|
Position |
Board Member |
Biography |
| President |
Kirsten Bell
(262) 695-1972
kirsten@pewaukeepto.com |
Kirsten has 2 children, David at PLE and Taylor at Horizon and is married to Mike Bell. Kirsten had been very involved as a volunteer and co-chaired the End of the Year Event in 2006 before taking on the role as President of the PTO. Kirsten graduated from UW- Whitewater with a degree in Early Childhood Exceptional Educational Needs. She currently teachers part time at WCTC in the Early Childhood department. Kirsten finds the PTO President position rewarding and feels fortunate to have this opportunity to be a part of her children's school life. She is proud of what the board has accomplished under her tenure and is grateful to have such giving volunteers who have made our PTO such a success. |
Vice-President
PLE |
Laurie Fernandez
(262) 691-8138
laurie@pewaukeepto.com |
Laurie has 3 children, Eva at PLE, Joey at Horizon and Claire at Asa Clark. Laurie graduated from UW Madison with a business degree and received her MBA from DePaul University. She works in business development for Datastore in Milwaukee. She is married to Ralph. She got involved because her family transferred into Pewaukee Public Schools from a private school and she wanted to get to know people within the school community and help make it the best school system in Waukesha county. She is very proud of the work the PTO has done and our recent award as Runner-up for National Parent Group of the Year. Getting involved is fun, you get to work with an amazing group of dedicated parents and the teachers and administration at the schools. |
Vice-President
Horizon |
Jackie Sklenar
(262) 691-9757
jackie@pewaukeepto.com |
Jackie is married to Jeff with 3 children, Jessica, Jacob, and Joe. She is a graduate of Pewaukee High School. Jackie earned a BBA - Finance at UW-Whitewater. She has held leadership positions at both Baird and Northwestern. In 1998-2001 Jackie was the first Vice President at Robert W. Baird and 2001-2002 she was Director of Investment Sales Support with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services. She also served as President of Gray Mare Preschool's Board of Directors (Member 2003-2007). In 2002, Jackie left the corporate world to be more involved in her children's lives and education. She has worked with teachers, staff, and volunteers both inside and outside the classroom. She views this position in the PTO as her next step to continue to serve our children, our school system, and our community. |
Vice-President
Asa Clark |
Debra Tuttle
(262) 695-2000
debra@pewaukeepto.com |
Debra grew up in Waukesha and graduated from U.W. Eau Claire. She received her law degree from Marquette in the late 1980s, and was a partner at Mallery & Zimmerman, S.C., - Wausau, from 1991 until semi-retirement in 2003, with the birth of Gracie and the families' move to Pewaukee. She is now four courses away from a Master's Degree in Mediation (ADR) at Marquette. Mediation has become her passion, and besides growing her practice, she hopes to help kids develop and use mediations skills to work through their own conflicts. Debra is married to Travis Tuttle, a teacher at Nicolet High School. Next fall, their son, Harrison will be a 7th grader in at ASA Clark and their daughter, Gracie, will be in the first class of Pewaukee's four-year-old kindergarten. The whole family loves all that Pewaukee has to offer, the lakes, downtown Milwaukee events, and of course, great schools! |
| Treasurer |
Brad Schlaikowski
(262) 424-3528
brad@pewaukeepto.com |
Brad and his wife Corinn have two children attending school here in Pewaukee. Xavier, 10, is at Horizon and Noah, 7, is at PLE. Our third son, Landon was born in December. The opportunity to make a difference in his childrens' education and our schools motivates him the most. Seeing the connection that the families here have encourages Brad to work toward the common goal; enhancing the overall experience. He strongly believes that one person can make a difference but, if we work together, parents, principals, teachers and even our children can make our schools better than they are today. Brad has been active in the PTO by serving as chair for the PLE End of Year event in 2007 and 2008. He was also in charge of promotions for the Kathryn Beich Fall fundraiser. |
Corresponding
Secretary |
Debbie Mistele
(262) 695-2269
debbie@pewaukeepto.com |
Debbie graduated from the University of Wisconsin -Eau Claire with a degree in Secondary Education and from Marygrove College with a Masters in Teaching. She began her teaching career in Ohio teaching high school Biology and General Science. She relocated back to Wisconsin 10 years ago to semi-retire and begin to raise her family. Debbie and her husband John have four children. Katelyn and Jake both at Horizon and Claire at PLE and Lauren who is four. Debbie became active in the PTO seven years ago when her oldest began school. She has co-chaired the End of the Year Event in 2006 and Breakfast With Santa in 2007 and 2008. She currently holds the position of Corresponding Secretary for the PTO. Debbie's passion is her love for kids and the PTO has allowed her to be actively involved with her own children's classroom, schools, and activities. She values the Pewaukee PTO and all it has to offer the parents, kids, and the schools. |
Recording
Secretary |
Cheri Schaefer
(262) 695-1822
cheri@pewaukeepto.com |
Cheri and her husband Rob have 2 girls, Lauren at PLE and Olivia at Horizon. She graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in Business. She spent 17 years at Kohls Dept Stores where she was a buyer and then moved into sales where she worked for wholesale manufacturers in the garment industry for 5 years. To better serve her family she left the corporate world in 2006 and since then has become more actively involved in volunteer work for both her church and school. Cheri has been active helping in classrooms, in the library, at PTO events, and she served as the PTO Hospitality Committee co-chair in 2007-2008. She views this role as a great way to get involved and get to know and work with the parents, principals, teachers, and administration at Pewaukee Schools. |
Website
Coordinator |
Greg Derzay
(262) 691-4934
greg@pewaukeepto.com |
Greg has three kids, Samantha, Matt, and Julia, and is married to a most amazing woman, Jean. He grew up in Milwaukee and graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee in 1989 with degrees in both Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and has spent the majority of his career at GE Healthcare in various engineering roles, leading to his current position as Software Architect. Greg has remained very active at school, helping out in classrooms, teaching website design, and as a member of the district's Technology Strategy Forum -- with hopes to make a difference if possible, but most of all because he loves being a part of his kids' lives and feels fortunate to have the opportunity. |
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