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Dane Buy Local Hires Greg Lawless as Executive Director

Greg Lawless has been named the first executive director of Dane Buy Local, a network of locally owned, independent businesses that has grown to nearly 450 members.

2010 Dane Buy Local Venetian Boat Parade

Join us as we launch our 2nd Annual Dane Buy Local Venetian Night ~ A Boat Parade of Lights on Lake Mendota.

10,000 Dane Buy Local Guides inserted in June Sustainable Times

In June, consumers found our new 2010 Dane Buy Local Guide and several articles about Dane Buy Local.

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Staff, Board, & Committees

Staff

Lark Paulson
Director of Membership Services

Susie Jensen
Intern

Board of Directors

Chair
Colin Murray
Sales Manager, Isthmus Publishing

Vice President
Jim Bradley
President and CEO, Home Savings Bank

Secretary, Executive and Governance Committee Chair
Rick Richards
Chairman of the Board, WYOU Community Access Television

Treasurer, Finance Committee Chair
Anne Whalen
Owner, Anne Whalen Consulting

At Large

Dan Schubring
Account Executive, The Murphy Insurance Group

Diane Jensen
Client Relationship Manager, Yahara Software

Josie Pradella
Co-founder, Dane Buy Local
Owner, TerraSource Gourmet Chocolates

Kelly Starr-King
Vice President of Operations, Drake & Company Staffing Specialists

Rick Brooks
Co-founder, Dane Buy Local
Outreach Program Manager,
UW-Madison Professional Development & Applied Studies

Robin Matthews
Dave Matthews Studio & Gallery

Yvette Jones
Owner, designCraft Advertising

 

Committees

EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Chair
Rick Richards
Chairman of the Board, WYOU Community Access Television

Members

Adam Tyksinski
Adam Tyksinski Photography

Jim Bradley
President and CEO, Home Savings Bank

Josie Pradella
Co-founder, Dane Buy Local
Owner, TerraSource Gourmet Chocolates

Orange Schroeder
Co-Owner, Orange Tree Imports

Rick Brooks
Co-founder, Dane Buy Local
Outreach Program Manager,
UW-Madison Professional Dvpmt & Applied Studies

Yvette Jones
Owner, designCraft Advertising

 

EVENTS COMMITTEE
Chair
Kelly Starr-King
Vice President of Operations, Drake & Company Staffing Specialists

Members

Becky Bushnell
Account Manager, Pushing7

Donna Gray
President / CEO / Owner of Total Awards & Promotions

Jen Voichick
Director, Habitat Restore

Jill Sullivan
Owner, Wildtree All Natural Foods

Judy Alberts
Director of Sales & Marketing, The Edgewater Hotel

Julie David
Owner, Inphocus Photography & Sassi Styles

Robin Matthews
Dave Matthews Studio & Gallery

Shannon McMahan
Owner, Shannon McMahan Designer Portraits

 

EXECUTIVE and GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
Chair
Colin Murray
Sales Manager, Isthmus Publishing

Members

Anne Whalen
Owner, Anne Whalen Consulting

Jim Bradley
President and CEO, Home Savings Bank

Rick Richards
Chairman of the Board, WYOU Community Access Television

 

FINANCE COMMITTEE
Chair
Anne Whalen
Owner, Anne Whalen Consulting

Members
Rick Richards
Chairman of the Board,
WYOU Community Access Television

 

HUMAN RESOURCE COMMITTEE
Chair
Rick Richards
Chairman of the Board, WYOU Community Access Television

Members

Anne Whalen
Owner, Anne Whalen Consulting

Colin Murray
Sales Manager, Isthmus Publishing

Jim Bradley
President and CEO, Home Savings Bank

Josie Pradella
Co-founder, Dane Buy Local
Owner, TerraSource Gourmet Chocolates

Rick Brooks
Co-founder, Dane Buy Local
Outreach Program Manager,
UW-Madison Professional Dvpmt & Applied Studies

 

MARKETING COMMITTEE
Chair
Yvette Jones
Owner, designCraft Advertising

Members
Amy Onofrey
Owner, Senior Living Solutions

Brian Trongaard
Account Executive, Isthmus Publishing

Erin Lambert-Conohan
Marketing Supervisor, University Book Store

George Zens
Owner, Sustainable Times

J.J. Giese
Corporate Sales Consultant, Econoprint

Jill Sullivan
Owner,Wildtree All Natural Foods

Jim Bradley
President and CEO, Home Savings Bank

Josie Pradella
Co-founder, Dane Buy Local
Owner, TerraSource Gourmet Chocolates

Kris Koenig
CEO, Natura Clean

Rick Brooks
Co-founder, Dane Buy Local
Outreach Program Manager,
UW-Madison Professional Dvpmt & Applied Studies

 

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Co-Chairs
Dan Schubring
Account Executive, The Murphy Insurance Group

Kathryn Wunnicke
Buyer Specialist, Alvarado Real Estate Group

Members

Dave Neelsen
Owner, StoryFirst Group

Elisabeth Howard
Associate Attorney, Stafford Rosenbaum LLP

Lark Paulson
Director of Membership Services, Dane Buy Local

Liesel Olson
PR-Project Manager, The Creative Company

Regina Wheat
Relationship Manager/Personal & Business Banker, Home Savings Bank

Sean Mitchen
Architect, Partner at WORK Architects

Sue Fuller
Account Manager, Madison Magazine

Tom Thrun
Account Representative, Inkworks, Inc.- Printing

 

TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
Chair
Diane Jensen
Client Relationship Manager, Yahara Software

Members

Jason Iverson
Owner, Acuity Consulting Services, LLC

Jill Patrick
Producer, ProVideo & Film, Inc

Lark Paulson
Director of Membership Services, Dane Buy Local

Lennart Johansson
Owner, Webstix, Inc

Rose Molz
President, EZ Office Products

 


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--Woody Tasch, Founder, Slow Money
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