Meet The Team
Board of Directors
President
Jim Honig
Jim is the pastor of Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church, Ellison Bay, Wisconsin
Community Service
- Steering Team and National Strategy Team, Industrial Areas Foundation
- Board of Directors, Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, Illinois
- PADS of DuPage County
- Advisor, Glen Ellyn Children’s Center
Degrees
- BA – Concordia University, Nebraska
- M.Div. – S.T.M. Concordia Seminary, St Louis
“I live in Baileys Harbor with my husband and two sons, in what is these days, considered a very small house. In my (woefully lacking) free time, I enjoy reading, traveling, photography, yoga and watching Law & Order.”
Board
Mariah Goode
Director, Door County Land Use Services Department since 2006. Worked in Door County land use planning since 1996. Expertise in land use planning, zoning, community (re)development, housing policy, environmental policy.
Community Service
- Door County Economic Development Corporation Attainable Housing Committee member
- Greater Escarpment Organization of Door County (GEO-DC) board and founding member
- Door County Sister City Program coordinator
- Gibraltar Schools Parent Advisory Committee member
- Volunteer coordinator for two Baileys Harbor groups working on community (re)development and housing issues
- Door County Green Fund board and founding member
Degrees
- BA – American Studies, Grinnell College in American Studies
- MA – Planning, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota.
“I am a passionate designer and maker of art quilts. I love hosting small dinner parties with untried recipes. I design small spaces for optimum use. If I could start over, it would be in designing boat interiors.”
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Diana Wallace
Retired telecom director, Global Alliances. Contract negotiations in start-up international organizations.
Community Service
- Town of Liberty Grove
- Finance and Business Development Committees
- Baileys Harbor Affordable Housing Team
- Friends of Gibraltar (FOG) Board
- Wisconsin State Chair, Cottey College
- President, The Oaks Association
- Vice president, PEO, Chapter EJ
- Northern Sky Marketing Committee
Degrees
- BA – Northwestern University
- Degree in Applied Science from Harrington College of Design
“Proud to be a founding member and/or past president of other charitable activities since moving to Door County in 1976: Door County Commission on Aging, American Red cross, United Way, Sturgeon Bay Education Foundation. Crossroads at Big Creek, DC Legal Aid Society, DC Volunteer Center, Third Avenue Playhouse, Sturgeon Bay School Board, “Bootstrap” Scholarship Foundation, Sturgeon Bay “Da Vinci” Scholarship Award Program, and Door County Irish Arts.”
Board
Steve Kase
Retired Attorney at Law, banking and finance specialty
Retired commander, U.S. Navy, Viet Nam veteran
Community Service
- Door County Boys and Girls Club Finance Committee
- Door County Humane Society
- Birch Creek Music Center Board of Trustees
- Bay View Lutheran Church Council
- Door County Rotary Service Club Coalition
- Door County Habitat for Humanity
- Door County Legal Aid Society
- Sturgeon Bay Breakfast Rotary Club
- Crossroads at Big Creek Conservation and Nature Center
- Nominee, Door County Golden Heart Award for Career Public Service (2007)
- Recipient, Door County Golden Heart Award for Adult Community Service (2016)
Degrees
- BA – Duke University
- JD University of Wisconsin
“I have lived in Sister Bay year round for 36 years with my wife, Joan, married for 58 years. We have two children, Cheryl and Warren, and two grandchildren, Samantha and Alex. I’ve played golf since I was 14 and still get out at least twice a week, playing Peninsula. We also enjoy cruising and heading south for a couple of months in the winter.”
Board
Jerry Zaug
We’ve owned and operated the Country House Resort, next to our home, for 32 years. The resort has 46 rooms and suites with 27 acres and 1,100’ of shoreline. Before that, I was president of Zaug’s Vending & Food Service Management, Appleton, WI, for 20 years.
Community Service
- Appleton Rotary Club, member for 58 years, maintaining some relationship with the community where we raised our family and had many friends.
- Peninsula Players Theatre, Board of Directors, Treasurer and currently on Housing and Finance Committees since 1994.
- Door County Visitor Bureau, Board of Directors and Treasurer for eight years while we enacted the county wide room tax which enabled us to increase our marketing effort more than tenfold and expand tourism.
Degrees
- BA, Liberal Arts – University of Chicago
- MBA, Finance – Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
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Marissa Downs
Principal, Mosaic Property Ventures. Worked in affordable housing finance and development since 2001. Expertise in real estate development, finance, community (re)development.
Community Service
- Appleton Redevelopment Authority, Chair
- Trout Museum of Art, Board of Directors
- Wisconsin Partnership for Housing Development, Board Chair
Degrees
- BBA –Real Estate and Urban Land Economics, University of Wisconsin
I’m a life-long resident of Fish Creek where my father served as the first administrator of Gibraltar Schools. Married my high school sweetheart. We have three kids, one grandchild.
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Tom Birmingham
Co-founder and president of Great Northern Construction, Inc., Fish Creek
Community Service
- Peninsula Players Theater Board Of Directors
- Gibraltar School Board
- Door County YMCA Board
- Birch Creek Music Center Board
- Chaired development of the Town Of Gibraltar Comprehensive Plan
Degrees
- None; attended college ’til I found my calling.
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Scott Bader
Door County REALTOR since 1985. Former Broker/Owner Door County Horizons Realtors. # 1 Coldwell Banker Agent in Door County since 2011.
Community Service
- Past President of Door County Board of Realtors and 2 term MLS President, Board of Directors.
- Wisconsin Realtor Association Public Policy Committee.
- President, Friends of Potawatomi State Park Inc.
- Sturgeon Bay Noon Rotary, Membership Chair, Board of Directors, Shipyard Tours.