Jon is an active member of his community that believes volunteering his time is important for proper balance between work and life. In High School, Jon was a member of nearly every organization that he could and was elected Senior Class President at a school that he transferred to only one year prior.

In the Spring of 2013, Jon and his childhood friend Scott Mateski re-formed the Tony Hayshakers amateur baseball team. Jon put together the team's schedule while Scottie worked on recruiting guys to join the team. 10 seasons later, in 2022 the Hayshakers earned their second WBA State Finals berth, and fifth straight Upper 13 Championship.

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In 2024, Jon, along with a group of local athletes formed the Blue Hills Baseball Club, Inc., a nonprofit organization created to grow and support the baseball community in the greater Blue Hills Regions, which includes Ladysmith, Bruce, Exeland, Weyerhaeuser, and surrounding communities. They established a new team named the Blue Hills Beasts and joined the Independent League of the Wisconsin Baseball Association. Jon and his teammates established the Beasts with the intention of joining the most competitive league in the WBA, which is a 55-team amateur baseball league that spans from southwestern Wisconsin to the northern tip of Wisconsin, and much of the central part of the state as well. The Independent League is composed of only five teams, the Hayward Hawks, Haugen Knights, Brill Millers, Spooner Cardinals, and the newly formed Blue Hills Beasts. Each of the other four teams in the "Indy" League have made the state finals in recent years, including WBA State Championships for Haugen in 2021 and Brill in 2013. Both Spooner and Hayward have also been in the state finals consistently over the past decade, solidifying the Independent League as the strongest in the WBA. In their inaugural year, the Beasts are the only Indy team in the "B" Division of the WBA, meaning they would not compete against the other Indy teams in the WBA playoffs. The WBA recently separated the league into two divisions to increase competitiveness and allow for more regional sites.

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In 2018, several months after returning to Wisconsin, Jon was appointed to the board of the Ladysmith Community Industrial Development Corporation, an entity with a mission to facilitate economic development in the greater Ladysmith area. He has served as the Vice President of the IDC since 2023. One of his accomplishments with the IDC was investing over $60,000 into the Ladysmith Manufacturing program, teaching our students skills that will allow them to join the local workforce immediately upon graduation.

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In 2019, Jon was appointed to the board of the Flambeau Valley Arts Association, which is a nonprofit organization that promotes the arts in the area and presents a handful of visual and performing arts performances each year. Upon arrival, Jon was able to bring the World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra to Ladysmith, one of the biggest groups to perform in Ladysmith.

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In 2022, Jon helped establish and organize the first inaugural Extra Innings cancer benefit, which featured a marathon softball game and live music, along with a Celebration of Life for victims of cancer. Later that year, he was appointed to the board and was given the position of Music Coordinator, in charge of booking all of the entertainment for the organization's flagship event in Wausau, which continues yearly on the third weekend of June.

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In the Spring of 2023, Jon was appointed to the Board of Directors, and subsequently elected President of Family Health Center of Marshfield, Inc., a federally funded community health organization that provides dental, mental health, substance abuse, and primary healthcare to thousands of patients in need across its 14 locations in central and northern Wisconsin. FHC has over a $60 million annual budget and over $120 million in assets and employs nearly 400 people.

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