Mike has been a seasonal resident on Booth Lake beginning in 1964. He and his wife, an East Troy teacher, became permanent residents in 1997. Mike retired as a science teacher from the West Allis school district in 2010, then teaching part time at UWM. Currently, Mike works as a ski instructor at Alpine Valley, volunteers at the ET Pickleball courts, and is a pilot based at the East Troy airport. He and his wife have a son, a 2020 graduate of ETHS, currently a student at Columbia University.

Lea Sperle is currently the Vice President | Business Banker at First Citizens State Bank.

Jennifer Bower is currently the Vice President | East Troy Branch Manager | Loan Officer at First Citizens State Bank.

I am a lifelong resident of the communities of East Troy, a 50 year career in Banking.

Rick was born and raised in the East Troy area and is a proud 1980 graduate of East Troy High School.

After attending college at University of Wisconsin – Platteville, he began a career managing student unions and college campus services (food service, bookstores, conference services) at a number of higher education institutions. He worked in senior administrative roles for campuses in Northwest Indiana and Chicago (Valparaiso University, Illinois Institute of Technology, DePaul University, Northwestern University) for 26 years before returning “home” to Wisconsin to serve as the Director of the Student Union at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. He literally moved home to the farm he grew up on in Spring Prairie Township. After ten years serving UWM, he retired in 2022 and began a second career as a Senior Consultant for Brailsford & Dunlavey – a consulting firm that supports college campuses in planning facilities and operations. While he spent the majority of his adult life outside of Wisconsin, he has always stayed true to his Wisconsin, Walworth County, and East Troy roots. Rick is excited to work with the ETACF in making a positive difference in the community!

A proud graduate of East Troy High School (Class of 1970), Rodger Trader returned to town in 1984 to expand Tradecraft, the family-owned woodworking business.

Rodger and his wife Cathy sold the business in 1998 and returned to teaching music. Both were hired by the East Troy Community School District in 2001. Cathy was a mainstay in the music department and was still teaching full time when she passed away in December, 2021. Rodger was the middle and high school choir director until he retired in 2015.

Currently, Rodger is the director of the East Troy Area Children's Choir, which he and Cathy started in 2013. In 2005, he founded the East Troy Community Choir, an adult ensemble open to all area singers. He also keeps busy with woodworking projects in his shop at 2114 Church Street, the original Tradecraft location in the village.