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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TODD LEECH
President
Sweet Water Foundation &
Riverwest Co-op
AVELINA POPPERT
Vice President
Vice President Commercial Banker
Waukesha State Bank
TAMARA PACADA
Secretary
Director of Development
CASEL
RAWI KHATEEB
Treasurer
Liquidity and Funding Manager
BMO Harris
KELLY ROURKE
Partner
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
JAMIE FERSCHINGER
Senior Project Planner
MMSD
SHARY TRAN
Vice President
Belonging and Workforce Development
Children’s Wisconsin
Yakub Abdi
UWM Student
TGG Graduate 2025
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
JENNIFER BUCHANAN
MELANIE DUNCAN
BRAD KROUPA
Assistant to the President and CEO
We Energies
LPC, CSAC Program Manager
Outreach Community Health Centers
&
Owner/Psychotherapist
Making Strides Behavioral Health Services
Executive Director of Forest County
Potawatomi Foundation
VINCENT L. MACK
CHRISSIE KUCZYNSKI
BRIDGETT GONZALEZ
Assistant Vice President - Community Affairs Manager at U.S. Bank
Branch Manager
Educators Credit Union
Program Officer
Bader Philanthropies
DANA GUTHRIE
Managing Partner
Gateway Capital
NED WITTE
Partner
Earth and Water Law
SAMANTHA MITCHELL
Owner and Principal Planner
Samantha Starr Events
JON MARIANO
Chief Strategy Officer
Evan Transportation
JOHN CHIDESTER
Senior Vice President
Johnson Financial Group
NYDIA MAURUS-JONES
Partner
Banter Design
JON SMUCKER
Partner
Marietta Investment Partners
CARMELIA HARRIS
Social Worker
Housing Authority with the City of Milwaukee
D'ARAUN BROWN
Founder
Crumbles Confectionery
FRAN SUTTER
Head of Sustainability
GMR Marketing
LUCAS OLIVIERI
Financial Analyst
United Community Center
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