The Bay-Lakes Council
Welcome to Bay-Lakes Council’s website. We’re glad you are here! We provide programs and services to over 5,400 youth in 22 counties in Eastern Wisconsin. We have 123 Cub Scout Packs, 163 Scouts BSA Troops, 16 Venture Crews, and 6 Explorer Posts.
Over 3,000 adult volunteers in our Council give their time and effort to prepare our youth to be the leaders of tomorrow helping them develop academic skills, self-confidence, ethics, leadership skills and citizenship skills that will positively influence their decisions as adults. Please look around, make yourself at home and let us show you our passion for Scouting!
Board of Directors
Under the leadership of a dynamic and diverse volunteer board made up of the area’s top business and community leaders, Bay-Lakes Council is the leading youth organization fostering character development and values-based leadership.
Bruce Zak
Council President
Johnson Financial Group
Regional President – Northeast Region
Jim Martin
Scout Executive / C.E.O.
Scouting America, Bay-Lakes Council
Tod Salfai
Council Commissioner
Valmet
Application Specialist, Air Systems
Brian Blahnik
Properties/Programs Chair
The Service Xchange
Owner / Lead Consultant
Brian Rollefson
Human Resources Chair
City of Green Bay
Human Resources Director
Ed Gerczak, III
Operations Chair
BPD Storage Solutions
C.E.O.
James McClure
Membership/Marketing Chair
EA Sports
Senior Product Manager
Jeffrey Hahn
Governance Chair
Real World Strategies
Principal
Jon Branson
Development Chair
Faith Technologies
VP, General Manager – Products
Neil Pfaff
Treasurer
Fox Communities Credit Union
VP, Accounting
Terri Pawer Resop
Finance Chair
Retired
Members At Large
Amanda Tuttle
GEI Consultants
Environmental Project Manager
Brent Seaborn
Tunnl
Co-Founder & Chief Data Science Officer
Chip McDonald
McDonald Companies
Vice President
Greg Strayer
Retired
Mark Bake
Bellin College
Chief Academic Officer
Fr. Mark Carr
Jesuit Retreat House
Executive Director
Mike Heider
Retired



















