Brenda Jessen

Stoughton, Dane Cty.

Employer:
GDS Associates
Project Manager

As project manager for GDS Associates, Brenda Jessen wears many different hats.  She is the Assistant Sector Lead for the Focus on Energy Agricultural program for the state of Wisconsin.  Her main responsibilities are to provide education, outreach and management for the team that provides incentives and grants for the agriculture community.  She deals with dairy farmers, greenhouses, aquaculture operations, grain drying facilities and irrigation operations.  Brenda has also become involved in her community’s initiative for sustainability. 

Brenda earned a B.A. degree in 1986 from Clarke College in Dubuque Iowa.  She has taken courses towards an MBA at Edgewood College and would like to earn a sustainability certificate.  Brenda serves on the PDPW tradeshow committee and the annual business conference.  She also has a Master Gardeners certificate and has done several community projects.

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