Madison Office:
Room 13 West State Capitol PO Box 8953 Madison, WI 53708
Telephone:
(608) 237-9170 (888) 534-0070
Fax:
(608) 282-3670
Email: Rep.VanderMeer@legis.wisconsin.govVoting Address:
Born Evergreen Park, Illinois, December 15, 1958; married.
Graduate Evergreen Park Community High School, 1976; B.S. in Psychology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 1988; Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development class of 2017.
Former automobile dealer; small business owner; family dairy farmer.
Member: Jackson County Local Emergency Planning Commission; Farm Bureau; Gloria Dei Lutheran Church (former council president); Tomah Chamber of Commerce (former board of directors member); NRA; American Legion Auxiliary; board of directors of the nonprofit Handishop Industries; Monroe County Mental Health Coalition; American Association of University Women—Tomah Chapter.
Former member: Tomah Memorial Hospital board of directors (former officer); American Business Women’s Association (former president).
Recipient: Sparta Area School District Certificate of Recognition 2015; Wisconsin Child Support Enforcement Association Legislative Award 2016; Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians Friend of Family Medicine 2016; Dairy Business Association Legislative Excellence Award 2018, 2017, 2016; Wisconsin Library Association Wisconsin Library Champion 2016; National Foundation for Women Legislators Elected Women of Excellence Award 2017; U.S. Army War College Commandant’s National Security Program Certificate of Leader Development 2017; Tomah AAUW Mary E. Wedin Women’s History Month Award 2018; NCSL Early Learning Fellow 2018.
1/6/2025: 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 1 Relating to: requiring photographic identification to vote in any election (second consideration).
2025 Cosponsored Proposals
2/5/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 7 Relating to: recognizing that the Wisconsin State Legislature supports nuclear power and fusion energy as clean energy sources that are critical to safely meeting Wisconsin’s growing energy demands and declaring the legislature’s commitment to the continuation and expansion of nuclear power and nuclear technologies, the development of nuclear technologies and fusion energy, and employing the leadership and resources necessary to support the development of and investment in nuclear power, fusion energy, and related technologies in the state.
1/6/2025: 2025 Senate Joint Resolution 2 Relating to: requiring photographic identification to vote in any election (second consideration).