Board of Directors

Our past and present board members include local and national leaders who serve diverse communities, students, families, schools, and nonprofit organizations with backgrounds in social work and family therapy, public interest and policy, diversity and inclusion, human resources and business, K-12 and higher education, scholarship and education research, arts and advocacy, and more.

Deanna Needham

Special Education Teacher, Fennimore Community Schools, Wisconsin


Member

Merideth Trahan

Chief of Staff, WIDA, Wisconsin


member

Leon Dixon

Executive Director/CEO, Redeemer Center for Life, Minnesota


Member

Jenna Finley

Founder & Primary Consultant, Value Our Voices Consulting, Wisconsin


Member

Marilyn Mazzi

Creative Director, Mazzi Studios, Florida


Member

Ullainee Fowler

Contract Officer, Department of Veteran Affairs, Texas


Member

Andrea Droessler

Support Services Lieutenant, Platteville Police Department, Wisconsin


Member