Supervisor Kyle R. Richmond

Kyle has been elected to the Dane County Board for five terms: 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010

Committee assignments

• Environment, Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee (chairman)
• Park Commission

Previous assignments

• Alliant Energy Center Commission
• Comprehensive Planning Steering Committee
• Equal Opportunities Commission
• Housing and Economic Development Work Group, Comprehensive Plan
• Human Services Board
• Lakes and Watershed Commission
• Land & Water Related Steering Committee
• Long Term Support Committee
• North Fish Hatchery Road Advisory Committee (City of Fitchburg)
• TID # 26 Joint Review Board (City of Madison)
• Zoning and Natural Resources Committee

Kyle ran for office in order to

• protect green space and farmland through good land use policies
• improve transportation options and protect the environment
• preserve strong county human services for people with fewer privileges
• ensure and encourage citizen participation in local government

Kyle believes that government at all levels requires openness, debate, active citizen involvement and oversight by the people it serves. He is proud of the high level of civic activity in this community, and is honored to represent the residents of the 27th District and of Dane County.

Personal

Vociferous University of Wisconsin volleyball and basketball fan.
Bicyclist, camper, canoeist, and frequent dog-walker.
Former English teacher, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 1993-96 Former public health volunteer, Brethren Volunteer Service, Haiti, 1985-87.
Born September 30, 1961 in Muncie, Indiana.

Education

Certificate in Adult Education, TESL, University of California at Berkeley, 1991.
BA in Journalism, Indiana University, 1984. Certificate in Public Affairs, minor in Spanish.
Diploma, Burris Laboratory School, Ball State University, 1980.

Civic and Volunteer experience

South Madison Senior Coalition
Madison Community Health Center Board of Directors (now Access Community Health Centers)
Bay Creek Neighborhood Association
WORT Community Radio volunteer
OutReach, Inc. volunteer

"You make men love their government and their country by giving them the kind of government and the kind of country that inspire respect and love: a country that is free and unafraid, that lets the discontented talk in order to learn the causes of their discontent and end those causes."

- Zechariah Chaffe, Jr.
First Amendment scholar & Harvard University law professor