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Publisher. Bill Meindl has been Voyageur's first and only publisher
since the position was created in 1986. His initial involvement with the
magazine as a volunteer began in 1984. The post of Voyageur publisher
became a full-time salaried position in 1996. A graduate of the
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay with a bachelor's degree in history,
Bill previously was a reporter for the Green Bay News-Chronicle . He has
also worked as a historic preservation planner and public historian and in
museum and historic house interpretation. (Photograph by Sabrina)
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Editor. Victoria Goff has been the editor of Voyageur since 1995 and is the longest
serving editor in the magazine's history. She is an associate professor in communication at the University
of Wisconsin-Green Bay, where she teaches journalism and other writing and media courses and is the faculty
adviser to the UWGB student newspaper, The Fourth Estate. Viki has also taught at the University of the Pacific.
She has degrees from George Washington University and California State University-Los Angeles and has also
attended the University of California-Los Angeles. (Photograph by UWGB)
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Senior Art Director. Jeff Benzow has been art-directing Voyageur since 1989 and is the second
longest-serving member of the magazine's staff. He is an associate professor in communication and the arts at the
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Jeff computerized Voyageur's graphic layout when he arrived in 1989 and created and
regularly teaches a course at UWGB in which senior-level graphic-arts students design each issue of the magazine.
He has a bachelor's degree from UWGB and a Master's degree in fine arts from UW-Milwaukee. (Photograph by Bill Meindl)
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Art Director. Toni Damkoehler alternates as art director of Voyageur with Senior Art Director Jeff Benzow.
She began with the magazine as a graphic-arts student at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in 1989 and worked on the first
issue of Voyageur designed electronically. Toni later received her bachelor's degree from UWGB and a Master's degree from
UW-Milwaukee. She has art-directed several issues of Voyageur since 1998 and is currently an assistant professor of communication
and the arts at UWGB, where she teaches graphic arts. (Photograph by UWGB)
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Review Editor. Kerry Trask is Voyageur's review editor,
responsible for soliciting and editing book and video reviews for the magazine. He teaches history
at the University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc. A native of Ontario, Canada, Kerry earned his B.A. in
history from Hamline University in St. Paul and his M.A. and Ph.D. in history from the University
of Minnesota. He has written three books: In the Pursuit of Shadows: Massachusetts Millennialism and
the Seven Years War, The Fire Within: A Civil War Narrative from Wisconsin, and Black Hawk: The
Battle for the Heart of America. (Photograph by UW-Manitowoc)
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Teacher's Editions Editor. Andrew Kersten is the editor of three
Voyageur Teacher's Editions published in 2004, 2005 and 2006.
He teaches history at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Andrew received
his B.A. in History from UW-Madison and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati.
He is the author of Race, Jobs, and the War: The FEPC in the Midwest, 1941-1946 and Labor's Home
Front: The American Federation of Labor during World War II and coeditor
of Politics and Progress: The State and American Society since 1865. (Photograph by UWGB)
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Office Assistant. Jean Bach is Voyageur's part-time Office Assistant. The rural
New Franken resident has attended Green Bay East High School and Northeast Wisconsin Technical College.
Before arriving at Voyageur in 2004, Jean was employed as a supply manager and mailroom clerk at a Green
Bay area company. Jean works in the Voyageur office on the UW-Green Bay campus from 8 a.m. to noon, weekdays.
She processes mail, fulfills magazine orders, does subscription data entry, assists with bulk mailings,
and handles telephone calls and correspondence. (Photograph by Chad Peters)
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Web Designer. The web designer for Voyageur is Chad Peters. He is a 1999 graduate
of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, with a bachelor's degree in communications and the arts.
Born and raised in Green Bay, Chad is a Pre-press Graphic Designer with Printron in Neenah. He
designed Voyageur's original website in 1999 and also designed an overhaul of the site in 2001.
While a student at UWGB, Chad worked on page layout for the Winter/Spring 1999 issue of Voyageur and
helped design the issue's cover, featuring a Menominee warrior. (Photograph by Mom or Dad Peters)
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