2011 ANNUAL REPORT - St. Aemilian-Lakeside, Inc.
2011 ANNUAL REPORT - St. Aemilian-Lakeside, Inc.
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<strong>2011</strong> <strong>ANNUAL</strong> <strong>REPORT</strong>
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dear friends ><br />
Dear Friends of <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Aemilian</strong>-<strong>Lakeside</strong>:<br />
The year <strong>2011</strong> truly was a milestone year for us.<br />
We grew and changed to meet the needs of our<br />
community, and we are now fortunate enough to<br />
touch the lives of about 2,000 people each day.<br />
Our growth increased the scope and the quality<br />
of our services to children and families. Many<br />
individual achievements contributed to our overall<br />
success, lighting the way for even more future<br />
accomplishment. Many of these achievements were<br />
made possible with your support, and we’d like to<br />
share just a few highlights:<br />
On March 30, we held a symposium, “Creating a<br />
Trauma Informed Community,” which was attended<br />
by 720 guests and showcased presentations on the<br />
effects of trauma and trauma informed care by national<br />
experts, Doctors Robert Anda and Bruce Perry.<br />
Approximately 400 individuals have attended<br />
our trauma informed care training programs, which<br />
permits us to spread our knowledge of this critical<br />
subject more widely throughout our community.<br />
The Houston-based ChildTrauma Academy<br />
certified 37 of our staff members with Phase One<br />
Certification on the “neurosequential model of<br />
therapeutics.” This innovative approach assesses a<br />
child’s functioning and produces a brain map that<br />
identifies the child’s strengths and deficiencies and<br />
recommends interventions to create positive change.<br />
The Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare was<br />
revamped, and we now provide half of the foster<br />
care services for Milwaukee County, and ongoing<br />
case management, intensive in-home services and<br />
adoption services.<br />
We hired more than 70 new staff to meet the<br />
increasing needs of our foster care, family preservation<br />
and family interaction services.<br />
We were re-accredited by the Council on<br />
Accreditation (COA), an independent not-forprofit<br />
international accreditor of communitybased<br />
behavioral health care and human service<br />
organizations. We have been accredited since 1987,<br />
and we became one of a very few organizations<br />
nationally and the first in Milwaukee to receive<br />
accreditation for child welfare work through<br />
ongoing case management and safety services.<br />
Ann Leinfelder Grove, our vice president<br />
for <strong>St</strong>rategy and Innovation, was appointed by<br />
Gov. Scott Walker to serve for three years on<br />
the Council on Mental Health, which advises<br />
the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.<br />
She also was named to the Healthy Wisconsin<br />
Leadership Institute, a continuing education and<br />
training program supported by the University of<br />
Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health<br />
and the Medical College of Wisconsin. Her work<br />
focuses on the importance of creating a traumainformed<br />
community and a much wider awareness<br />
of this important issue.<br />
We are proud of our success and grateful for your<br />
interest and support. Please take satisfaction in each<br />
of our accomplishments, as we consider each of<br />
you to be part of our team. We look forward to the<br />
coming year and our opportunity to work with you<br />
to make a difference in our community.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Teri Zywicki,<br />
President and CEO<br />
James Peterson<br />
Chairman of the Board<br />
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<strong>2011</strong><br />
4<br />
highlights ><br />
> In May, children and young adults served by our<br />
Residential Treatment, Family Preservation and<br />
Independent Living Services programs showcased<br />
performing and visual arts they created with<br />
students from Homestead High School as part<br />
of a cooperative project called Project 3mpower.<br />
The project hopes to change the way the public<br />
understands and responds to the needs of foster<br />
youth. The name 3mpower comes from the goal of<br />
empowering three populations: foster and non-foster<br />
kids and the public.<br />
> A very successful first-ever Reunification Day was<br />
held at Milwaukee County Children’s Court on June 17,<br />
honoring families who have regained custody of their<br />
children. It was hosted by the Bureau of Milwaukee<br />
Child Welfare, the Children’s Court judiciary, the<br />
county District Attorney’s Office, as well as <strong>St</strong>.<br />
<strong>Aemilian</strong>-<strong>Lakeside</strong>, Integrated Family Services and<br />
Children’s Service Society of Wisconsin.<br />
> The Family Services department was created as<br />
an outgrowth and expansion of the trailblazing<br />
work started by our Family Preservation team. The<br />
department bolsters the work of Integrated Family<br />
Services by providing clinical and supportive services<br />
to families. The department now includes the<br />
Family Preservation, Caregiver Support and Kinship<br />
<strong>St</strong>abilization, and Family Interaction programs, as<br />
well as Clinical Services.<br />
> In May, boys from Residential Treatment participated<br />
in a culminating show put on by Express Yourself<br />
Milwaukee that was supported in part by a grant from<br />
the Wisconsin Arts Board, with funds from the <strong>St</strong>ate of<br />
Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.<br />
Pulse <strong>2011</strong> included at-risk youth from a number of area<br />
organizations taking part in performances that included<br />
giant puppets, dancing, singing, drumming and skits. As<br />
an additional form of art therapy, residential boys created<br />
three large murals to hang at Integrated Family Services<br />
under the guidance of Albin Erhart, a professional artist<br />
who is the adoptive father of a young man who was<br />
served by <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Aemilian</strong>-<strong>Lakeside</strong>.<br />
> Over the summer, the three residential units<br />
engaged in a competition to see who could have<br />
the most fun. Counselors were provided with a<br />
list of 100 activities and digital cameras to record<br />
outings, which were aimed at promoting cooperation<br />
and relationships as well as giving the boys the<br />
opportunity to experience new things.<br />
> The Treatment Foster Care program that <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Aemilian</strong>-<br />
<strong>Lakeside</strong> operates in Racine was reviewed by the Racine<br />
County Human Services Department and received<br />
the best score an agency has achieved on a site review.<br />
The review looked at operational, fiscal and program<br />
management, service/treatment documentation and<br />
compliance with contracted outcomes. The final score was<br />
99 out of 102 possible points, for a 97% overall.<br />
> Linda Cole, program coordinator at Friendships<br />
Unlimited and Spring City Corner Clubhouse, received<br />
a Mental Health Professional of the Year Award from<br />
the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Waukesha.<br />
The award recognizes outstanding achievement serving<br />
others whose lives have been touched by mental illness.<br />
> Elizabeth (Betsy) Cocos, a Family Services therapist,<br />
received a <strong>2011</strong> Community Partner of the Year award<br />
from Mental Health America of Wisconsin. The award<br />
recognized her “outstanding dedication, commitment<br />
and service in the field of mental health.”<br />
> Foster Care held a “Winter Wonderland” open house<br />
in December to highlight services and recruit more<br />
foster parents. About 65 people attended and the event<br />
resulted in several foster parent applications.<br />
> Sara Daniel, School Based Services coordinator,<br />
co-authored the Department of Public Instruction<br />
toolkit for Creating Trauma Sensitive Schools and<br />
completed a web cast as a counterpart of this toolkit.<br />
She also provided training on trauma sensitive schools<br />
at numerous venues across the state.<br />
To learn more about us, see www.st-al.org<br />
or call 414-463-1880.<br />
Subsidiaries<br />
Integrated Family Services (IFS)<br />
> In a quality review conducted by the Wisconsin<br />
Department of Children and Families, IFS achieved<br />
several scores of 100%, including in the areas of<br />
assessment and understanding of safety; resource<br />
support for children, parents and substitute care givers,<br />
and team functioning.<br />
> All supervisory staff at Integrated Family Services<br />
completed 40 hours of mediation training through the<br />
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The sessions were<br />
aimed at helping staff better identify clients’ needs,<br />
clarify concerns and help with conflict resolution.<br />
> IFS restructured its leadership team to attract top<br />
talent to meet current and future needs. The agency<br />
also moved to a new location, at Summit Place in West<br />
Allis, for increased efficiency, cost savings and better<br />
integration of care.<br />
Capitol West Academy (CWA)<br />
> Capitol West Academy was chosen by the Wisconsin<br />
Character Education Partnership to receive a Promising<br />
Practice award for its quality character education program.<br />
This is the second year in a row CWA has won this award.<br />
> CWA was awarded a four-year contract renewal<br />
with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, which<br />
charters the school.<br />
> The school achieved 100% attendance for parent/<br />
teacher conferences in fall and spring, and average daily<br />
attendance for 2010-<strong>2011</strong> school year was 96.1%.<br />
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CertifiCation gained in<br />
neurosequential model of therapeutiCs<br />
In <strong>2011</strong>, <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Aemilian</strong>-<strong>Lakeside</strong> became certified in what is known as the<br />
neurosequential model of therapeutics, or NMT. The creation of Dr. Bruce Perry,*<br />
a world renowned expert in how trauma such as abuse and neglect affects the brain<br />
and behavior, NMT is a biologically informed way to assess when trauma occurred<br />
in a child’s development and create ways to mitigate its effects.<br />
Assessment is critical, because the brain develops in stages, and knowing at what<br />
point in a child’s life trauma or maltreatment occurred – even in utero – can help<br />
determine what part of the brain was affected. Buffering factors, such as a caring<br />
person in the child’s life, also are considered.<br />
From this information, a brain map is created that details the child’s strengths<br />
and weaknesses and suggests therapies that are individualized to the child’s needs.<br />
The mapping aims to help children in their social, emotional, cognitive and<br />
physical functioning.<br />
Repetitive, rhythmic activities play a key role in soothing a brain that has<br />
experienced trauma. Quality, nurturing relationships and ongoing educational and<br />
enrichment activities also are critical to promoting healing.<br />
A total of 37 clinicians at <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Aemilian</strong>-<strong>Lakeside</strong> participated in the certification<br />
training and are actively employing NMT with the children in their care, with<br />
many positive results.<br />
*Dr. Bruce Perry, M.D., Ph.D., is the Senior Fellow of the ChildTrauma Academy, a<br />
not-for-profit organization based in Houston (www.ChildTrauma.org) and an adjunct<br />
professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern<br />
University School of Medicine in Chicago. Over the last 30 years, Dr. Perry has been an<br />
active teacher, clinician and researcher in children’s mental health and the neurosciences,<br />
holding a variety of academic positions.<br />
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Big, lovaBle<br />
dog helps Bring<br />
Compassionate<br />
healing to<br />
trouBled Boys in<br />
residential unit<br />
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Bentley, a 2-year-old<br />
Bernese Mountain Dog,<br />
yielded remarkable<br />
results in his work with<br />
emotionally disturbed<br />
boys in our Residential<br />
Treatment Program. With<br />
compassionate canine<br />
attention, Bentley helped<br />
them open up and move<br />
toward healing.<br />
The animal-assisted therapy program<br />
started last year with Bogey, a 9-yearold<br />
golden retriever, working with boys<br />
ages 7-11. Then Bentley completed<br />
a multi-week session working with<br />
children ages 11-14. His owner/handler,<br />
Cheryl Pabich, is a volunteer with<br />
Health Heelers, an animal-assisted<br />
therapy program run by Laura Hey.<br />
In an initial session, Laura shared<br />
Bentley’s “resume” with the kids,<br />
including his “scariest experience.”<br />
The dog was born in Canada, so the<br />
experience entailed: “Leaving mom,<br />
dad, brothers and sisters, meeting new<br />
step-parents and flying on a plane in a<br />
small pet carrier. (I was only 7 weeks<br />
old!) When I got to my new home, I<br />
had three step-brothers that I needed<br />
to meet and get along with. I needed to<br />
respect that I came into their home.”<br />
The boys, many of whom can relate to<br />
being uprooted and having to adjust to<br />
unfamiliar surroundings in a new home,<br />
then took turns being invited into<br />
Bentley’s “personal space” to share their<br />
own scariest experience or memory.<br />
“You could have heard a pin drop,”<br />
therapist Kathleen Tompkins said. “The<br />
boys were incredibly respectful and really<br />
listened to each story.” Some of the stories<br />
had never been shared before, “even after<br />
months of work. … The boys seemed to<br />
realize how important the sharing was.”<br />
“He’s very sensitive,” Cheryl said. “He will<br />
lick the boys’ heads and move to comfort<br />
them when they tell their stories.”<br />
Later, two of the boys talked about<br />
being mean to another boy in the group<br />
and said they wanted to tell him they<br />
were sorry. Two other boys brought up<br />
the Bentley experience in their familytherapy<br />
sessions, Kathleen said, telling<br />
their parents they don’t feel so alone or<br />
like they were the only one after hearing<br />
the other boys’ traumatic stories.<br />
“It is just so safe to tell their families about<br />
Bentley, show off his pictures, and talk<br />
about him,” Kathleen said.<br />
“I’m sold on this therapy dog.”<br />
trauma informed Care turns<br />
life around for suiCidal girl<br />
Jenni is a 16-year-old whose<br />
life for 10 years was a nightmare.<br />
Her father got custody of her at age 4 and<br />
abused her sexually until she was 14. He<br />
would give her ultimatums: perform sexual<br />
favors or not be allowed to do almost<br />
anything she wanted.<br />
When she disclosed the abuse, her father<br />
was arrested and sentenced to 19 years in<br />
prison. Jenni bounced among various family<br />
members, but her past trauma took its toll.<br />
She experienced four inpatient stays at<br />
a psychiatric hospital, where a doctor<br />
characterized her as the most suicidal child<br />
he had ever met. She had horrible nightmares<br />
and talked several times a day of doing<br />
specific things such as stepping in front of a<br />
semi to kill herself and end her pain.<br />
Later she was placed in a residential<br />
treatment facility. In June of 2010, Integrated<br />
Family Services (IFS) got involved, and<br />
through the introduction of trauma informed<br />
care, Jenni’s life began to turn around.<br />
Two assessments in the neurosequential<br />
model of therapeutics (NMT) (see page<br />
6) were done to determine when Jenni’s<br />
trauma occurred, what it consisted of, and<br />
what interventions were likely to help. It<br />
was eye-opening, said Tracy Clark, Ongoing<br />
Case Management supervisor at IFS.<br />
The NMT assessments involved Jenni’s<br />
maternal aunt, Susan, with whom she now<br />
lives. Her biological mother and other<br />
family members also were interviewed.<br />
Other participants included her IFS<br />
case manager, Kimberly Moran, and her<br />
residential facility therapist.<br />
Some first steps to address her trauma<br />
included giving her a nightlight, controlling<br />
smells that triggered fears, leaving her door<br />
open at night, and adding a lock to allow<br />
her to control who would enter.<br />
“It was a big thing just figuring out how to<br />
engage her,” Tracy said. “She had deeply<br />
held memories of what her father made her<br />
do, and she had no ability to self-regulate.”<br />
Other interventions at the residential<br />
facility included swinging, journaling,<br />
playing the guitar, and Zumba.<br />
“She’s a very sensitive girl, and she just<br />
wants to be like a normal teenager,”<br />
Kimberly said.<br />
Her path to normalcy was enhanced by her<br />
very supportive aunt, who Jenni went to<br />
live with when she was released from the<br />
residential facility, along with her aunt’s<br />
significant other, Bob. They both have kids,<br />
but they also took in Jenni’s half-brother,<br />
creating a lively blended family.<br />
Susan and Bob attended trainings in<br />
trauma informed care, and “it gave us<br />
some good insight,” Susan said.<br />
The emphasis on patterned, rhythmic<br />
movements and using music to soothe a<br />
child “put a framework, a name to it, and it<br />
helps with all of the kids,” Bob said. They<br />
said the trainings gave them more patience<br />
and a realization that Jenni’s acting out was<br />
not something they provoked.<br />
“We can look at what she’s been through<br />
and know that’s obviously why she has<br />
problems,” Bob said.<br />
Susan and Bob are dedicated to helping<br />
Jenni achieve the life they say she<br />
deserves, and Jenni has made tremendous<br />
progress. She is doing well in school. She<br />
rides her bike to calm herself; she loves<br />
sports and takes ballet classes. She dreams<br />
of studying dance at the Juilliard School.<br />
“We said we will just pull up in our RV and<br />
see her!” Susan said. “She is now talking<br />
about goals, and she has every opportunity<br />
to do whatever she wants to do.”<br />
“Trauma informed care absolutely has<br />
made a huge impact on how comfortable<br />
I feel and how I feel prepared to care for<br />
her,” Bob said. “Trauma informed care<br />
opens the door to understanding. It’s<br />
nothing short of a miracle.”<br />
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10<br />
young man<br />
goes from<br />
homelessness<br />
to having<br />
a real future<br />
Wilton Johnson casually talks about living in a<br />
drug house for two years while he was in high<br />
school. He managed to graduate, but no one<br />
knew about the lie he was living.<br />
The worst part, he says, was having little to eat, basically living on<br />
Raman noodles he could buy when his cousin, who owned the<br />
place, gave him a couple dollars here and there.<br />
But the experience, which followed being thrown out of his<br />
house and six years in foster care, took its toll. A sister took him<br />
in, but that didn’t work out either. Wil felt like she was treating<br />
him as a son while she had one of her own to care for. He felt<br />
like a burden and became seriously depressed.<br />
Wil ended up in the county mental health complex and later in a<br />
county run group home. While there, his mother visited him. “She<br />
said, ‘You belong here,’ and she walked out and left,” Wil said. “It<br />
was hard; I felt like something’s gotta’ happen with my life.”<br />
After landing in a homeless shelter, a social worker referred<br />
him to the Supportive Permanent Housing program at <strong>St</strong>.<br />
<strong>Aemilian</strong>-<strong>Lakeside</strong>. Things finally began to happen.<br />
Wil has been in the program for more than a year now. He lives<br />
in a one-bedroom apartment, with furnishings and food supplied<br />
by <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Aemilian</strong>-<strong>Lakeside</strong>. The agency has set him up with a<br />
therapist, and he is visited weekly by a Supportive Permanent<br />
Housing case manager.<br />
He attends MATC full time and wants to become a teacher,<br />
with an ultimate goal of becoming a dean, “when I’m about 60<br />
years old!” he said with a laugh.<br />
Wil laughs a lot now, thanks in large part to his case manager<br />
and the life’s path he is being helped to follow. “She’s the<br />
difference between being here and being homeless,” he said.<br />
<strong>St</strong>aff in the program characterize Wil as a young man who is<br />
very curious and engaged.<br />
The Supportive Permanent Housing program serves nine formerly<br />
homeless young adults 18-24 who, like Wil, have mental health<br />
concerns on some level and need support to transition to adulthood<br />
and become productive members of the community in which we<br />
all live. The program is one of three <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Aemilian</strong>-<strong>Lakeside</strong> started<br />
within the last four years that provide independent living services to<br />
former foster youth.<br />
“This is a population that really needs our help,” said Jane<br />
Ottow, Independent Living Services supervisor. “Without it,<br />
many end up on the streets, preyed upon, or ultimately in the<br />
criminal justice system.”<br />
There’s a lot of work that goes into keeping Wil and the other<br />
young people in the program safe, happy and focused on their<br />
future. For Wil, the best thing is not thinking too much about<br />
his past.<br />
“It’s too scary to think about what life would have been like<br />
without <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Aemilian</strong>’s.”<br />
When John acted up in school, they thought he<br />
was being belligerent, a kid who hung around<br />
with “bad influences” and who was on the verge<br />
of becoming a gang member.<br />
When he got angry, he’d cuss, break things, and become<br />
verbally and physically abusive. He brought a fake gun to<br />
school once and would menacingly wander the halls. He was<br />
kicked out of school twice.<br />
When Wraparound Milwaukee got involved, it was<br />
determined that John really was hurt by the addiction and<br />
mental health concerns his mother battled for years and was<br />
scared to death he would end up being pulled away from her<br />
again. He suffered from trauma as the result of his past and<br />
had severe anger and anxiety.<br />
With input from multiple players, John was able to<br />
understand his feelings, straighten himself out, and the family<br />
is making progress toward a productive future.<br />
“A lot of kids with problems like his don’t have such success, or<br />
do but end up coming back into the system,” said David Petro,<br />
John’s Wraparound case manager. “He really turned it around.”<br />
Wraparound is a managed care system that seeks to keep<br />
children and families with mental health concerns together in<br />
the home as much as possible. Children served are involved in<br />
the juvenile justice or foster care system, and a court orders the<br />
services. Care coordinators such as David do care planning that<br />
includes the family’s vision of how they would like things to be,<br />
barriers to achieving the vision, strategies needed for success<br />
and measurable benchmarks. They bring together multiple<br />
community resources to achieve the goals.<br />
John had been the victim of neglect; his father was in jail<br />
and his mother was unable to provide food for him. He was<br />
removed from the home at age 10 and spent 14 months in<br />
a foster home. After a month in residential treatment at <strong>St</strong>.<br />
<strong>Aemilian</strong>-<strong>Lakeside</strong>, he was returned to his mother. But after<br />
13 months, she relapsed into drugs and he was returned to<br />
foster care. When Wraparound got involved, after about six<br />
months John and his mother were reunited.<br />
What was the secret to the success? With the help of a<br />
family therapist, medication, anger management services, a<br />
special education program and academic support at school,<br />
and a really great mentor who got John into skateboarding<br />
as a good physical activity and an alternative to getting into<br />
trouble, the boy started opening up, David said.<br />
“He started talking about how scared he was, how his anger<br />
came from being afraid that his mother would relapse and<br />
‘abandon’ him again. He really was upset with his mom for<br />
not knowing what was happening.<br />
“His mom got it together when she saw that, and then they<br />
both stared doing a lot better.”<br />
She went into drug and alcohol counseling, and mom and<br />
son worked together on the issue of fear. His mother invited<br />
John’s friends into their house and got to know and like them.<br />
The family now includes a significant other for mom, with whom<br />
she has a baby daughter who is much loved by the family. John<br />
learning fear<br />
was Cause of<br />
‘Bad’ Behavior<br />
opens door to<br />
Better life for<br />
Boy and family<br />
likes the man, who has a well-paying job<br />
that provides for the family and offers a<br />
critical element of family stability.<br />
Because of the family’s success, they were<br />
able to leave Wraparound. John is now<br />
doing well at school and at home. “And he<br />
is with his mom,” David said. “And that<br />
gives him a positive outlook. It’s really<br />
important to him.”
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finanCials<br />
Revenues $12,310,582<br />
Expenses $12,126,388<br />
Net <strong>Inc</strong>ome $184,194<br />
expenses<br />
28.8% Residential Services<br />
20.5% Treatment Foster Care<br />
4.5% School Based Services<br />
10.7% Care Coordination<br />
11.8% Family Preservation<br />
3.0% Other Community-Based Services<br />
6.0% Independent Living Services<br />
4.1% Investment for future services<br />
10.5% Administrative/Environmental<br />
Services<br />
advanCement<br />
aChievements<br />
Some highlights:<br />
Grants support important work<br />
> We received a $25,000 grant through the<br />
Wisconsin Department of Commerce, Bureau<br />
of Supportive Housing to support Youth<br />
Moving On, which is part of Independent<br />
Living Services. The funds come to us through<br />
the Homeless Emergency Shelter Rapid<br />
Transition to Housing Act.<br />
> The Northwestern Mutual Foundation<br />
donated $25,000 to support shelter for youth in<br />
our Independent Living Services.<br />
> The Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Russell<br />
and Betty Jane Shaw Fund, donated $25,000<br />
to support measuring outcomes of our trauma<br />
informed care efforts in our residential program.<br />
We are proud of our 23-year history of our golf<br />
invitational, which raised more than $800,000<br />
to directly support our mission. The year <strong>2011</strong><br />
marked our last year for the golf outing as we<br />
move toward a variety of different community<br />
and fundraising events.<br />
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Board for <strong>2011</strong><br />
James Peterson<br />
Foley and Lardner LLP<br />
Board chairman<br />
John L. Nowak<br />
Association of Equipment Manufacturers<br />
Board vice chairman<br />
John J. Kalter<br />
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.<br />
Board secretary<br />
Chris Metrusias<br />
A&A Manufacturing Co., <strong>Inc</strong>.<br />
Board treasurer<br />
Jon Anderson<br />
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.<br />
CWA board chairman<br />
Ted Grange<br />
Marcus Corporation<br />
Jacqueline Herd-Barber<br />
Community volunteer<br />
*John M. Knecht<br />
Diversified Executive Solutions<br />
Mary Webster Levit<br />
Community Volunteer<br />
Mary L. McCormick<br />
Rotary Club of Milwaukee<br />
Brian E. Pier<br />
RedPrairie<br />
Glen Raven<br />
Genco Pharmaceutical Services<br />
Roger B. Siegel<br />
Boerke Company<br />
Robert L. Sowinski<br />
Diversified Insurance Services, <strong>Inc</strong>.<br />
John Teevan<br />
Home Care Medical<br />
Charles G. Vogel<br />
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.<br />
Sr. Rose Martin Weldgen<br />
Sisters of <strong>St</strong>. Francis of Assisi<br />
Teri Zywicki<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Aemilian</strong>-<strong>Lakeside</strong> President and CEO<br />
* John Knecht served on the board from 2004-<strong>2011</strong> and passed away in 2012<br />
www.st-al.org<br />
<strong>2011</strong> President’s Council<br />
Clifford M. Asmuth<br />
Robert W. Baird & Co.<br />
Larry Hisle<br />
Milwaukee Brewers<br />
Allan “Bud” Selig<br />
Commissioner of Major League Baseball<br />
Nancy Sennett<br />
Foley & Lardner LLP<br />
Peter Sommerhauser<br />
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.<br />
Dave Werner<br />
Park Bank<br />
16<br />
Jon Anderson<br />
Suzanne Barutha<br />
Lee Beitzel & Jill Ritterbusch<br />
Ruby Brooks<br />
Jack & Jacqueline Charney<br />
Casey Christiansen<br />
Christopher Cook<br />
Sara Daniel<br />
Angela D’Fantis<br />
Robert Duffy<br />
Bridget Fassett & Jeff Chase<br />
Rachel Forman<br />
Darryll Fortune<br />
Ted Grange<br />
Craig Haubach<br />
Laura Howitz<br />
<strong>St</strong>eve James<br />
Karen Johnson & Riley Cooper<br />
George Johnson<br />
<strong>St</strong>acey Klimek<br />
Andrew and Joan Klimpel<br />
Brian Kober<br />
Mike & Amy Kremski<br />
John & Barbara Leinfelder<br />
Bob Lurie Glass Company<br />
Richard & Heidi Marcus<br />
Mary McCormick & Tim Hawks<br />
Robert & Janet McCue<br />
John McFee<br />
Susanne Michalski<br />
Wesley Muehl<br />
Mary Lynn Murtaugh<br />
Nesheim Family Foundation<br />
Donna Niccolai-Weber & Brian Weber<br />
Charles O’Brien<br />
Michael O’Leary<br />
Jane Ottow<br />
Andrea Parks<br />
Darlene Pawluk<br />
William & Joanne Pier<br />
Brian Pier<br />
Preferred Cleaning Services<br />
Ronald Radke<br />
Tricia Rindahl<br />
Angeline Rollfink<br />
Sharrie & Randy Semadeni<br />
Michelle & Bob Schuerman<br />
Jo Smirl<br />
Michael Soens<br />
Peter Sommerhauser<br />
Florence <strong>St</strong>einberger & Andy Feiring<br />
Ann Wiese<br />
Brit Williams-Van Klooster<br />
Thomas Wilson<br />
Wipfli<br />
Lynita Wolf<br />
David Zarwell<br />
Up to $99 Friends<br />
Julie Bain<br />
Michael Berns<br />
Erin Brown<br />
Marybeth Budisch<br />
Dick & Noreen Callan<br />
Tracy Clark<br />
Elizabeth Cocos<br />
S. Michele Cohen & Tom Carter<br />
John & Sheryl Egan<br />
Ralph & Sandy Engelhardt<br />
Jeannie Fenceroy<br />
David & Bonnie Fruth<br />
Michael Garven<br />
Eunice & Roger Gillaspie<br />
Kathleen Golden<br />
Goodsearch<br />
Tracy Groth<br />
John Gscheidmeier<br />
Lynn & Tim Halmar<br />
Tom & Angie Hermsen<br />
Amanda & Mark Hoffman<br />
Cynthia Hosszu<br />
Julie Huber<br />
Carrie & Dave Johnson<br />
Jennifer Johnson<br />
Paul & Pat Johnson<br />
Michael Joranger<br />
Sonja Kania<br />
John & Judith Knecht<br />
Kristine Kuehlmann-Turcotte<br />
Fritz Leinfelder<br />
Joe Leinfelder<br />
Matt & Emily Letourneau<br />
Amy Marthaler<br />
Elizabeth Matola<br />
Carmen McGee<br />
Harry & Jan Metrusias<br />
Bob Mielke<br />
John Miers<br />
Karrie Morris Behl<br />
Nolan Neuroth & Linda Lewis<br />
Scott Paegelow<br />
Brian Pier<br />
David & Anna Rendall<br />
Rexnord Foundation<br />
Paul Riedl<br />
Jeffrey Schmeckpeper<br />
& Barbara Browning<br />
Michelle Scott-Grant<br />
Florence Senica<br />
Jennifer Sovey-Fohey<br />
John <strong>St</strong>achera<br />
Christine <strong>St</strong>elzer<br />
Ben Torres<br />
Katie Tyk<br />
Adrianne Walschinski<br />
Sr. Rose Martin Weldgen<br />
Megan Williams<br />
In honor of<br />
Vivian Abramczyk<br />
Barbara &<br />
Mark Abramczyk<br />
In honor of Sue, Dave,<br />
Andy, Kate & Mikie<br />
Catherine Worden<br />
Joseph Bechard Memorial<br />
Randy & Ann Alcorn<br />
Myra Anderson<br />
Denise Arzberger<br />
Marion Batchelor<br />
Frederick & Rose Marie Brandenburg<br />
Dwight & Carmen Brocklehurst<br />
CRG Financial Services, <strong>Inc</strong>.<br />
June Carroll<br />
Cecelia & James Carse<br />
Edward & Nancy Curran<br />
Scott Dean<br />
William & Barbara Dean<br />
Nancy Delacerda<br />
Thomas & Mari Dougherty<br />
Michael Duwe<br />
Deb Fannin<br />
Anne Fotias<br />
Frank Lloyd Wright Middle School<br />
Peter & Diana Giljohann<br />
Carl & Maria Gobel<br />
John & Sandra Guay<br />
Eva & Gerald Johnson<br />
Alfred & Mary Ellen Kasprowicz<br />
Kathy Koulouris<br />
Denny & MaryAnn Maki<br />
Don & Angela Maki<br />
Carol Malich<br />
Chad & Susan Marschman<br />
James & Nancy Marsho<br />
Robert & Kim Maule<br />
Thomas & Janet Millard<br />
Ralph & Marianne Radtke<br />
Myra & Scott Ransick<br />
Hope Scheftner<br />
David & Donna Scheidegger<br />
Daniel & Marilyn Schneider<br />
Suzanne & Thomas Shea<br />
Harvey <strong>St</strong>one<br />
Alice Sudduth<br />
Beth & Jeffrey Urban<br />
Al & Patricia White<br />
Robert & Jamie Yoblin<br />
Anthony Ryan Memorial<br />
David Affeldt<br />
Cameron, Robert & Linda Asmussen<br />
Mary Benson<br />
Dennis & Irasema Braun<br />
Robert & Carole Bushman<br />
Kathleen Cavallo<br />
Katie & John Clark<br />
Mary & Jim Colby<br />
Law office of Cary J. Collins<br />
Daniel & Patricia D’Angelo<br />
Robert & Cheryl Doherty<br />
Tim & Angie Evrard<br />
John & Susan Foley<br />
Daniel & Sheila Gannon<br />
Jim & Karen Gerard<br />
Jim & Sue Grinney<br />
William & Maureen Hilbert<br />
John & Susan Honkamp<br />
Denise Jones<br />
Michael Keelan<br />
Dan Madigan<br />
James McCormack<br />
Jack & Bonnie McGregor<br />
Dennis & Kathleen McNally<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Patrick McWey<br />
Susan Nivin Oster<br />
Jeanne Paul<br />
Betty Peterson<br />
John Quaden<br />
Constance <strong>St</strong>oner<br />
Mary <strong>St</strong>roebel<br />
Robert & Carla Syut<br />
Rosemary & John Trittin<br />
Harold & Valerie Zimdars<br />
In memory of Joseph<br />
and Phyllis Gibart<br />
Kathleen Gibart<br />
Kathie Gibart<br />
Sarah Gibart<br />
Tony Gibart<br />
18<br />
Sara Finger<br />
Flat Top Grill<br />
Florentine Opera Company<br />
Scott Furmanski<br />
Frank Gaunt & family<br />
FunJet Vacations – The Mark Travel Corporation<br />
George Webb Restaurants<br />
Grand Appliance and TV<br />
Kathie Gibart<br />
John Glisczinski<br />
Godfrey & Kahn<br />
Golfsmith<br />
Golf Galaxy<br />
Good Karma broadcasting<br />
Green Bay Packers<br />
Tim & Isaiah Grove<br />
Michelle Heinze<br />
Herb Kohl Charities<br />
Margaret Hetzel<br />
Hilton Milwaukee City Center<br />
Bob & Marji Horvat<br />
Hotel Metro<br />
House of Harley<br />
Hunter Business<br />
Impark<br />
<strong>Inc</strong>entive Gallery Ltd<br />
The Institute of Beauty and Wellness<br />
InterContinental Milwaukee<br />
Ironwood Golf Course<br />
Jacques Vieau, <strong>Inc</strong><br />
Janet & Family<br />
Kalahari Resorts<br />
Melissa Kastner<br />
Nancy Kastner<br />
Marilyn Klemann<br />
Paul Kwiecien<br />
LaserTag Adventure<br />
Lee John’s Catering<br />
Ann Leinfelder Grove<br />
Bill & Missy Levit<br />
Little Giant Photography<br />
Patricia Logee<br />
Tom Lue<br />
Wendy Fritz Mader<br />
Abe & Linda McCabe<br />
Bev Mantey<br />
Mader’s Restaurant<br />
Madisen Architects<br />
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts<br />
Marcus Theater Corporation<br />
Marquette Intercollegiate Athletics<br />
c/o Marquette Spirit Shop<br />
Gail May<br />
MillerCoors<br />
Sister Rose Martin<br />
Mason <strong>St</strong>reet Grill<br />
Dan & Katie Milbeck<br />
Milwaukee Admirals Hockey Club<br />
Milwaukee Art Museum<br />
Milwaukee Ballet Company<br />
Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club<br />
Milwaukee Bucks<br />
Milwaukee Children’s Court Center<br />
Milwaukee Community Acupuncture<br />
Milwaukee County Zoo<br />
Milwaukee Public Museum<br />
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra<br />
Milwaukee Wave Professional Soccer<br />
Chris Moeller<br />
Jimmy & Nancy Moeller<br />
Ronnie Moeller<br />
Rusty Moeller<br />
Ryan Moeller<br />
Vern Moeller<br />
Pamela Molina<br />
Morningstar Golf Club<br />
Nelson Schmidt<br />
Denise Noggle<br />
John & Gertie Nowak<br />
Office Furniture Options<br />
Jim & Liz Pacioni<br />
Palermo’s Pizza<br />
Park Bank<br />
Michael W. Parks<br />
Partylite<br />
Kelly Pelty<br />
Alan & Susie Peschl & family<br />
Pfister Hotel<br />
Phoenix Marketing Group<br />
Pizza Hut - Wisconsin Hospitality Group<br />
PRP Wine International, <strong>Inc</strong>.<br />
Jean Price<br />
Carey Purvis<br />
R and S Specialty Meats<br />
Kevin & Trish Raczkiewicz<br />
Ray’s Wine & Spirits<br />
Heather Rausch<br />
Renaissance Theaterworks<br />
Riverside Theater<br />
Kelly Rudy<br />
Samadhi Royal Paradise<br />
Scenic View Country Club<br />
Niki Schaumberg<br />
Bex Schmalfeldt<br />
Kathleen Schroeder<br />
Laurie Schuerman<br />
Bill & Sandy Schuerman<br />
Bob & Michelle Schuerman<br />
Diane Schultz<br />
Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel<br />
Shorewest Realtors<br />
Tom Shtaida<br />
Signature Salon & Spa<br />
Skydive Milwaukee, Sky Nights SPC<br />
Skylight Opera Theater<br />
Erin & Adam Slota<br />
Mike Soens<br />
Sprecher Brewing<br />
<strong>St</strong>arbucks<br />
Nick & Lori <strong>St</strong>ubbs<br />
Chris & Tricia Surges<br />
Pat & Sue Sweeney<br />
Patrick & Susie Sweeney<br />
Target<br />
John Teevan<br />
Time Warner Cable<br />
Tribune Media Services<br />
Laura Trimble<br />
University Club of Milwaukee<br />
US Cellular Corporation<br />
Valvoline Instant Oil Change<br />
Jasmina Vasic<br />
VJS Development Group<br />
Scott Wagner<br />
Walmart<br />
Washington County Golf Course<br />
John & Tammy Webler<br />
Pamela Wegner<br />
Westbury Bank<br />
Westmoor Country Club<br />
Rob & Melissa Whalen<br />
Whirlpool Corporation<br />
Wild Impact<br />
Wine for Humanity<br />
The Wisconsin Club<br />
Leslie Wyrowski<br />
Zimmerman Architectural <strong>St</strong>udios<br />
Sarah Zwiefelhofer<br />
Teri Zywicki<br />