James Shafstall started as Executive Director for LWPAC in October of 2025. He grew up in Solon Springs, and spent much of his childhood walking the trails of Lucius Woods Park. After moving away from Solon at the age of 12, his education and career took him to other landscapes, where he studied Music, Recording Technology, Creative Writing, and Mass Communication at undergraduate and graduate levels. He worked in Marketing for fifteen years for manufacturing companies, a software company in Milwaukee, and most recently, Big Top Chautauqua in Bayfield, WI.

In addition to being the Executive Director for LWPAC, James currently operates his own music teaching and recording studio called Lakewinds Music in Washburn, WI. He also works as a professional performing musician with several groups, leading his own shows as a solo performer and band leader, and using his accomplished guitar skills in support of various other well-known area artists as a member of Molly Otis’s Danger Band, the Blue Canvas Orchestra (Big Top Chautauqua), Nick Kuka & the Rocky Mountain Regulators, among others.