Oneida County 4-H Volunteer

Originally from Rock County, Lynn has spent more than three decades dedicating her time – as a 4-H parent, volunteer, and Educator – to helping youth thrive in Oneida County. Lynn moved to Rhinelander in 1988 and, while teaching, started a new 4-H club during a time when there was only one active 4-H club in Oneida County. With Lynn’s involvement, the club quickly grew to 60 members, forming another club. Lynn switched careers and worked in the grocery business, eventually owning a grocery store for 14 years in Three Lakes with her husband.

Lynn then went back to school for a degree in mental health counseling and became licensed in mental health and substance abuse counseling. In 2013, Lynn was hired as the 4-H/Positive Youth Development Educator with Oneida County Extension. During this time, Lynn doubled 4-H enrollment in Oneida County and helped provide access for many first-generational 4-Hers to attend local, state, national, and international 4-H experiences.

Beyond 4-H, Lynn oversaw the county Teen Court program, advised a high school diversity club; chaperoned civic leadership conferences and a teen sexual assault awareness conference, and coordinated the Teens Active in Government program with Oneida County and the City of Rhinelander.

Since retiring from UW-Extension in 2018, Lynn has worked at Transitions Center in Rhinelander as a youth and adult therapist. Lynn lives in Rhinelander with her husband, has two grown children who both live in the Twin Cities, and a newly naturalized son-in-law from the country of Georgia.