Jeanne Scherer

AIS Outreach Specialist and Purple Loosestrife Biocontrol Coordinator

University of Wisconsin-Extension & University of Wisconsin-Madison



About

As the Aquatic Invasive Species Outreach Specialist, Jeanne helps complete the deliverables of the DNR AIS contract with UW-Extension and the Environmental Resources Center. Her work includes delivering outreach programming to a network of AIS Coordinators, developing new AIS programs, and serving on the DNR AIS Team work groups. She is also a Water Resource Management Specialist focused on AIS monitoring with the DNR. A career change in 2009 brought her home to the waters of Wisconsin that she had grown up playing, swimming and fishing in as a child. She has a B.A. in Liberals Arts from Carthage College, a B.S. in Physical/Environmental Geography, minor in Biology from UW-Whitewater and has held teacher certifications in Illinois, California, and Wisconsin. Although she’s spent most of her life in Wisconsin, life’s twists and turns have also landed her in Japan, Washington, California, Illinois and Virginia with many interesting travels along the way.