We are hiring! Join our team
Our next Executive Director (ED) will have overall strategic and operational responsibility for 1000 Friends of Wisconsin’s programs and execution of its mission. The ED will lead the team and engage with our Board to inspire and build partnerships and to expand 1000 Friends programs and make our work useful and relevant to diverse communities. The ED will be a steward of the mission and build on 28 years of success promoting healthy communities through sound land use, transportation, and climate policy. The ED ensures the continued evolution of the organization, its partnerships, and understands what it means, and what it takes to create lasting benefits to the state.
Our next Executive Director is a dynamic, thoughtful, and strategic leader. In addition to driving execution of the mission and the strategic plan, the ED represents the organization statewide and with regional coalitions. The ED ensures the continued evolution of the organization, its partnerships, and understands what it means, and what it takes to create permanent benefits across the state.
Read the full job announcement and learn how to apply.
Long-time staff member and current Executive Director, Deb Nemeth, will step down from her position at the end of this year.
“It has been an honor for me to collaborate with so many amazing organizations and government electeds and employees. Working with and learning from our excellent staff and board over the years has been a privilege. Getting to know our volunteers and our supporters has made my job a great joy and so very rewarding.
Now it’s time to pass the torch and give someone new a chance to lead the organization into the next chapter.”
