Susan Hedman is a Bayfield resident who enjoys kayaking and wandering along the shore of Lake Superior. She volunteers for several nonprofit organizations and serves on the Bayfield Planning Commission and Architectural Board. Over the course of a long career devoted to environmental protection, she was appointed by President Barack Obama as head of the US EPA Great Lakes Regional Office and previously served as an attorney in the Office of the Illinois Attorney General, at the United Nations, and for many environmental groups.