Milwaukee, WI
Wisconsin DNR; Sheboygan County’s Adam Payne appointed secretary
Adam Payne (Courtesy: Sheboygan County)
MADISON, Wis. – Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday appointed a county administrator with a background in conservation to guide the state Division of Pure Assets.
The governor introduced that Sheboygan County Administrator Adam Payne will exchange Preston Cole as DNR secretary. Cole retired from the place in November.
Payne has served as Sheboygan County administrator for the final 20 years, coordinating and directing county administrative and administration capabilities and growing the county’s annual funds. He led the county by way of two conservation tasks, together with cleansing up the Sheboygan River and harbor and buying and preserving the Amsterdam Dunes, 328 acres of undeveloped Lake Michigan shoreline.
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Earlier than Payne turned the county administrator he served as government director of the Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Affiliation. He additionally labored for the state Division of Agriculture, Commerce and Client Safety from 1990 to 1995. Throughout a part of that stint he served as director of the Farmland Preservation Program.
Payne holds bachelor’s diploma and a grasp’s diploma in communication and concrete and regional planning, respectively, from the College of Wisconsin-Madison.
His appointment is topic to state Senate affirmation.