Wisconsin Master Naturalist Program Director
University of Wisconsin-Extension
About
Becky has worked for the University of Wisconsin-Extension since 2007. She is the director of the Wisconsin Master Naturalist Program with her office located at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center in Ashland.
Becky has been involved with the Wisconsin Master Naturalist Program since its inception in 2012. She worked with the founding director on the original model for Wisconsin’s program, which was based on a successful program in Minnesota. Becky helped write the Wisconsin Master Naturalist course curriculum, Great Lakes Advanced Training curriculum, and co-led a pilot course for Volunteer Training in 2012. She continues as an instructor of annual Volunteer Training courses in the Ashland/Cable area together with the Cable Natural History Museum and the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center. Becky became the director of the program in October 2015.
Originally from southern Illinois, Becky attended both Northland College and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where she majored in Wildlife Management and Biology. She worked on stewardship, land protection and education efforts in northern Wisconsin for 10 years with The Nature Conservancy prior to her work with UW-Extension. Becky spent 13 years working to establish and grow the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve. She most recently served as the Assistant Reserve Manager until taking on the director role with the Wisconsin Master Naturalist Program in 2015. She has also served as a Natural Resources Educator within UW Extension, primarily providing facilitation and coordination for the Lake Superior Landscape Restoration Partnership.