CAFES Success Stories 2022

Name: Emma Holst

Major: Agricultural Business
Minor in Food Processing
Technology

Hometown: Brownsdale, MN

Job: Associated Insurance
Officer at Compeer Financial
in Rochester, MN

Name: Grace Williams

Major: Animal Science
Emphasis in Companion 
Animals

Hometown: Boyd, WI

Internship: Lab Technician 
Intern at Catalytic Combustion
Corporation in Bloomer, WI

Name: Zach Maier

Major: Environmental Engineering

Hometown: Spring Valley, WI

Job: Water Resource Engineer
at Westwood Professional Services
in Minnetonka, MN

Name: Lauren Frokjer

Major: Crop and Soil 
Science with emphasis 
in Soil Science

Hometown: Centuria, WI

Job: Agronomy Sales
Technician at Alcivia 
Coop in Milltown, WI

Name: Leah Heffley

Major: Agricultural Business
Minor in Crop Science

Hometown: Princeton, MN

Job: Production Agronomist 
at Corteva Agriscience in
Reinbeck, IA

Name: Colin Wussow

Major: Agricultural Business

Hometown: Cecil, WI

Job: Government and 
Commercial Sales Representative
at Reisterer and Schnell

Name: Rhiannon Grenier

Major: Agriculture Education

Hometown: Green Bay, WI

Job: Agriculture Teacher at 
Washington Middle School 
in Green Bay, WI

Name: Justina Holte

Major: Animal Science, Equine 
Management

Hometown: Plymouth, MN

Internship: Scattered Acres
Sport Horses in Catlett, VA

Name: Carlie Nelson

Major: Food Science and Technology

Hometown: Stanley, WI

Job: Management Trainee Program
at Foremost Farms in Marshfield, WI

Name: Miriam Zarling

Major: Agricultural 
Engineering Technology

Hometown: Mount Pleasant, WI

Job: Irrigation Technican 
Wysocki Family of Companies
in Stevens Point, WI

Name: Chris Schwartz

Major: Crop Science

Hometown: Eau Claire, WI

Job: Lowboy Operator and 
Laborer at Dan's 
Construction and Excavation
in Chippewa Falls, WI

Name: David Nonemacher

Major: Agricultural Business

Hometown: Clayton, WI

Job: Research Agronomist 
at Agritech

Name: Josh Palazzo

Major: Agricultural Engineering
Technology with Enviornmental 
Emphasis

Hometown: Merrill, WI

Job: Construction and Design
Engineer for DAAR Engineering
in Tomahawk, WI

Name: Kaitlin Pescinski

Major: Food Science and 
Technology, Minor in Horticulture

Hometown: Shawano, WI

Internship: Landscape and 
Horticulture Intern for The City of
Cottage Grove, MN

Name: Kimberly Robertson

Major: Agricultural Studies
Minors in Equine Science and 
Coaching

Hometown: Antigo, WI

Job: Associate Scientist at 
Eurofins Biodiagnostics in 
River Falls, WI

Name: Madisyn Schuster

Major: Agricultural Education

Hometown: Mosinee, WI

Job: Agricultural Teacher at
Faribault High School in 
Faribault, MN

Name: Naomi Dolton

Major: Agriculture Engineering
Technology with emphasis in 
Environmental Engineering

Hometown: Racine, MN

Job: Environmental Engineer
Testing Technician 

Name: Raeanne Kaz

Major: Animal Science
Emphasis in Equine

Hometown: Jim Falls, WI

Grad School: Doctor of 
Chiropractic at Northwestern
Health Scienes University in
Bloomington, MN