EF Board of Directors
Our Education Foundation promotes the foodservice industry as a professional career path and provides quality training and education for current and future leaders. Meet our talented group of individuals who make up the Education Foundation's Board of Directors.
BRYON COLEMAN
Chair of the Board Jones Dairy Farm - Ft. Atkinson |
MAGGIE KAUER
Chair-Elect Culvers - Little Chute |
JOANNE PALZKILL
Treasurer Draganetti’s & Za51 - Eau Claire |
KRISTINE HILLMER, CAE
WRA President and CEO |
ERIN VRANAS
WRA Chair of the Board Parthenon Gyros - Madison |
TOM ANDERSON
Immediate Past Chair Buck & Honeys - Sun Prairie |
MICHAEL CARBIENER
Executive Committee Sand Valley Resort |
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Executive Committee TBA |
EF Board of DirectorsMike Balistrieri
Fox Valley Technical College Michael Bernard Ecolab Todd Bernhardt Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP - Madison Aaron Bickham Bartolotta’s Restaurants - Milwaukee Tracy Broekman Lowlands Group - Milwaukee Susan Bulgrin Culver’s - Madison Barkha Daily The Cheel - Thiensville Ryan Demers Pewaukee High School - Pewaukee Suzanne Fanning Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin - Madison Kristal Gerdes UW Stout Amanda Jabs Food Fight John Johnson Madison College - Madison Luis Melendez La Taqueria Klaus Nitsch Geronimo Hospitality Group Michael Pacovsky The Pfister Hotel Adam Price Sysco - Jackson Hakim Salaam Blackhawk Technical College Michael Sitte Milwaukee Area Technical College - Milwaukee Tammy Vaassen Wisconsin Beef Council - Madison Amy Wimmer The Del-Bar - Wisconsin Dells |
EF Honorary DirectorsJoe Anderson
Anderson Foodservice Solutions - Waukesha Lawrence Skip Avery, CCM, CCE Middleton Keith Blew Madison Kathleen Cullen Wisconsin Technical College System - Madison Lea Culver Culver Foundation - Prairie du Sac Steve Davis, FMP Oshkosh Larry Deutsch The Vollrath Co., LLC - Stoughton Mac Dorn Culver's - Johnson Creek Vicki Mendham Nicolet Area Tech College - Rhinelander Mike Pitzo, FMP Polecat & Lace - Minocqua David Ross IDM Hospitality - Monona Steve Schilling Dousman R.C. Schroeder, Jr. Fox Valley Technical College - Appleton Scott Schupbach Gordon Food Service - Kenosha Russell Tronsen Beaver Dam High School - Beaver Dam Mike Tsuchihashi Waterford High School - Waterford |
EF Directors EmeritusTim Craft
WE Energies - Milwaukee Jeff Igel Fox Valley Technical College - Appleton Dorothy Klemmer Greenfield George Krug Brookfield Ward Torke Torke Coffee Roasting Company - Sheboygan Linda Wilke Hartford |
"Thank you for the honor to serve as chair and I am so proud to be part of such a great organization filled with amazingly talented, generous and inspiring people! The WRA Education Foundation’s mission to assist in the advancement and development of the next generation of young leaders in our industry through the ProStart and scholarship programs is one of the most gratifying things I have done in my career. I am looking forward to continuing these good works, with all of the members of this board!"
