Jessica Bizub

Operations Director

Contact at: Info@ThePrairieEnthusiasts.org

Jessica first learned about The Prairie Enthusiasts through participating in the Wisconsin Master Naturalist Program. She then connected to the Glacial Prairie Chapter by volunteering in the field, eventually serving as the volunteer Chair and Board Representative. In her role as Operations Director, Jessica combines her familiarity with the organization with her nonprofit leadership background and love of fire-dependent ecosystems. Prior to joining The Prairie Enthusiasts, she served on other nonprofit boards and spent 15 years assisting nonprofits with program planning, evaluation, and capacity building. Jessica is excited to build on the organization’s successes to further protect and restore ecosystems native to the Upper Midwest.

Greg Heberlein

Minnesota Oak Savanna Chapter Representative

Contact at: Info@ThePrairieEnthusiasts.org

Greg recently retired from his career as a licensed psychologist where he focused on helping individuals, couples and families develop and deepen healthy relationships. Having double majored in psychology and botany years ago, his interest in the botanical world was expressed avocationally through perennial gardening, volunteer work and assisting his brother Mark in his efforts to restore prairie and oak woodland on his Southwest Wisconsin property. He continues to be inspired by experiences he’s shared with other enthusiastic volunteers working together for the health and integrity of places they love, and he’s an advocate for the healing benefits of time spent in healthy, vibrant ecosystems. 

Kysh Lindell

AmeriCorps Member

Contact at: KLindell@ThePrairieEnthusiasts.org

Originally hailing from the mountains of Colorado, Kysh has spent the past few years nurturing a love for the people and prairies of the Midwest. They first entered the world of conservation through language, earning a degree in English and history at Colorado State University and serving as an Education and Communications Fellow at the Aldo Leopold Foundation. When not deep in writing or conversation, you can find them listening to John Denver or searching for remnants of wildness in a nearby natural area. 

Sylvie Rising

Operations Assistant

Contact at: SRising@ThePrairieEnthusiasts.org

Raised in Viroqua, WI, Sylvie has always loved the Driftless Area. She graduated from UW-Madison with a degree in Personal Finance and went on to work in the financial planning industry. After this, she had experiences working at The University of Texas Law School as a Program Coordinator and with children in a Children’s Shelter and at a Montessori Preschool. She was always interested in nonprofit work and hoped she would find her way there, so she is so excited to be a part of The Prairie Enthusiasts! When she is not at work you can find her spending time with family and friends and enjoying the outdoors.

Reid Bartholomew

Advancement Coordinator

Contact at: RBartholomew@ThePrairieEnthusiasts.org

Growing up in the hills and hollers of Arkansas instilled Reid with a love for the outdoors early on, one which eventually matured into a deep passion for native ecology in his adulthood. Reid joined The Prairie Enthusiasts in 2025 to put his professional background in marketing and publicity in service of the protection and restoration of the prairies that have so captured his imagination since moving to Southern Wisconsin. An avid outdoorsman, he spends much of his time out on the land backpacking or fishing, but he always makes time for a good book and writing fiction.

Cassidy Coulson

Advancement Assistant

Contact at: CCoulson@ThePrairieEnthusiasts.org

A lover of beauty and the Driftless area, Cassidy joined The Prairie Enthusiasts in 2024. Her professional background is in English education and child development, and most recently gained hands-on experience in coffee production. She was drawn to The Prairie Enthusiasts for their reverence of natural ecosystems and wanted to be a part of the tangible work they do. When she’s not a busy bee at work, she can most likely be found at the dog park soaking up some pupply love.