Council Members

Dee J. Hall

Bob Drechsel
FOIC Treasurer
(Public member)
4218 Mandan Crescent
Madison, WI 53711

 

Beth Bennett (Julia Hunter)

Michelle Vetterkind (Kyle Geissler)

Council Members

The bylaws call for 11 representatives of member organizations: three representatives from the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, three from the Wisconsin Associated Press, three from the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association/Broadcast News Council, and two from the Society of Professional Journalists.. The bylaws also allow for up to 12 public members. The group can have as many associate (nonvoting) members as it wants.

Representatives of Member Organizations

Dave Zweifel
(Wisconsin Associated Press)
The Capital Times
1901 Fish Hatchery Road
P.O. Box 8060
Madison, WI 53708
(608) 252-6410
dzweifel@madison.com

Jim Fitzhenry
(Wisconsin Associated Press)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
330 E. Kilbourn Avenue, Suite 500
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(920) 993-7154
jfitzhen@gannett.com

Amanda St. Hilaire
(Wisconsin Broadcasters Association)
WITI-TV FOX6 Milwaukee
(414) 587-2963
amanda.sthilaire@fox.com

Jessica Laszewski
(Wisconsin Broadcasters Association)
WMTV NBC15
615 Forward Dr.
Madison, WI 53711
(608) 274-1515
jlaszewski@nbc15.com

Rusty Cunningham
(Wisconsin Newspaper Association)
Retired La Crosse Tribune editor
909 2nd Ave.
East Holmen, WI 54636
(608) 386-1709
rusty.cunningham77@gmail.com

Mark Treinen
(Wisconsin Newspaper Association)
The Capital Times
1901 Fish Hatchery Rd.
Madison, WI 53713
(608) 252-6400
mtreinen@captimes.com

Sam Martino
(Society of Professional Journalists)
528 Dennis Drive
DeForest, WI 53532
(262) 366-4762
martinos@uww.edu

Public Members

April Barker
Schott, Bublitz & Engel S.C.
16655 West Bluemound Road, Suite 270
Brookfield, WI 53005
(262)827-9004
abarker@sbe-law.com

Dick Record
WIZM AM/FM
P.O. Box 99
La Crosse, WI 54602
(608) 796-2505
dickr@mwfbroadcasting.com

Steve Lovejoy
The Journal Times, Racine – Emeritus
5639 Rachel Glen
Racine, WI 53402
(262) 902-8613
stevelo50@yahoo.com

Andy Hall
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
5006 Vilas Hall
821 University Ave.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-3642
ahall@wisconsinwatch.org

John Foust
235 South Main Street
Jefferson, WI 53549
(920) 674-5200
jfoust@threedee.com

Orville Seymer
Citizens for Responsible Government
P.O. Box 371086
Milwaukee, WI 53237
(414) 573-8709
legal@execpc.com

Larry Gallup
Appleton Post-Crescent
222 W. College Ave.
Appleton, WI 54911
(920) 996-7216
lgallup@postcrescent.com

Jonathan Anderson
(920) 676-5399
andjonc@gmail.com

Tom Kamenick
The Wisconsin Transparency Project
1144 Noridge Trail
Port Washington, WI 53074
(262) 365-7434
tom@wiopenrecords.com

Ernst-Ulrich Franzen
7836 St. Anne Court
Wauwatosa, WI 53213
(414) 510-5575
eufranzen1@gmail.com

Steven Potter
(608) 616-5380
stevenpotter.reporter@gmail.com

Paul Johnson
701 Walter St.
Spooner, WI 54801
(715) 416-2842
whitepineinvestigations@gmail.com

James Friedman
Godfrey & Kahn
P.O. Box 2719
Madison, WI 53701
(608) 257-3911
jfriedman@gklaw.com

David Haynes
Retired Journal Sentinel Ideas Lab editor
5327 N. Diversey Blvd. Whitefish Bay, WI 53217
(414) 731-1671
dhaynes540@gmail.com

Kelly Lecker
Wisconsin State Journal
1901 Fish Hatchery Road
Madison, WI 53713
(608) 252-6104
klecker@madison.com