Executive Committee

Governance of Building Our Future

Crystal Callahan
Co-Trustee, The Callahan-Palmer Trust 

Tamarra Coleman
CEO, Racine Family YMCA

John Jansen
Director, Kenosha County Department of Human Services

Lawrence Kirby 
Vice President Community Manager, JPMorganChase

Dr. John Swallow
President, Carthage College ​

Dr. Jeff Weiss
Superintendent of Schools, Kenosha Unified School District

Nicole Ryf
President, Kenosha Area Business Alliance ​

Leadership Table

Leadership Table members set general direction of initiative and take accountability for results; provide strategic direction and oversight to the partnership; serve as strong advocates for the vision and mission of Building Our Future by sharing partnership work within their circle of influence

Osmar Aguilar
Executive Director, Youth For Christ 

Dr. Lynn Akey
Chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Parkside 

Pamela Fable
Operations Leader, Herzing University 

Crystal Callahan
CO-Trustee, The Callahan-Palmer Trust 

​Tamarra Coleman
CEO, Racine Family YMCA

Brandi Cummings 
Interim Director, Kenosha Public Library 

Gil De Las Alas
Chief Human Resources Officer, Uline 

Nick Drummer 
Director Human Resources Industrial Division, Snap-on Incorporated  

Carolynn Friesch
CEO, United Way of Kenosha County 

Nicholas Galich
Staff Vice President Administration, Froedtert South 

Destiny Garcia 
Postsecondary Student, Carthage College 

Dr. Jeff Hill
Regional President, Herzing University, Kenosha & Madison Campuses 

Yolanda Jackson-Lewis
Coordinator of Diversity/Student & Family Engagement, Kenosha Unified School District
 
​John Jansen
Director, Kenosha County Department of Human Services

Samantha Kerkman 
Kenosha County Executive

Ash Noble
Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking Johnson Financial Group ​

Patrick A. Langston II
Senior Financial Analyst, Nemera

Jake McGhee
Vice President, New Business Development & Community Engagement, Jockey International, Inc.

Jean Moran
Founding Executive Sponsor of Building Our Future 

JP Moran
President/CEO, LMI Packaging Solutions 
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Tara Panasewicz
CEO, Boys & Girls Club of Kenosha 

Dr. Ritu Raju
President, Gateway Technical College

Nicole Ryf
President, Kenosha Area Business Alliance ​

​Dr. John Swallow
President, Carthage College

Bob Terwall
Founder, Hallum Enterprises, Inc. 

Dr. Jeff Weiss
Superintendent of Schools, Kenosha Unified School District

Chris Weyker
CEO, Kenosha Achievement Center

Lawrence Kirby
Vice President Community Manager, JPMorganChase

Our Investors

Kloss Charitable Trust Foundation 
Individual donors: Jean Moran, Shirley A. Duncan, John & Cameron Swallow, Jim Hawkins, Jennie Tunkieicz, and Bryan Wright

​These dedicated funders invest in our core operations and systems strategies in order to ensure economic vitality and prosperity for all children in Kenosha County, cradle through career. 
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