOOR CLASSROOM AND THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES. GUIDED BY OUR COMPREHENSIVE LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN, OUR VISION IS TO CREATE A BIOLOGICALLY AND VISUALLY DIVERSE 21ST CENTURY LANDSCAPE ON THIS PROPERTY, WHICH IS AMONG THE MOST ECOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT TRACTS OF LAND IN GREATER MILWAUKEE. THIS YEAR, WE PLANTED ABOUT 381 NATIVE TREES AND SHRUBS AS WELL AS OVER 8,000 NATIVE HERBACEOUS PLANTS, AND CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR EMERALD ASH BORER (EAB) RESPONSE PLAN AS WELL AS UTILIZING OVER 5,600 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER TIME TO REMOVE INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES.
NATURE PRESCHOOL: THIS PRIMARY PROGRAM SERVICE GIVES EARLY LEARNERS (UP TO AGE SIX) ACCESS TO NATURE-BASED EXPERIENCES. OUR NATURE PRESCHOOL, FOUNDED IN 2003, IS ONE OF THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE NATION. HOUSED IN THE CENTER'S GOLD LEED CERTIFIED BUILDING, OUR PRESCHOOL IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND ACTIVE LEARNING FOR STUDENTS OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE, INCLUDING THOSE FROM THE MOST ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED AREAS OF MILWAUKEE.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Helen Boomsma | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $118,367 |
| Lisa Trost | DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION | 40 | $67,487 |
| Carol Wolcott | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Benjamin Rikkers | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Sanderson Read | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Diane O'Connor | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Debra Katz | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| John Schaub | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Benjamin Pavlik | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Timothy Gerend | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| John Gebhardt | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Amy Guiffre | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Heidi Dondlinger | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Shane Delsman | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Justin Patrick | FACILITIES & STRATEGIC PLANNING CHAIR | 2 | $0 |
| Dennis Kois | EDUCATION CHAIR | 2 | $0 |
| Margarete Harvey | CONSERVATION CHAIR | 2 | $0 |
| Jonathan Bloom | INVESTMENT CHAIR | 2 | $0 |
| Mark Siler | VP OF GOVERNANCE | 2 | $0 |
| Jane Bell | VP OF DEVELOPMENT | 2 | $0 |
| Margaret Kinney | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| Kevin Kane | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| John Grunau | PAST PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
| Aliah Berman | PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
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