Jane Elder was executive director of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters for ten years. She consults on environmental and nonprofit strategy and volunteers with groups working on Great Lakes and climate issues. She headed the Sierra Club Midwest office in Madison, Wisconsin, leading the Great Lakes program. She has written for Sierra, Wisconsin People & Ideas, and The Living Wilderness magazines. She holds degrees from Michigan State University (BA, communications) and University of Wisconsin (MS, land resources), and was awarded distinguished alumni status by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies in 2019.
