Cory serves as a planner with specialties including environmental, marketing, conservation design and outdoor recreation. He brings over 20 years of experience in the field of restoration ecology and 5 years as a community development specialist. This 25 years of experience in small business gives the SWWRPC fresh perspectives on project approach. Cory also serves as the Executive Director of Advance Shullsburg, Inc., runs his own consultancy firm and is a freelance writer, photographer and researcher. He has grown several businesses in his career and brings an entrepreneurial spirit to the organization.

Cory is an avid writer with over 50 published works, is a popular public presenter and a local historian. Cory is known around the region as a versatile professional able to work across multiple disciplines. In his free time he enjoys Midwest travel, baseball, botany and the arts. He lives with his wife and two boys in Shullsburg, WI.

Favorite Cheese: Cottage

Favorite quote: A mind stretched to a new idea can never go back to its original dimensions. – Oliver Wendell Holmes