Alice in Dairyland

Former Alice's

A sample of what past Alice's have gone on to do:

Margaret McGuire Blott, the very first Alice in Dairyland, earned a Master's Degree in elementary education and taught school for 23 years, while Virginia Peterson Bahe, 1950 Alice, also worked in the educational field as a university lecturer. Beverly Steffen Brunner, 1952, worked for General Mills in Minneapolis before moving to Los Angeles where she became a food stylist for print and television media while Mary Ellen Jenks, the 1953 Alice, was a vice president for Green Giant Company and Pillsbury Company.

Sylvia Lee Kafkas, 1962, is the administrator of St. Mary's Greek Orthodox Church in Minneapolis, while Jo Ann Cupery Nordstrom, Alice in 1966, lives in Oregon and works in a pediatric clinic. Susan Masterson, the 1970 Alice, is an elementary school principal in Janesville, and Janice Findlay Aiken, 1976, is co-owner of Milwaukee Sign Company.

Lisa Hoesly Behnke, 1985, is the manager of marketing for the World Dairy Expo. Becky Weiner, 1988, started her own e-consulting business in Arizona, while Kim Nettesheim Flitcroft, the 1990 Alice, has returned to her nursing career.

Among the most recent Alice's include: Jennifer Hasler, the 1998 Alice, who now works as a dairy management consultant with Cargill Animal Nutrition, and Roxanne Westphal Peelen, 2000 Alice, currently serving as regional program manger for the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. Sheri Hicken, 2001 Alice, is a marketing assistant at Wollersheim Winery in Prairie du Sac, while Angela Hemauer, 2002 Alice, is the director of marketing for the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association.

Here is the list of past Alices in Dairyland:

Year	Alice in Dairyland	Hometown	Current Address
1948	Margaret (McGuire) Blott	Highland	Mukwonago
1949	LaVonne (Hermann) Nesheim	Mount Horeb	Mount Horeb
1950	Virginia (Peterson) Bahe	Union Grove	Colorado Springs, CO
1951	Marjean (Czerwinski) Dillon	Milwaukee	Deceased
1952	Beverly (Steffen) Brunner	Appleton	Laguna Nigel, CA
1953	Mary Ellen (Jenks) Jordal	Chippewa Falls	Edina, MN
1954	Mary (McCabe) Knight	Ladysmith	Deceased
1955	Barbara (Brown) Rynders	Independence	New Brighton, MN
1956	Doris (Olsen) Underkofler	Brooklyn	Middleton
1957	Nancy (Trewyn) Prosser	Whitewater	Deceased
1958	Barbara (Haslow) Townsend	Chili	Madison
1959	Merrie Barney	Burlington	Upper Arlington, OH
1960	Joan (Engh) Flax	LaCrosse	Los Angeles, CA
1961	Carol (Anderson) Koby-Severson	Superior	Madison
1962	Sylvia (Lee) Kafkas	Colfax	Minneapolis, MN
1963	Marilyn (Draeger) Draeger-Frey	Fort Atkinson	Oxford, MS
1964	Beth (Bartosh) Pisula	Burlington	Freeport, IL
1965	Kathy (Kenas) Beauchaine	Rosendale	Madison
1966	Jo Ann (Cupery) Nordstrom	Markesan	Beaverton, OR
1967	Kristin (Williams) Gramando	Colgate	Eloy, AZ
1968	Roberta (Thoreson) Eagles	West Allis	Nathrop, CO
1969	Judith (Schultz) Tobolski	South Milwaukee	Lake Oswego, OR
1970	Susan Masterson	Janesville	Janesville
1971	Marsha Lindsay	Manawa	Madison
1972	Deborah Moser	Wausau	Denver, CO
1973	Mary (Hopkins) Hopkins-Best	Cumberland	Menomonie
1974	Joana (Markevicius) Smocke	Pine River	Milwaukee
1975	Deborah (Del Balso) Touw	Brookfield	Belgium
1976	Janice (Findlay) Aiken	Burlington	Grafton
1977	Karyn (Nelson) Schauf	Barron	Barron
1978	Laura (Oldenberg) Drendel	Burlington	Marshfield
1979	Rebecca (Powell) Powell-McCarthy	Baraboo	Hartland
1980	Vicky Scharlau	Waumandee	Wenatchee, WA
1981	Debra (Casucci) Crave	Beloit	Waterloo
1982	Dorothy Farrell	Oregon	Elkhart Lake
1983	Barbara (Ward) Ward-McCrory	Fort Atkinson	Janesville
1984	Cynthia (Johnson) Johnson-Hesse	Oregon	North Prairie
1985	Lisa (Hoesly) Behnke	Juda	New Glarus
1986	Liz Henry	Dane	Dane
1987	Kristine (Gratz) Welsh	Darlington	Elkhorn
1988	Rebecca Plantz	Ladysmith	Scottsdale, AZ
1989	Stephanie Binversie	Wauzeka	Manitowoc
1990	Kim (Nettesheim) Flitcroft	Elkhorn	Elkhorn
1991	Renea (Troeller) Heinrich	Rubicon	Hartland
1992	Kristan (Conrad) Collins	Green Bay	Madison
1993	Angela (Corbin) Tuthill	Belleville	Wyoming, IL
1994	Angela (Rule) Udelhofen	Mineral Point	Platteville
1995	Jolynne (Nagel) Schroepfer	Antigo	Deerbrook
1996	Holly (Meudt) Crowley	Walworth	Delavan
1997	Courtney (Ott) Booth	Forest Junction	Plymouth
1998	Jennifer Hasler	Monroe	Appleton
1999	Amy (Fischer) Brown	Loyal	Gainsville, FL
2000	Roxanne (Westphal) Peelen	Oconomowoc	Milwaukee
2001	Sheri Hicken	Baraboo	Prairie du Sac
2002	Angela Hemauer	Plymouth	Antigo
2003	Natalie Parmentier	Green Bay	Madison
2004	Betsy Francoeur	Merrill	Madison
2005	Gena Cooper	Mukwonago	Madison
2006	Nicole Reese	Sheboygan Falls	Johnson Creek
2007	Jill Makovec	Muscoda	Muscoda
2008	Ashley Huibregtse	Plymouth	Plymouth
2009	Cheryl O'Brien	Eastman	Milwaukee