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History

The following information is a brief history of the Commissioners of the Wisconsin Tax Appeals Commission, dating back to 1980. This list includes Commissioners who served from 1969 to present day. The information is sorted in reverse-chronological order and includes law school and graduation year, years of service, the governor who appointed each Commissioner, and other notable public service.

As part of the executive branch reorganization of 1969, the Board of Tax Appeals became the Tax Appeals Commission. It consisted of three members until 1977, when two Commissioners were added. The Commission then consisted of five Commissioners, one full-time Chairperson and four part-time Commissioners. In 1985, the Commission was reorganized to include three full-time members and two part time-members. With this change, the Small Claims Division was created. In 1991, legislation was passed to remove the part-time positions, and those terms expired in 1993. The current Commission consists of three full-time Commissioners, who serve staggered six-year terms ending on March 1st in odd-numbered years.

The information was collected through Wisconsin Blue Books, Commission records, and internet databases.

NAME	TERM	APPOINTED BY
Kenneth Adler Marquette University Law School, 1991 Current Commissioner	2022-2023; 2023-2029	Tony Evers
Jessica Roulette University of Wisconsin Law School, 1996 Current Commissioner	2021-2027	Tony Evers
Elizabeth Kessler University of Wisconsin Law School, 1997 Current Commission Chair	2019-2025	Tony Evers
David L. Coon Marquette University Law School, 1993 Board Member, Wisconsin State Public Defender, 2013-2016	2016-2021	Scott Walker
Lorna Hemp Boll University of Wisconsin Law School, 1988	2011-2017; 2017-2023	Scott Walker
David Wilmoth University of Wisconsin Law School, 1981	2013-2019	Scott Walker
Roger LeGrand University of Wisconsin Law School, 1975 Judge, La Crosse County Circuit Court	2009-2015	Jim Doyle
Thomas McAdams University of Wisconsin Law School, 1987 Assistant District Attorney, Milwaukee County 1987-1997, 1999-2008 Judge, Milwaukee County Circuit Court, 2013-2026	2007-2013	Jim Doyle
David Swanson University of Michigan Law School, 1994 Judge, Milwaukee County Circuit Court, 2013-2025	2005-2011	Jim Doyle
Jennifer W. Nashold University of Wisconsin Law School, 1993 Judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals District IV, 2019-2025	2004-2007	Jim Doyle
Diane Norman University of Kansas School of Law, 1981 Administrative Law Judge, DOA Division of Hearings and Appeal (retired)	2004-2008	Jim Doyle
Richard Raemisch University of Wisconsin Law School, 1988	2002-2003	Scott McCallum
Don M. Millis University of Wisconsin Law School, 1990	1995-2004	Tommy Thompson
David R. Prosser, Jr. University of Wisconsin Law School, 1968 Wisconsin State Assembly, 1979-1997; Speaker, 1995-1997 Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court 1998-2016 (retired)	1997-1998	Tommy Thompson
Joseph P. Mettner University of Wisconsin Law School, 1992 Committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs, 1991-2003	1993-1996	Tommy Thompson
Mark E. Musolf University of Wisconsin Law School, 1966 Secretary, Department of Revenue, 1979-1983	1994-2001	Tommy Thompson
Kevin Potter Gonzaga University School of Law, 1981	1987-1989	Tommy Thompson
Douglass H. Bartley University of Arizona, 1973	1987-1993	Tommy Thompson
Robert C. Junceau, Jr. University of Wisconsin Law School, 1974	1985-1992	Tommy Thompson
Mary K. Wagner (Wagner-Malloy) University of Wisconsin Law School, 1982 Wisconsin State Assembly, 1978-1982 Judge, Kenosha County Circuit Court, 1991-2021	1984-1987, 1989-1991	Anthony S. Earl
William Bradford Smith University of Wisconsin Law School, 1942	1981-1988	Anthony S. Earl
Thomas M. Boykoff University of Michigan Law School, 1967	1981-1983, 1999-2003	Lee S. Dreyfus
Catherine Doyle University of Wisconsin Law School, 1974 Chairwoman, City of Milwaukee Board of Zoning Appeals, 1997-2019	1980-1986	Lee S. Dreyfus
Keith R. Clifford University of Wisconsin Law School, 1974	1980-1981	Lee S. Dreyfus
John P. Morris University of Wisconsin Law School, 1961	1971-1991	Lee S. Dreyfus
Thomas R. Timken University of Wisconsin Law School, 1961	1969-1995	Lee S. Dreyfus