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Administrative

Division Assistant

Sarah P. Fastelin

Sarah Fastelin serves as the Division Assistant at Steigerwaldt Land Services. She is responsible for supporting the Finance, Administration, and Marketing division by assisting with internal tasks related to engagement initiatives, marketing, HR, and wellness.

Sarah holds a Bachelors Degree from the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire in Secondary English Education with a minor in Science of Coaching. In addition to this current position, Sarah is the Content Coordinator for The Whistle Punk craft beer and coffee shop in Stone Lake, WI. She is also the Director of Coaching, Director of Communication, and team manager of multiple teams for the New Richmond Soccer Club.

In her free time (what free time?! Haha!), Sarah enjoys reading, quilting, running, and cross-country skiing. She is also very involved with the New Richmond Soccer club in which her husband also coaches and two sons play.

sarah.fastelin@steigerwaldt.com
715.699.1401, ext. 331

Accounting Manager

Jacki L. Grigg

Jacki earned her Bachelor of Science in Political Science and Urban Planning at University of Wisconsin – Whitewater in 1996. She has continued her education by working on her Master of Business with Keller Graduate School of Management.

Jacki's primary responsibilities include company budgeting, financial reporting, and general accounting activities of our various entities. Other responsibilities include producing timely and accurate financial reports, working with department directors on budgeting and variance analysis, fixed asset accounting, tax accounting, supervising employees in the accounting department, oversight of outsourced payroll, and maintaining computerized accounting systems.

In her free time, Jacki enjoys spending time with her family, canoeing, camping, and scrapbooking.

jacki.grigg@steigerwaldt.com
715.453.3274, ext. 320

Executive Assistant to the CEO

Brenda L. Jones

Brenda has over 35 years of experience in the administrative field. As an Executive Assistant, Brenda leads special projects and manages a variety of executive administrative tasks, including project tracking and timeline coordination between multiple departments, ensuring timely delivery of quality reports. She specializes in assisting the appraisal department in completing complex valuation assignments.

In her free time, Brenda enjoys pontooning on Lake Nokomis with family and friends, watching her son play hockey, and collecting shells on the beach while watching beautiful sunsets.

brenda.jones@steigerwaldt.com
715.453.3274, ext. 339

Outreach Coordinator

Mary O'Neill

Mary O’Neill serves as the Outreach Coordinator at Steigerwaldt Land Services. She is responsible for supporting the Finance, Administration, and Marketing division through leading and coordinating the day-to-day functions related to various outreach and recruitment initiatives, marketing, and processes, systems, and logistics.

Mary holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Superior with an emphasis in Communications and holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in Natural Resources Science and Management with an emphasis in Urban and Community Forestry. Mary is also an International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Certified Arborist.

Prior to her current position, Mary was a community forestry specialist in North Dakota (yes, there are trees there) where she provided technical assistance to over a dozen communities with tree selection, planning, and management plans. She also has extensive experience with conducting and managing urban tree inventories. She has also administered webinars, workshops, and presentations about pruning, tree selection, and urban tree inventories. Mary also provided seasonal urban forestry outreach in Minneapolis which included emerald ash borer awareness, organizing a citizen pruner program, and managing a large, friendly mascot named Elmer the Elm Tree. She also provided continuous support with the urban tree inventory.

In her free time, Mary enjoys hiking, photography, reading, watching her favorite MN sports teams (Vikings, Wild, Twins, and Gophers), spending time with family and friends, and traveling with her husband.

mary.oneill@steigerwaldt.com
715.699.1401, ext. 209

HR Coordinator/Operations Specialist

Travis W. Polinske

Travis is responsible for HRIS entries, such as onboarding for new hires, address changes, employee termination, benefits deductions, direct deposit, and salary changes. Travis also develops, implements, and communicates effective company-wide policies and procedures and assists with the hiring and selection process.

Travis holds an Associate Degree in HR Management from Fox Valley Technical College and specializes in accounting and finance processes and procedures.

Prior to his role with Steigerwaldt, Travis was a Senior Payroll and Billing Coordinator for a corporate healthcare organization.

In his free time, Travis enjoys hitting the trails with his wife on their UTV/ATV's, being on the lake, camping, and spending time with friends and family.

travis.polinske@steigerwaldt.com
715.453.3274, ext. 322

Accounting Specialist

Jamie Ruppert

Jamie Ruppert serves as the Accounting Specialist at Steigerwaldt Land Services. She is responsible for supporting the financial department.

Jamie holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Ripon College in Business Administration with an emphasis in Leadership.

Prior to her current position, she sold multiple lines of insurance for the past 12 years and was an office manager for 4 of those 12 years.

In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, hunting, fishing and being outside.

jamie.ruppert@steigerwaldt.com
715.453.3274, ext. 346

Finance Coordinator

Shannon M. Ullom

Shannon Ullom serves as the Finance Coordinator at Steigerwaldt Land Services. She is responsible for supporting the Finance, Administration, and Marketing division through all aspects of Accounts Receivable, maintaining contract changes, job costing, process/systems improvement recommendations, systems/platform oversight, budgeting, and any other support as needed.

Shannon holds a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting.

Prior to her current position, Shannon was in the affordable housing sector.

In her free time, Shannon enjoys spending time with her family, campfires, yard work, and completing house projects.

shannon.ullom@steigerwaldt.com
715.699.1401, ext. 207

Administrative Assistant - Accounts Payable

Patricia A. Winker

Patti has over 40 years of experience in office administration and management. She also owned and operated several retail businesses, as well as independently authored numerous cookbooks and articles for publication. This diverse background has honed Patti’s ability to accurately track detail for bookkeeping purposes and to dig deeper into procedures, often resulting in a more streamlined process.

Along with assisting the financial department as needed, Patti maintains and tracks expenses daily, making sure all vendors receive accurate payments in a timely manner. She is proficient in navigating accounting software and creating documents needed to capture department expenditures. Essentially, if you need to know detail about expenses, Patti will produce it.

Time away from the office is spent cooking, walking, biking, writing, kayaking, or just enjoying her home and garden. Patti’s perfect vacation destinations include visiting her daughter, son-in-law, and grandkids in Florida, a trip to the great Northwest, and traipsing around New York City with her husband.

patti.winker@steigerwaldt.com
715.453.3274, ext. 316