Linda & Jeffrey Bartelt

Linda Bartelt earned her master’s degree in business administration from UW Oshkosh in 1994 and was named the outstanding alumna in 1996. After serving as vice president of Firstar Corporation, she began her career with Kimberly Clark in 1984. She started in consumer marketing management and went on to be named President of the Wet Wipes Sector in 1995. In that role, she led the growth of an emerging new business for the company. In 2002, she was named vice president, responsible for the strategic development of new business to achieve corporate growth goals.

Jeffrey Bartelt owns Miller Clock Service and Sales, a retail and service business located in Oshkosh. Their two children, Nicholas ’02 and Nicolette ’04, both graduated from the UW Oshkosh College of Business. Nicolette manages the family business and Nicholas is in a customer development role at Kimberly Clark.

They established the Linda and Jeffrey Bartelt Scholarship in 2005 to support undergraduate business students who have an interest in entrepreneurship, small business, or family business.