Board of Directors
The Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s volunteer Board includes some of the region’s leading civic and community leaders. All are dedicated to the Foundation’s vision for a vibrant region, generously giving their time, talent, treasure and ties to help build a Milwaukee for all. The Board believes in the power of collaboration and the importance of addressing the most critical needs facing our community. Since our founding in 1915, nearly 100 individuals have volunteered their service to our Board.
Paul J. Jones, Chair
Vice president, corporate development & strategy, A.O. Smith Corporation
Mary Ellen Stanek, Vice Chair
President of Baird Funds, Chief Investment Officer – Baird Advisors
Pedro Colón
Judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals
David J. Drury
Founding partner, WING Capital
Susan Ela
Retired executive vice president & COO, Aurora Health Care
Thomas W. Florsheim Jr.
Chairman and CEO, Weyco Group, Inc.
Cristy Garcia-Thomas
President, Advocate National Center for Health Equity and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office
Blaine Gibson, AWMA®, CFP®, CPFA®
Vice president - financial advisor, WE Wealth Management Group,
Cecelia Gore
Executive director, Brewers Community Foundation
Naryan Leazer
Financial advisor, North Star Resource Group
Derek Mosley
Lubar Center director, Marquette Law School
Cory L. Nettles
Founder and managing partner, Generation Growth Capital, Inc.
Marie L. O'Brien
President and CEO, Enterforce
Greg Oberland
President (Ret.), Northwestern Mutual
Jim Schleif
Realtor/Broker Associate, Shorewest Realtors (Northshore Office) Managing Partner, Seven Hills Real Estate Enterprises, LLC (ret)
Derek L. Tyus
Executive vice president and chief financial officer, Versiti, Inc.
Jacqueline Ward
Founder and owner, Venus Consulting
Gregory M. Wesley
Senior vice president, Strategic Alliances and Business Development, Medical College of Wisconsin
Gail Yabuki
Director, Yabuki Family Foundation
Past Board
I.D. Adler (1915 - 1925)
Ned W. Bechthold (1997 - 2007)
Mary Beth Berkes (2016 - 2017)
Wendy Reed Bosworth (2008 - 2020)
Orren J. Bradley* (1985 - 1996)
Peter W. Bruce* (2006 - 2016)
Anthony Bryant (2000 - 2002)
Paul D. Carpenter (1915 - 1934)
Doris H. Chortek* (1985 - 1996)
Michael J. Cleary (1937 - 1947)
Elizabeth F. Cutler (1974 - 1976)
John W. Daniels Jr.* (2004 - 2014)
I.A. Dinerstein (1968 - 1971)
Sarah Ettenheim (1961 - 1968)
Otto H. Falk (1935 - 1940)
Adolph Finkler (1915 - 1937)
Edith N. Finlayson* (1972 - 1982)
Edmund Fitzgerald (1947 - 1969)
Ness Flores (2007 - 2017)
William F. Fox* (1993 - 2003)
Harry F. Franke (1989 - 1994)
William C. Frye (1934 - 1954)
John Galanis* (1979 - 1989)
Richard A. Gallun (1986 - 1990)
John C. Geilfuss (1979 - 1986)
Janine P. Geske (2006 - 2018)
Franklyn M. Gimbel (2002 - 2012)
Stephen N. Graff (1997 - 2005)
Oscar Greenwald (1925 - 1941)
Stanley F. Hack* (1973 - 1983)
Joseph F. Heil (1947 - 1960)
John H. Hendee Jr. (1991 - 1996)
Jacqueline Herd-Barber* (2010 - 2022)
Fred S. Hunt (1915 - 1934)
Gwen T. Jackson* (1982 - 1992)
Geneva Johnson (1995 - 2001)
Judy Jorgensen* (1995 - 2015)
George C. Kaiser* (1995 - 2005)
Dale Kent (2016 - 2022)
Charles A. Krause (1975 - 1978)
David Kundert* (2009 - 2020)
Irving A. Lore (1971 - 1973)
David J. Lubar (2006 - 2016)
Irwin Maier* (1969 - 1974)
Gregory S. Marcus (2013 - 2023)
Stephen H. Marcus* (1996 - 2006)
Patti Brash McKeithan (1999 - 2009)
Charles S. McNeer (1989 - 1997)
Linda Mellowes* (1996 - 2008)
William C. Messinger* (1974 - 1985)
Darryl Morin (2018 - 2022)
Jose Olivieri* (1994 - 2004)
Charles W. Parker Jr.* (1981 - 1991)
Elizabeth L. Peirce (1984 - 1985)
Joan M. Prince (2001 - 2010)
Dennis J. Purtell (1988 - 1993)
Agustin A. Ramirez (2003 - 2006)
Mary B. Read (2009 - 2014)
Blaine E. Rieke (1996 - 2006)
J. Patrick Ronan (1983 - 1988)
Brenton H. Rupple (1986 - 1995)
A. Lester Slocum (1953 - 1966)
Clement C. Smith (1915 - 1935)
Nancy Coburn Snyder (1981 - 1984)
Thomas L. Spero* (2005 - 2016)
Harold W. Story (1954 - 1972)
Frederick P. Stratton Jr.* (2000 - 2009)
Richard R. Teschner* (1974 - 1979)
Thomas L. Tolan (1951 - 1961)
Kendrick Orr Trostel (1976 - 1981)
William B. Uihlein (1945 - 1953)
Polly Van Dyke (1989 - 1999)
William D. Vogel* (1960 - 1975)
S. B. Way (1941 - 1947)
Carl A. Weigell* (1990 - 1997)
Walter H. White (1993 - 1994)
James O. Wright* (1967 - 1981)