Jim Wrigley

President

Robert (Bob) Holman

Vice President

I’ve spent my career as a general surgeon and medical educator. Most of this time has been in Coeur d’Alene. I have a passion for education and now I just work part time educating medical students and family medicine residents in our family medicine residency. In my free time, my wife and I enjoy everything outdoors. I have an addiction to fly fishing, but also raft, hike, camp, ski, hunt and travel. I love Idaho and wish to see it remain a wild and scenic place with plenty of wilderness. It is an honor to serve on this board, who’s mission is to preserve and improve the wild beauty of Idaho including all its flora and fauna. I kid people that I teach trout the right and wrong things to eat and it’s one of my goals that there will always be fish in Idaho to educate!

Julie Mueller

Secretary

Following a childhood in an Air Force family that was spent between Alaska, Illinois, and Minnesota, Julie went on to college on the East coast, and then the Peace Corps in West Africa. Deciding that tropical heat was not her cup of tea, she pursued a Physicians Assistant degree from ISU and upon graduation, moved up to Interior Alaska for the next two years to practice medicine. Thinking a climatic compromise was in order she moved down to the Intermountain West in 2007, and settled in Idaho in 2012 with her husband.

She is occasionally found practicing medicine in field camps in Antarctica, singing in choir, or repairing her husband’s clothing on a very heavy-duty sewing machine. She is generally happiest outside and spends her time between Nordic and Alpine skiing, biking, whitewater rafting, hiking, and hunting. She started off trapping beaver in Minnesota after college with a hunting mentor of hers and then began hunting White Tail with her father and brothers after she became a PA. Years later she brought her guns west in pursuit of Pronghorn and Wapiti. She has been hunting elk in Idaho for the past 6 years and is eagerly awaiting the start of the next season. She dreams of learning how to hunt upland birds.

Tad Johnson

Treasurer

Tad lives in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and works as a CPA. He started his career in public accounting working with small to medium sized businesses in Minnesota and has experience in financial reporting for publicly traded companies. Currently he works with clients across North Idaho providing tax, accounting, and advisory services. This professional experience provides a strong financial background to lead the Idaho Fish and Wildlife finance committee.

As a lifelong outdoorsman, his passion for wildlife and wild places is an excellent fit for the Foundation’s goal to preserve and sustain Idaho’s fishing, hunting and wildlife heritage. Growing up in rural Minnesota, he spent much of his youth exploring the woods and water across the state. He relocated to Idaho in 2017 with his wife Shayla, and they spend their free time hunting, fishing, camping and hiking across Idaho. Along with serving the community as a member of the IFWF board, he is an active member and treasurer of Coeur d’Alene Sunrise Rotary.

Mike Baldner

Board Member

Mike is an avid hunter and fisherman who spends as much time as he can hunting and fishing with friends and family. He is a partner in the law firm Tyree Bauer Baldner, and his practice focuses on real estate and business transactions. Mike obtained his undergraduate degree from Boise State University and his law degree from the University of Idaho. He served in the Idaho National Guard as a sergeant in reconnaissance and air defense platoons.

Mike is a strong believer that Idaho’s wildlife heritage depends on the skilled professionals who make up the Idaho Department of Fish and Game and welcomes the opportunity to serve on the board of the Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation to support and contribute the Department in its efforts.

Mike lives in Boise, Idaho with his wife Glenda and has two grown sons. Mike also serves on the board of Clima Tech, an employee owned company, and is active in fundraising for the Boys and Girls Club of Ada County.

Kebai Bills

Board Member

Kebai was raised by adventuring parents – a biologist father who traunched through creeks and sagebrush and a tropical mother known for climbing trees for coconuts and harvesting her meals of ocean fare. She grew up in Idaho hunting and fishing with her family in the mountains. Visits to Palau included crab harvest, avoiding ocean eels, fishing from line wound on a soda can, gathering tropical almonds, and learning why it’s best to send the spry and younger cousins up the trees for mangoes and nuts. She is no stranger to knowing how to respect, benefit from, protect, and play in nearly any outdoor setting.

She and her husband, Ryan, have made a purposeful decision to raise their girls in Idaho, their favorite state. Family time often consists of hunting from their wall-tent, field prepping meat to take home, wrapping steaks to be placed in their freezer; their daughters have never missed a hunting season since before they were born. Kebai’s passion for the outdoors is well known; her colleagues at work are familiar with extended times out of her office tugging on fishing line, chasing elk in the trees, waiting for ducks to flare into her decoys, or acting as “vacation director” on a family outdoor adventure. She enjoys sharing her passion in keeping Idaho’s wildlife, fish, and wilderness a part of the “Great Outdoors” – about which so many talk and wonder.

Scott Boettger

Board Member

Scott is an active hunter and fisherman but is truly passionate about upland bird hunting with his Setters. He would rather forget his shotgun than hunt without his dogs.

He moved to Idaho 25 years ago to run the Wood River Land Trust in Hailey, Idaho. As the Executive Director, the WRLT has protected over 27,000 acres in Central Idaho, much of it open to hunting and fishing through the State’s Access Yes program.

Scott feels that the wilds of Idaho are one of its best treasures and believes in the efforts of IFWF to educate, enhance and conserve, so Idaho’s wildlife can thrive.

Chip Corsi

Board Member

Chip was born and raised in New York, and developed an appreciation for wild things and wild places at an early age while roaming the woods and streams of the Catskill Mountains. After receiving his BS degree in Fisheries Resource Management at the University of Idaho, he went to work for the Idaho Dept. of Fish and Game (IDFG) in eastern Idaho.

Chip worked for IDFG for 42 years and retired as the Regional Supervisor for the Panhandle Region, a position he held for 19 years. Along the way he earned a Masters degree in zoology from Idaho State University, held a biologist position in the Upper Snake Region, was a Fish Culturist and a Regional Fishery Manager in the Magic Valley Region, Staff Biologist in the Panhandle Region, and State Fishery Manager based in the headquarters office. He is a career long member of the American Fisheries Society, and served as President of the Idaho Chapter in 1996-97. He also served on the University of Idaho College of Natural Resources Board of Trustees/Advisory Board, including a term as President, and he is a Fellow of the National Conservation Leadership Institute.

He and his wife have two grown children and four grandchildren. Collectively they enjoy all the wonderful things wild Idaho has to offer, to include fishing, hunting, camping, river running, hiking, birding, wildlife watching, canoeing, sky and landscape gazing, among other things.

Bob Price

Board Member

Bob is a retired Wildlife Manager Supervisor who worked for the Arizona Game and Fish Department for 23 years, and before that worked for the Nevada Department of Wildlife for 10 years. He retired and moved to Idaho in 2012, joining his wife, who is the Field Manager for the Bureau of Land Management Field Office in Salmon. Bob attended and graduated from the University of Nevada Reno with a degree in Outdoor Recreation/Wildlife Management. Bob has a life-long interest in wildlife, and has always been an avid hunter and angler. After moving to Idaho he particularly enjoys spey casting to steelhead in the Salmon River. Other pursuits include long-range rifle shooting, and archery. Bob also had experience guiding outdoor enthusiasts via mule pack strings in Utah and Nevada. He is excited to serve on the Board of the Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and appreciates being able to continue his support for wildlife and the Idaho Fish and Game Department.

Tim Thomson

As an active retiree with a broad range of interests, Tim has a strong desire to contribute to his community. He completed a rewarding career as a naval aviator and with a Washington state port authority before retirement. During his 28-year military service, Tim commanded an A-6E Intruder squadron and Naval Air Station Pensacola, the “Cradle of Naval Aviation”. He retired as a U. S. Navy Captain. In his second career with the Port of Bremerton, Tim held positions leading to Chief Executive Officer. Tim earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Forest Resource Management from the University of Idaho and a Master of Arts Degree in Management from Webster University.

Tim served the University of Idaho College of Natural Resources as a member of the College Advisory Board and recently accepted a position on the board of directors with the Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation serving as Director Clearwater Region. Tim applauds and fully supports the mission of the foundation, to better enlighten the citizens of Idaho on the state’s rich natural resources aligned toward wildlife and fisheries with a specific focus on habit restoration.

Tim lives in Moscow, Idaho with his wife Denise. He enjoys keeping himself physical fit and is a beekeeper on the family farm. He stays active in the community, serving on the city Board of Adjustment, Moscow Rotary Club, and a member of the Clearwater Fly Casters.