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

• Bonnie Augusta - MMSD Retiree

• Darcy Burke - Community Volunteer

• Carol Carstensen (Chair) - Retired, MMSD Board of Education

• Karen Crossley - Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission

• Eve Degen - Madison Teachers, Inc.

• Nancy Evans - MMSD Retiree

• Clyde Gaines - University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Peg Geisler - Community Volunteer

• Barbara Gerlach - MMSD Retiree

• Robert Gibson - Composite Rebar Technologies, Inc.

• Marsha Gregg – MMSD Retiree
• Sandy Gunderson - MMSD Retiree; Education Consultant

• Steve Hartley - MMSD Retiree

• Liz Heiner (Chair-Elect) - Boardman Law Firm

• John Hemming (Treasurer) - Wipfli LLP

• Ed Hughes - MMSD Board of Education (non-voting)

• Sari Judge - University of Wisconsin - Madison
• Rita Kehl - MMSD Retiree
• Tim McIlwain - Stickney & McIlwain with Lincoln Financial Group

• Annette Miller - Madison Gas & Electric

• Dan Nerad - MMSD Superintendent (non-voting)

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

• Phil Ouellette - Lindsay, Stone & Briggs

• Marveen Phelps - MMSD Retiree
• Dora Zúñiga - Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County, Inc.

Staff

• Stephanie Hayden, Executive Director - shayden@fmps.org
• Donna Faulkner, Office Administrator - dfaulkner@fmps.org
• Mary Bartzen, Community Partnerships Director - mbartzen@fmps.org