WIST names 12 to inaugural membership in advisory board

MAY 31, 2011, STEVENS POINT, WIS.—The Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has formed an advisory board comprising leaders from industry, business development groups and research organizations.
 
The 12-member board will provide guidance to the institute as it shapes priorities and works to transfer new technology from the laboratory to commercial use.
 
Board members are Ed Buehler, vice president and business manager for NewPage’s Specialty Papers; Tad Campana, paper mill superintendent at Thilmany’s Kaukauna mill; Lori Dehlinger, executive director of the Portage County Business Council; Barb Fleisner, executive director of Centergy, Inc.; H. Tony Hartmann, chief executive officer of Great Lakes Ag Energy; Dave Mead, chief executive officer of C5•6 Technologies; Leon Ostrowski, founder and coordinator of the Central Wisconsin Business Angels, LLC, and a founding partner in Planned Innovation Institute; Francis J. Podvin, chairman of the board of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.; Kelly Rooney, area manager for Veolia Environmental Services in Central Wisconsin; Troy Runge, director of the Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative; Tom Sweeney, a member of the preconstruction group at J.H. Findorff & Son, Inc.; and Theodore Wegner, acting director of the United States (U.S.) Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory.
 
Executive Director Paul Fowler said the institute is fortunate to be able to draw on the considerable talent and experience represented on the board.
 
“We are excited to have a cross-section of accomplished representatives from various sectors.” Fowler said. “We appreciate their willingness to serve.”