kurt schroeder - President

Kurt and Julie Schroeder bought their property on Court Oreilles Lake Drive in 2019. Kurt’s family traces back to the 1920s with property on Thoroughfare Road. He is a retired architect living in La Crosse. He enjoys sailing in the summer, cross-country skiing in the winter, and being next to such a beautiful lake. He is pleased to serve on the COLA board to ensure the future of Lac Courte Oreilles for generations to come. Term (3-yr) expires 2028.

Andy Vergeront - treasurer

Andy has had a place on LCO with his wife, Tammy, since 2013. They moved to their lake home on Winters Point full-time in 2022 after he retired from a career in Finance at General Mills in the Minneapolis area. 

 Andy enjoys training for and skiing in the Birkie during the winter, and golfing, fishing, gardening, mountain biking and hiking when the snow is gone. He and Tammy have 2 adult children and a new grandson. Term (3-yr) expires 2027.

Tressa Davis - secretary

Photo and Bio for Tressa coming soon!

Jeff Aspenwall

Term (3-yr) expires 2024.

Caitlin Hagar-Kuhn

Caitlin and her family have a home on Little LCO where they love to fish and kayak. She is a native of Onalaska, in the heart of Wisconsin’s Driftless Region. There, she and her husband (Chad) enjoy kayaking Mississippi tributaries with their 2 dogs, watching their boys’ baseball games and hiking the many blufflines. Caitlin works full time as a GIS Consultant for Locana and is Past President of Women in GIS. You’ll also find her involved in the AIS mission using GIS. Term (3-yr) expires 2026

SIG GUNDERSEN

Sig and his wife Jean Ann split their time between their 100 year old log home on the Mississippi and their LCO log home.  He has been on the lake for the last 70 years as his family has owned property first purchased in the early 1900’s by his great grandfather. Sig and Jean Ann are both avid paddlers and enjoy most all of the silent sports.  He is a retired pediatric and vascular surgeon with administrative experience in nonprofit foundations.  Sig and Jean Ann are both committed to keeping the lake healthy for the upcoming generations, and they see participating in COLA as the one of best methods to do so.

Mike persson

Term (1-yr) renews 2024.

LOGAN QUIGGLE

Logan enjoys spending time at LCO during the summer months at his family's stone cottage, which his grandparents (Ed and Ruth Ricci) purchased in 1960. Weather pending, Logan tries to get on the water in some fashion or another; swimming, sailing, skiing, put-put...you name it. Logan joined COLA in September 2023 and is excited to preserve and enhance the quality of LCO for the betterment of future generations. Outside of COLA, Logan lives in Minneapolis and works full-time as a Civil Engineer. 

steve umland

Steve is a long-time lover of Lac Courte Oreilles. He started coming here almost every weekend since the 1980s and has lived here full time since 2003.

He has made many friends and has neighbors and family on the lake. Steve lived in a log cabin in Victory Heights for over 20 years and helped five close friends build their cabins everywhere from Barbertown Bay to Musky Bay.

He is passionate about water quality, especially controlling aquatic invasive species in both LCO and Little LCO. Term (3-yr) expires 2024.

david zimmer

David Zimmer is a 4th generation summer resident of Lac Courte Oreilles whose family first came to Wismo in 1907. David has come for 64 consecutive years and has children and grandchildren who want to carry on the legacy that means so much to him and his family. A native of Kansas City, David and his family will find almost any reason to slip away to LCO year round and enjoy what the lake has to offer. Term (3-yr) renews 2024.

ALF SIVERTSON - Senior Advisor

Alf Sivertson has been involved with COLA in various capacities, including board member and president, since its inception in 1994. In 1949, his father and grandfather built a cabin on the north shore of Chicago Bay. Now, with five places on the lake, the family is into its fifth generation enjoying this wonderful natural resource. He is dedicated to preserving the legacy of Lac Courte Oreilles—its water quality—so everyone can enjoy the experience for generations to come. Mr. Sivertson is president of Sivertson & Barrette, P.A., a litigation law firm in the Twin cities.