As GLIFWC’s Comptroller, Joe O’Donahue joins the Administration Division to help lead the accounting department.
“Essentially my role is to organize, record, and summarize the work of accounts receivable/payable and payroll, and to keep everything in finance moving forward, said O’Donahue.
Donahue earned his EMT credentials at Gogebic Community College in 2013, while living in the Iron Mountain, Michigan area.
While attending the University of Wisconsin-Superior, O’Donahue would commute to the Marengo/Cable area, to work nights and weekends on the ambulance. While in Superior, he tried his hand as a professional butcher at the local counter of Superior Meats. O’Donahue graduated with honors, earning his B.S. in Accounting from UWS in 2019.
O’Donahue is happy to be settled back in his hometown, Ashland, Wis. with his wife, Brittany and two kids Frank, 3 and Bonnie, 1.
In his free time, he’s rooting for the Michigan Wolverines and Green Bay Packers or watching horror movies. When he can get outdoors, he enjoys hunting ruffed grouse, bow and rifle hunting deer or just hanging out with his dog, Mike and cat, Leonard.
O’Donahue is grateful for the team of financial experts already in place, to help get his feet under him.
“The complexity of our funding streams requires a high level of oversight,” said O’Donahue. He added that he approaches accounting from a “plan the work and work the plan” perspective and is looking forward to learning more about history and local cultural practices to best serve GLIFWC’s member tribes.