Andy Bingle

Education

B.A. in Comparative Politics, University of Puget Sound

Masters of the Environment, University of Colorado

Primary Responsibilities

• Serve as leading authority, content expert, and advocate for SDG initiatives

• Work with the SDG Steering Committee to implement strategic and annual work planning

• Coordinate SDG related communication and outreach efforts

• Identify, pursue, and manage SDG related grants

Past Jobs & Experience

Andy fell in love with the Driftless while living in Baraboo and working for the International Crane Foundation. Professionally he served first as an education and ecology intern and then as the Interpretive Programs Manager. In his spare time he was active with various local committees including the Baraboo Economic Development Commission, the library upgrade committee, and Sauk County’s Millennial Task Force which identified opportunities to attract young people to settle in small towns. He returned to his native Colorado and for five years was leading environmentally focused programs there. He co-founded the Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center which teaches the benefits of agrivoltaics to landowners, policy makers, and community members. He most recently directed operations at an environmentally-driven software company called encoord. Andy and his wife have returned to Wisconsin (where she is from) and currently live in Spring Green.

Favorite thing about the Driftless Area

"There is a wonderful interplay between art, community, agriculture, and conservation in the Driftless that I have not experienced anywhere else. I love finding the little cultural and natural resource gems throughout the Driftless, they keep me wanting to learn more.”

Hobbies & Interests

Outside of the office you will find Andy hiking slowly with binoculars, playing his favorite nylon string guitar, listening to folksy mandolin (or possibly modern funk), visiting relatives in the greater Midwest, swinging a golf club, or attempting a new or revived hobby (beer brewing, ceramics, trail running etc.) that will likely last a few months then peter out as priorities change.