The sports stars get a lot of press and attention — thatâ??s as it should be. Still, there are other kinds of stars out there who shine brightly in their own fields of endeavor. One wonderful example is Madisonâ??s own Kathy Sykes.
Sykes, who is a graduate of West High School and the University of Wisconsin, is the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencyâ??s Aging Initiative in Washington, D.C. She is described as a one-woman institution, the only full-time EPA employee working on the intersection of the environment and aging. As such, she has developed the framework for the National Agenda on the Environment and Aging. This is based on scientific collaboration and on input from public forums and the aging network.