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FMPS BOARD

The Foundation Board is comprised of community leaders and educators. The Board determines policies, provides leadership in fund-raising and grant making, and ensures that gifts to the foundation are used in accordance with the donor's wishes. The Foundation has its own professional staff independent of the MMSD administration.
Board Members

• Anne Arnesen – retired, Wisconsin Council on Children and Families
• Sue Bakke - Sub Zero/Wolf Appliance
• Jane Belmore – retired, Assistant Superintendent
• Alice Benn – retired, Educator
• Nan Brien - retired, Wisconsin Council on Children and Families
• Mary Burke – WI Department of Commerce

• Carol Carstensen - Retired, MMSD Board of Education
• Betty Harris Custer (Secretary)– Custer Financial Services

• Eve Degen - Madison Teachers, Inc.

• Vicky D’Orazio - Community Volunteer
• Robert Gibson (Chair) - Composite Rebar Technologies, Inc.

• Bruce Gregg – retired, Educator
• Michael Heffernan - Foley & Lardner

• Elizabeth Heiner - Boardman Law Firm

• John Hemming - Wipfli LLP
• Elizabeth Huebel - Community Volunteer
• Mary Kelly - Community Volunteer
• Elaine Lohr - retired, MMSD
• Mark McNally (Treasurer) – Bachmann Construction
• Joy Miller – retired, School Nurse

• Beth Moss – MMSD Board of Education (non-voting)

• Dan Nerad - MMSD Superintendent (non-voting)

• Kathie Nichols - First United Methodist Church
• Kevin O'Connor (Vice Chair) - LaFollette, Godfrey & Kahn

• Phil Ouellette - Lindsay, Stone & Briggs
• Ryann Petit-Frere - Wisconsin Technology Council

• Marveen Phelps - retired, Educator
• Dora Zúñiga - Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County, Inc.


HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS
• Jennifer Alexander – President, Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce
• Tammy Baldwin – Congresswoman
• Elizabeth Burmaster - State Superintendent of Schools
• Dave Cieslewicz – Mayor of Madison
• Jessica Doyle - First Lady of Wisconsin
• Kathleen Falk – Dane County Executive
• Virginia Henderson – retired Psychologist, MMSD
• David Maraniss – Author
• Paul Maslin – Political Consultant
• Hal Mayer – retired, VP of Operations, Oscar Mayer Food Corporation
• Parker Palmer – Author and Speaker
• Sondy Pope-Roberts – State Representative, Wisconsin State Assembly
• Charles Read – Dean Emeritus, School of Education, UW-Madison
• Sandy Shockley – The Shockley Group
• Sue Ann Thompson – President, Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation, Inc.
• Doug Timmerman – President and CEO, AnchorBank
• Bradley Whitford - Actor
• Jonathan Wolman – Editor, Editorial Page, Denver Post


STAFF
• Martha Vukelich-Austin - President - mvaustin@fmps.org
• Kalsang Dolkar Gyaltsen - Financial Manager -kdgyaltsen@fmps.org
• Mary Bartzen - ISEI Director - mbartzen@fmps.org

   
REMEMBER...

Every Gift Makes a Difference.
Donations to support the unrestricted fund for annual grants, individual school endowment funds,
specific programs, or the Foundation's general endowment fund are greatly appreciated.

The Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) organization and contributions are deductible to the fullest extent of the law.