WCCF Elects New Leaders

The Waukesha County Community Foundation has recently elected officers for the 2010-11 year.  Re-elected as chairman of the board of directors is Ford Titus, Oconomowoc, President and CEO of ProHealth Care, Inc. Titus was first elected to the board in 2006.  He has served on the boards of directors of numerous area charitable organizations.

Also re-elected are vice president and chairman-elect Jeff Wiesner, Waukesha, retired partner of Accenture, Inc.; vice president Ken Riesch, Waukesha, president of R&R Insurance Services, Inc.;  and secretary John Macy, Oconomowoc, partner with Arenz Molter Macy & Riffle, S.C.  Mike Duckett of Brookfield, president of The Duckett Group, was elected treasurer.  Dave Schultz, Mukwonago, was re-elected president.

Elected to the board of directors were Kathleen Gray, Brookfield, attorney and partner of Quarles & Brady, LLP; Karin Kultgen, M.D., Pewaukee, physician with ProHealth Care Medical Associates; Richard Larson, Shorewood, chief financial officer of WaterStone Bank; Charles Palmer, Waukesha, attorney and partner of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP; Jim Walden, Jr., Wales, attorney and partner of Walden, Schuster & Vaklyes, S.C.; and Stewart Wangard, Oconomowoc, CEO of Wangard Partners Inc.

Four directors were re-elected to 3-year terms.  They include: John Macy, Oconomowoc, nominated by Daniel Vrakas, Waukesha County Executive; Susan Bellehumeur, Brown Deer, managing director of Robert W. Baird & Co.; Brian Kaminski, Brookfield, president of Select Advisor Group; and Jeff Wiesner, Waukesha, nominated by United Way in Waukesha County.

Attending their final meeting in May as directors were Bryce Styza, Chenequa and Peter Lettenberger, Waukesha, founders of the Waukesha County Community Foundation, and Tom Dalum, Chenequa, who joined the board in 2000.  They served a combined 33 years in leading the board as well as on several board committees.

Also elected were 4 new members of the Advisory Council, including Mike Andaloro, Brookfield, partner in Andaloro Smith & Krueger CPAs; Dan Trawicki, Waukesha, Waukesha County Sheriff; Tom McKeever, D.D.S., Mukwonago, of Mukwonago Family Dentistry; and Barbara Prindiville, Ph. D., Oconomowoc, president of Waukesha County Technical College.

All Directors and Advisory Council members serve in a volunteer capacity to help the Waukesha County Community Foundation carry out its mission to serve charitable individuals, businesses and nonprofit organizations, with an emphasis on Waukesha County.