Steve Galarneau is the Director of the Office of the Great Lakes for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR). His responsibilities include implementing the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes policy in Wisconsin. Galarneau has been appointed one of the commissioners for the Great Lakes Commission, serves as a Council Member for the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program, and represents WDNR as a board member for the Fund for Lake Michigan. He is co-chair of the Great Lakes Dredging Team and is responsible for sediment management in Wisconsin. He has also been appointed as one of Wisconsin’s representatives for the National Ocean Council Regional Planning Body, is on the steering committee for the Upper Mississippi and Great Lakes Landscape Conservation Cooperative, and is on the Great Lakes Advisory Board.
Steve graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1985 with a Master’s degree in biological sciences. His Master’s thesis focused on primary production in Lake Michigan. Galarneau has worked with WDNR for 22 years and has spent over 27 years working on water quality, sediment quality and Great Lakes issues.
