Hi! My name is Bill Wandsnider.
I don’t have an exotic resume. I was born on the west side of town, my office and facility is there and I have lived in Fox Point for the last 25 years. We are currently building a new house in Mequon.
In my occupation the primary piece I hang my hat onto is the landscape design/build firm that I own and have operated for over 35 years. I have been in Rotary nearly that long. Along with the landscape business I own a storage business and a landscape waste recycling business in which one of our products is landscape mulch.
I have two wonderful daughters that are out in the world. Joan is the wonderful woman I am spending my life with after the passing of my wife.
I love to travel and have gone to South America many times even though I don’t speak Spanish. Joan and I just got back from a trip to the Argentinian Patagonia. It’s a long haul to the tip of South America!
I quite enjoy reading about history and I like to get a grasp on the foundation of how things began. I am currently reading a science related book and a book by Doris Kerns Goodwin dissecting the lives of Lincoln, Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt and Johnson.
I like active sports of biking, kayaking and x-c skiing. Learning to roll my kayak was a big accomplishment!
While I have participated in Rotary at different times to a greater and lesser degree, the people I have met and the friendships I have made have been an important part of my life.