AUGUST 2022 NEWSLETTER

President

Wow—time flies when youʼre having fun.

I’ve worked at Lakeland for 31 years and Iʼm serious when I say time flies when youʼre having fun. Many of Lakeland’s customers have become friends and it makes coming to work not seem like work. The Lakeland team has been key in making this happen. We have fun, hardworking, talented people that work at our company and I feel Blessed and Honored to work with them on a daily basis-many for almost as long as I have been at Lakeland!

My most important roles in life have been being a husband to my wife Jill for 28 years, father to Spencer(25) and Sophia-Grace(22) both of whom I am immensely proud of, and dog dad to Bosco the not so mini Bernedoodle. I love family time, travel, all sports, and as a lifelong Wisconsinite I am a huge Packers and Brewers fan!

Interesting facts—in high school I cut weeds in the summer on Okauchee lake (I had a pretty great tan) and in college I drove a school bus to pay for my tuition.

Chief Financial Officer

I started with Lakeland in June 1995 as CFO and General Manager.

I’ve been married to my wife Kim for 30 years and have 3 adult children and have lived in the Lake Country area most of my life.

Over the years I’ve served in several board positions for various church, school and other charitable organizations.

I enjoy spending time with my family, traveling, anything motorsports related: cars and motorcycles and I love going fast!

Chief Operations Officer

I’ve had the pleasure of working at Lakeland Supply for 11 years. I worked for many fortune 500 companies, but I must say that Lakeland actually “lives” their mission statement and culture every day, which makes it a refreshing and enjoyable work environment! I’ve had the pleasure of working with great employees on my operations teams throughout the years. And together we accomplished many milestones! To name a few: becoming ISO certified, creating and implementing a new kitting-light assembly and tool repair department, transitioning from a manual to an RF wireless warehouse and moved over 2300 pallets from our old facility on Johnson Drive to our new state-of-the art facility on Bluemound road! I am very grateful and appreciate my team members!

I’ve been married to my wife, Barbara for forty-one years and we have three boys, Zak, John and Blake. We are also blessed with four beautiful grandchildren.

We have lived in Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin. We moved 5 times in 4 years with Kohl’s Department stores, Lazarus and JC Penney, but we all call Wisconsin… “home” now!

I enjoy attending vintage, classic car shows, Road America racing and traveling to California and Long Island to spend time with our boys.

I’ve been a musician (drummer) since 8th. grade, performing in various top 40, lounge, and jazz bands, including Eagles Tribute bands. Back in 1980’s I performed in the Steve Grogan Jazz Quintet, performed with Rob McCrobe, who also appeared on the Johnny Carson show! Also performed with the Canadian Brass, the Mansfield – Ohio symphony and also taught private music lessons for many years.

If you haven’t already, check out our new corporate video to see what Lakeland Supply can offer!