STOUGHTON OPERA HOUSE PROFESSIONAL
Her professional background includes more than 30 years of magazine management, publication design and production, advertising, marketing, photography, public relations, social media, and exhibit work. Mary-Carel owns Grote Publishing, a communications, design, and marketing firm. He also volunteers at the Nature Conservancy and fishes a lot! Jon is married with one son, has lived in Stoughton for 28 years, and sings in the Edvard Grieg Chorus. His past experiences include work with the Stoughton Heritage Livsreise Center Steering Committee, the Stoughton Planning Commission, Stoughton Hospital Medical Staff and Chief of Geriatric Psychology, Chair of the Madison Hospitals United Credentials Commission Psychology Section, President of the Norwegian Singers Association of America, and Chair of the Forensic Psychology Division of the Wisconsin Psychological Association. He is a member and vice chair of the city-appointed Stoughton Opera House board, member of the Stoughton Police & Fire Commission, the Stoughton Syttende Mai Executive Committee, the Stoughton River and Trails Task Force, the Stoughton Area Community Foundation Board, and is president of the Dane County Friends of Scandinavian Culture.