About

Jim Turk 

  • Masters degree and Biotechnology
  • Former Director of Biosafety at UW-Madison
  • Former marathon runner
  • Former musician

 Current

  • Started the “twelve o’clock shakedown “ – daily music and movement program on Facebook and zoom at the beginning of the quarantine. I stopped doing it recently, but others keep it going.
  • 2019 Wisconsin MS Society Activist of the year
  • Public speaker
  • Grant reviewer for MS Society
  • Chair – Government Relations Advisory Committee (MS Society Wisconsin)
  • Chair – Walk MS Madison
  • Member of disability vote coalition
  • Drum circle facilitator for people of all abilities (Arts for All, assisted living and memory care)
  • Writer
  • Advocate for positivity and its relation to health and productivity
  • Disability vote coalition member and activist
  • Member of nationwide panel addressing insurance changes and how it could affect people dependent on life-saving but expensive drugs