LEADERSHIP FOX CITIES YEARBOOK CLASS OF 2017-2018 LEADERSHIP FOX CITIES Dear Leadership Fox Cities Class of 2018, The Leadership Fox Cities Steering Committee expresses big CONGRATULATIONS to you and your class on concluding the LFC experience! We thank each of you for your dedication of time and effort to this special program. Your engagement and participation made it a pleasure to serve you this past year. We appreciate you giving us the opportunity to share with you what decades of classes have experienced and hope that your graduation leaves you equipped and motivated to help others and enrich our community. Remember, the things that excite you are not random. They are connected to your purpose. Follow them and be a difference maker. The LFC Steering Committee wishes you the best of luck and looks forward to witnessing you living out your purpose. Preston Kendall Chairman, LFC Steering Committee Congratulations Class of 2018 It has been a pleasure and an honor getting to know each of you during all of our session days. I congratulate you all on completing Leadership Fox Cities, it is an achievement you should be proud of. I hope during this year you have formed friendships, appreciated deep insights into our community and challenged yourselves as leaders. Thank you to our steering committee for creating and executing our amazing leadership curriculum. The enthusiasm for each program topic was contagious! Leadership Fox Cities has been successful because of each Steering Committee’s commitment throughout the years. I sincerely thank this talented group of Alumni. The small group projects are a shining example of your leadership skills. It has been amazing to watch you develop as teams and work so passionately to positively effect change in the Fox Valley. My wish is that each of you share your passions with the community in leadership roles for years to come. I look forward to seeing the changes you will make. Warm Regards, Amy Schanke Director, Leadership Fox Cities Fox Cities Chamber WE THANK OUR PLANNERS AND SUPPORTERS Abernathy, Christine Jegen, Carol, Attic Theatre Peeples, Scott, Warming Shelter Behr, Madeleine Keisner, Dave, Outagamie County Jail Peterson, Maren, NAMI – Fox Valley Behnke, Rob, J.J. Keller Kelly, Peter, United Way Fox Cities Pierce Manufacturing, Inc. Transportation Ctr. FVTC Kieffer, Barb, FVTC Pinot’s Palette Block, Dani, Administrator, Village of Lamers Bus Lines, Inc. Plexus Corporation Kimberly Lawrence University Puakner, Michaela, Candeo Creative Brown, Rayon, Mgr. Diversity & Inclusion, FVTC Lemke-Rochon, Greg, Boys & Girls Quella, Lauren, Grace Under Fire Clubs of the Fox Valley - Menasha Studio Clay, Beth, N.E.W. Mental Health Connections London, Larry, ThedaCare Rabideau, Susan, U.W. Fox Valley Duell, Justin, The G Farm Lor, Yer, Appleton Area School Reising, Nick, Fox Cities Performing District Arts Center Dukelow, Josh, Fresh Take At Woodward Radio Long Cheng Marketplace Schmidt, Dana, FVTC Public Safety Training Center Fenlon, James, Administrator, Village Martin, Jerome, Homeless of Little Chute Connections Schnorr, Beth, Harbor House Fox Cities Performing Arts Center Matheny, Chris, Ph. D., VP Smith, Lisa, United Way of Fox Cities Instructional Services, FVTC Fowle, Eric, East Central WI Regional Swick, Amy, Appleton Area School Planning Commission Mautre, Joe, Housing Partnership District Fox Valley Technical College Menasha High School Tenpas, Randy, Dept. Chair Ag Center, FVTC Freeman, Kempton, Appleton Area Miller, Christine, Outagamie County School District Recycling Thao, Maiyoua, Long Cheng Marketplace Frisch, Mike, Lieutenant, Appleton Miller, Jeff, Lieutenant, Appleton Police Department Police Department The Osthoff Resort Garrow, Tori Miron Construction Theyerl, Kay, M.D., ThedaCare Lifestyle Medicine Gildemeister, J.D., The Source Public Morgan, Paula, Director of House Community Health, ThedaCare Touchmark on West Prospect Gottlieb, Brian, Tundraland Home NAMI Fox Valley (National Alliance Toussaint, John, M.D., Catalysis on Mental Illness) Gregozeski, Joel, Town of Buchanan Tynik, Steve, Miron Construction Nooyen, Jeff, Outagamie County Company, Inc. Haase, Larry, Dr. Menasha High Board of Supervisors School Wallschlaeger, John Olsen, Erin, CAP Services Hanna, Tim, Mayor City of Appleton Watermann, Doug, Dean IT Oshkosh Correctional Institution Department, FVTC Hansen, Mary, Director of K-12 Partnership, FVTC Outagamie County Justice Center Weiss, Beka, Director of Aves Wildlife Alliance Hay, Andrea, WBAY Pertl, Brian, Lawrence University Wisneski, Jessica, Appleton Area Pedersen, Bob, Former President, Igel, Jeff, Director of Culinary School District Outreach at FVTC Goodwill Industries Zettel, Jen, The Post Crescent “Earn your leadership every day.” -Michael Jordan LEADERSHIP FOX CITIES Meet the Leadership Fox Cities Class of 2018 Martha Baldwin Ryan Batley Sam Benjamin Susan Boettcher Director of Operations, Food & Beverage Director, Director of Human Director, Compensation, Fox Valley Lutheran Best Western Resources, Benefits and HRIS, Premier Bridgewood / High School - Appleton Ground Round - Neenah Secura Insurance - TIDI Products, LLC - (920) 221-8820 (920) 915-0580 Appleton Neenah [email protected] [email protected] (920) 427-1353 (920) 751-4397 [email protected] sboettcher@ Community Involvement Community Involvement tidiproducts.com Fox Cities Roller Derby United Way Fox Cities Community Involvement Fundraising and Marketing Emerging Leaders Webfooter Water Ski Committee Co-Chair & Community Involvement committees; Appleton Show Team; Snowdrop Oshkosh Family Board Park and Recreation Youth Steering Committee; Fox Foundation Cities Convention & Visitors Member; Peace Lutheran sports coach; St. Peter’s Church Board Member Lutheran Church and Bureau Sports Commission; School St. Joe’s Food Pantry 5K Run/Walk; Boys’ & Girls’ Brigade My Own Self Scholarship & Bean Bag Tournament Matthew Brehmer Kristin Cates John Cook Donna Evers Attorney & Certified Public Marketing & Events Leader of Shiner Center Technical Analyst, Accountant, Remley & Sensenbrenner, S.C. - Neenah Director, Opterations, Thrivent Financial - (920) 450-3600 Volunteer Center of East Goodwill Industries of Appleton [email protected] Central WI - Appleton North Central Wisconsin, (920) 858-9117 Community Involvement (920) 832-9360 Inc. - Appleton [email protected] Samaritan Counseling Center kristin.cates@ (920) 204-4448 of the Fox Valley, Inc., Director/ volunteercenter.net [email protected] Community Involvement Treasurer/Finance Committee; Housing Partnership, VP Fox Valley Estate Planning BOD, United Way Fox Council, Chair Member; Community Involvement Community Involvement Cities; Warming Shelter; Winnebagoland Estate Planning Circles of Support, A program Emmaus Road Presbyterian Homeless Connection; Council, Member; Lawyer of Goodwill NCW; Wisconsibs, Church; Warming Shelter, Habitat for Humanity; Referral & Information Services, Inc.; Nonprofit Leadership Volunteer Member; Winnebago County Bar Initative Committee; The Holy Spirit Parish; Association, Member; Business Give Back Bus; Enterprising Community Blood Center Network Internal - Fox West Nonprofits; Youth Alliance Chapter - Member Awards; VolunteerFEST LEADERSHIP FOX CITIES EXECUTIVE Meet the Leadership Fox Cities Class of 2018 Sara Folk Dan Gerken Craig Gloudemans Allie Gonnering Sr. Manager of Managed GIS Specialist, Accounting Manager, Associate Business Services, J. 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Keller & ADCi - Appleton Community First Credit System Analyst, Thrivent Associates, Inc.- (920) 915-5229 Union - Appleton Financial Neenah [email protected] (920) 968-6181 - Appleton (920) 628-2774 (920) 470-1397 craig.gloudemans@ Allie.Gonnering@ [email protected] Community Involvement communityfirstcu.org Neenah Soccer Club; St. thrivent.com Community Involvement Vincent de Paul Community Involvement Community Involvement Religion Teacher; Education Appleton Alliance Church; Thrivent UWO Alumni Committee; Teens in Our Fox Cities Marathon; Chapter Steering Parish United Way Fox Cities; Big Brothers Big Committee; Thrivent Young Sisters; Institute of Professionals Network Management Accountants, Impact Director; Habitat for Winnebagoland Chapter Humanity/Thrivent Builds; Saint Nicholas Church Scott Jensen Rebecca Kellner Laura Kemps Kelcie Kleuskens Sales and Marketing Sr. HR Consultant, SVP Executive Director, The Human Resources Director, Appleton Ice & Compliance Officer, Boys’ & Girls’ Brigade - System Analyst, Inc. - Appleton Associated Benefits and Appvion - Appleton Risk Consulting - Kimberly Neenah (920) 731-9731 (920) 725-3983 (920) 740-2395 [email protected] (414) 469-7755 [email protected] [email protected] kelciekleuskens Community Involvement Community Involvement Community Involvement Community Involvement Kimberly Baseball Heckrodt Wetland Reserve Organization; Make-A- Women’s Fund for the Fox Big Brothers Big Sisters Wish Wisconsin; Fox Cities Valley, Young Women’s Initiative Board Member; Neenah Chamber of Commerce; Task Force; Society for Human Resources Management Fox Noon Rotary; Winnebago Leaders Who C.A.R.E.; Valley, VP of Legislation; Appleton Cty 4-H Fox West Chamber of Public Library, Board of Trustees; Commerce; Fox River Operation Cinderella, Mom Prom Ice Hockey Officials Committee;Volunteer Center of Association; Ascend Northeastern Wisconsin; The Give Initiative Back Bus LEADERSHIP FOX CITIES EXECUTIVE Alex Kreul Tera Larson Tina Lechnir Ryan McMurtrie Alex Kreul, Commercial Associate Director of Director