Chapter Officers
Kristen Broeren
President
Kristen is president of the Northeast Wisconsin chapter. She loves spending time outside whether it be camping, hiking, fishing, clay shooting, shooting her bow or going bird hunting with her husband and dog, Olive. While not spending her time outside, she also does graphic design and photography work. Kristen is excited about being chapter president and working with the chapter to get local habitat projects and activities planned.
Tony Fischer
Treasurer
Tony serves as the Treasurer of our chapter. He has spent his life growing up and living in the outdoors. Whether that be fishing across Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, and Ontario, or with his trusty German Wirehair Pointer in the prairies and cattail sloughs of South Dakota chasing pheasants. Currently residing in Abrams, WI, Northeast WI has always been home, but he and his wife also love traveling around this great country and exploring all the wonders they can find. Tony enjoys introducing youth to the outdoors and mentoring them in safe and responsible practices during youth hunts, sharing his passions and learnings along the way.
Brian Anderson
Habitat Chair
Brian is the Northeast Wisconsin Pheasants Forever Chapter
Habitat Chair.
Jacob Syndergaard
Youth Chair
Jacob serves as the Chair of Youth Programs for our chapter. He lives in Howard with his wife, Sarah, their daughter, Ella, and their golden retriever, Randall.
An avid outdoorsman, Jacob is passionate about improving native wildflower and prairie habitat to benefit upland birds, deer, and turkeys. When he’s not in the field, you’ll likely find him fishing for walleye and trout, hunting deer and ducks, or on the pickleball court.
Jacob is dedicated to introducing people of all ages to the outdoors. He helps lead our chapter’s Learn to Hunt program, teaching youth hunters the skills of pheasant hunting while highlighting the importance of habitat conservation for the future of local wildlife and hunting traditions.
Amy Schaefer
Farm Bill Biologist
Amy is the Farm Bill Wildlife Biologist with Pheasants Forever out of Appleton. She covers the surrounding 9 counties (Brown, Calumet, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Oconto, Outagamie, and Winnebago), and help create or improve habitat for pheasants, deer, pollinators, and all other wildlife that utilize native prairies. She accomplishes this by assisting landowners and producers with enrollment in USDA programs, or by providing technical assistance in prairie installation and maintenance.
aschaefer@pheasantsforever.org
Phone: (920) 733-1575 ext. 6109
Julie Peterson
Wetland Biologist
Julie is the Wetland Biologist for Pheasants Forever and works with landowners in North East WI. Her primary focus is to work with landowners who own USDA easements. She aids USDA - Natural Resource Conservation Service and the landowners, to monitoring and managing these lands for wildlife.
Jake Broeren
Chapter Member
Jake is a member of the Northeast Wisconsin chapter. Jake grew up loving to spend time outside. Jake is passionate about finding habitat that will help all types of wildlife and pollinators, and about helping youth learn how to hunt and do so safely. During the fall Jake spends his time out in the woods either deer hunting, or bird hunting with his wife & Wirehaired Pointing Griffon, Olive. During the summer months you can see him and his wife out fishing for walleye and salmon.
