Michelle Hefty

Michelle Hefty attended UW-Stevens Point and UW-Madison where she received a BS degree in Resource Management, specializing in Outdoor Area Management.  She served as a Park Manager for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for over 30 years, including at Newport State Park and Rock Island State Park.  She was instrumental in getting Newport State Park designated as the first internationally recognized dark sky park in Wisconsin and only the second in the Midwest.

Michelle is serving the first year of her second three-year term.