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.

Mary Ellen Stanek

Chair, President of Baird Funds, Chief Investment Officer – Baird Advisors

Greg Oberland

Vice Chair, President (Ret.), Northwestern Mutual

Pedro Colón

Judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals

DeVona Wright Cottrell

Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, GMR Marketing

Susan Ela

Retired executive vice president & COO, Aurora Health Care

Thomas W. Florsheim Jr.

Chairman and CEO, Weyco Group, Inc.

Cristy Garcia-Thomas

David Gay

Milwaukee Managing Partner, Ernst & Young

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

Rebeca López

Shareholder, Godfrey & Kahn

Derek Mosley

Lubar Center director, Marquette Law School

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

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)

David J. Drury (2015 - 2024)

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)

Paul J. Jones* (2014 - 2024)

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)

Cory L. Nettles* (2012 - 2024)

Marie L O'Brien (2015 - 2024)

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)

Gregory M. Wesley (2016 - 2024)

Walter H. White (1993 - 1994)

James O. Wright* (1967 - 1981)

*Past Board chair