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Barbara M. Bechtel - Chair - has been active in public health and advocacy for over 60 years.
Barbara is past president of Wisconsin School Health Association and past vice president of the Wisconsin Public Health Association. She serves on the Commission on Aging's advocacy committee and wellness council. She has also been on the advisory council of Horizon Home Care and Hospice and has served on the board of North Shore Board of Health and the facilities study committee for the Brown Deer school district.
She is a graduate of Mt. Sinai School of Nursing, Marquette University School of Nursing, Brown Deer police academy and both the Wisconsin and Milwaukee County senior statesman programs. In 1973 she founded the Brown Deer senior citizens club and has served as a volunteer for the Milwaukee County senior meal program, Brown Deer Historical Society, Brown Deer Recreation Department and North Shore Board of Health.
Her honors include Brown Deer citizen of the year, Milwaukee County Public Health Nurse of the Year, the Wisconsin Public
Health Basic Prevention Award and recognition in the Milwaukee County Senior Citizen Hall of Fame.
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Mattie Payne - Vice Chair - is the manager of the Senior Companion program at Milwaukee’s Social Development Commission (SDC).
The Senior Companions Program helps homebound, isolated seniors remain in their own homes and avoid moving to institutionalized settings by linking them to other, income eligible seniors aged 55+ who receive a small stipend for volunteering with light household tasks, shopping, reading & writing, and transportation needs. They provide escorts on walks, outings and medical appointments and they provide respite to live in caregivers. Above all else Senior Companions provide the friendship many of our elderly are missing in their lives.
Senior Companions received the Program of the Year award from the Milwaukee Aging Consortium and the Governor's Community Service Award for Effective Practices in a statewide competition. The program has also been honored by the National Senior Corps Association. SDC’s Senior Companion Program was one of only two Senior Companion programs honored in the Associations 2010 Innovative Practices competition.
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Judith Troestler - Secretary is a proud retired member of the U.A.W. She retired from Delco electronics where she was a lab technician for quality assurance, an assembly technician in the cardiac pacemaker department and a journeyman electronics technician for test equipment construction.
She is a volunteer driver for the non partisan "Operation Big Vote" that assures the blind and disabled have access to their local polling places. She is also chief poll inspector for 5 polling places in the South Shore area of the city of Milwaukee,
A graduate of MATC with courses in Electrical Technology and Computer Science. Judith has also completed both county and state level senior statesman classes.
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Marina Dimitrijevic was elected County Supervisor for the 4th District in 2004 and was re-elected in 2008.
She is an active member in over 30 civic organizations in her district and has been appointed to serve on the City of Milwaukee's Housing Trust Fund Task Force. Once a month she holds a town hall meeting at the OASIS senior center that serves as a forum for senior voices in the community. As a policy maker, she has fought for working families and environmental sustainability.
She is an honors graduate of Marquette University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Spanish.
Supervisor Dimitrijevic's Milwaukee County Board responsibilities include serving as Vice-Chairperson of the Health and Human Needs Committee and membership on the Intergovernmental Relations Committee, the Parks Energy and Environment Committee and the Transportation, Public Works and Transit Committee.
She serves as the Supervisory Delegate to the Commission on Aging.
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Brenda J. Doxtator retired from work at the fiscal office of Spotted Eagle Inc. formerly known as the Milwaukee Area Indian Manpower Council.
Brenda has been active in Milwaukee’s Native American community for over 35 years. She is past treasurer and fundraiser for United Indians of Milwaukee, a former board member of Indian community school and she worked with Indian Council of the elderly as a bookkeeper. She also has a long history of advocacy and action with Milwaukee’s Native American Community. She is a board member of the Indian Council of the Elderly and served as chair for 2 years.
She is a past board member of the Siggenauk Interfaith Center, the YWCA and presently serves on the board of the Lutheran Church of the Great Spirit. Brenda also served on the Committee for Project Hold and Second Chance at Milwaukee Area Technical College.
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Frank R. Gonzales Jr. has been a community activist and advocate for over 60 years.
He was one of the first Latinos to attend a national political convention and co-founder of Bruce Guadalupe School where he was active in fund raising. Frank has over 40 years of involvement with the Social Development Commission, starting with development of area councils in the mid 1960s. He is past president of Walkers Point Development Council and served on that council for 21 years. He chairs the Department on Aging's Adcocacy Committee.
He attended MATC and UWM and was appointed by the mayor to the Citizen Advisory Council for Community Development Block Grants where he served as chair for 2 years.
Frank volunteers for Mexican Fiesta, Headstart community policy committee and South Side National Night Out Committee. He also serves on the board of directors for the Mitchell park 4th of July committee and has been the talent contest master of ceremonies for 23 years.
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Casper T. Green has been contributing his numerous skills and abilities to Milwaukee County since retiring from his job as an International Representative for the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers in 1994.
He attended UW and UWM with studies in labor law and also took courses in voice at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music.
Casper volunteers extensively for the City of Franklin; sitting on the personnel committee and the negotiations committee.
He is also an active senior meal program volunteer and helped to plan the City's 50th anniversary celebration.
Casper is a member of the Milwaukee County Senior Citizen Hall of Fame and a Golden Idol talent competition grand prize winner.
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Viola (Vi) Hawkins retired from the City of Milwaukee Housing Authority as a Supportive Services Coordinator Supervisor. She also worked at a Milwaukee Health Care Center as an Intake Specialist in the WIC program.
Vi graduated from MATC with a Business Administration Management Degree. She attended UWM Milwaukee for Community Education Classes and participated in leadership training from the National Center for Economic and Community Development.
Her Volunteer service includes the Red Cross, Friends of Dineen Park, L.P. Lutheran Church and the Institute for Future Wisconsin.
Vi is a member of the Jazzy Jewels Dance Troupe, grand prize winner of Milwaukee County's Golden Idol Talent competition, a member of the Milwaukee County Senior Citizen Hall of Fame, a member of Wisconsin State Aging Advisory Committee, and a member of the Milwaukee Buck's Basketball Seniorgee Dance group.
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Eileen T. Hayes is the COO/Administrator of Lutheran Home, Inc., located in Wauwatosa where she is responsible for Skilled Care operations, specifically the clinical care of clients in rehabilitation and residents in long term care
Eileen is a graduate of Carroll Columbia College School of Nursing and has State licensure as a Registered Nurse. She serves on the Senior Commission of the City of Wauwatosa.
She has been recognized with induction into the Columbia College Nursing Hall of Fame and as a Nursing Alumnus Honoree of MATC.
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Alvin C. Hill Jr. is the Director of Diversity and Cultural Competence at Milwaukee Center For Independence where he focuses on agency wide collaboration, leadership development, diversity strategies and implementation of diversity programs.
His skills include analyzing and resolving conflicts and using communication and relationship building to establish and maintain cooperative rapport in all organization levels.
Alvin graduated from MATC where he earned an AAS in marketing. He has also attended U.W. Milwaukee and the Department of Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute.
He has worked in Fund Development, Human Resources, as a manager of diversity recruitment and served in the Wisconsin Army National Guard.
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Lynnea Katz-Petted is the Executive Director of Building Together Milwaukee. She has 18 years of experience in corporate/non-profit management, financial services, marketing and sales. She also has training in performance improvement, organizational development and coaching.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business management from Alverno college, is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and a registered compensation and financial planner with a mutual funds investment license.
She serves on the board of Community Advocates and has worked with the Nonprofit/volunteer center, Milwaukee Center for Independence and other community groups.
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Sr. Edna Lonergan, OSF is the founder and president St Ann Center for Intergenerational Care; a community based day services center for children, older adults and people with disabilities. She leads local, national and international advocacy efforts to better the lives of the underserved, chairs the Intergenerational Council and is founder of Milwaukee community service bank.
Sr. Edna served as adviser to the Kennedy Committee and Alverno Life Care Community Projects for adult developmentally disabled. She was a delegate to the People to People Ambassador program in China; where she presented the multi generational concept of adult day care at the world assembly on aging.
She received certification as an LPN from the Sacred Heart School of Nursing in Milwaukee and is a Graduate of Mt. Mary College and North Texas State University.
Her many memberships include Wisconsin Adult Day Care Association, Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Association, the National Council on Aging, Milwaukee Aging Consortium and the Rotary Club of Milwaukee.
Sr. Edna has received many awards and recognitions from numerous organizations including Interfaith, Wisconsin Alliance of Retired Americans, Grantmakers in Aging, Milwaukee Common Council, Milwaukee County, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare and the White House Conference on Aging.
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Sandra Richins has been involved in promoting quality of life for seniors and families for over 30 years.
Sandra has a Bachelors degree in Social Work from Iowa State University and has worked in a variety of social service oriented positions with persons of diverse backgrounds. She worked for many years with incarcerated adults, helping them reintegrate into the community. She retired in 2002.
Her volunteer service includes work at the Hart Park senior center, Courtyard Apartments and St Joseph Catholic Church.
Sandra also serves as Vice Chairman of the Department on Aging Nutrition Council and is an active member of the Commission on Aging Wellness Committee.
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Arnoldo Sevilla has held a variety of positions in community development and education. He served as an assistant in the Neighborhood Development project at United Community Center, as Administrative Specialist to the City of Milwaukee Department of City Development/Neighborhood Services, as Community Relations Analyst to the City of Milwaukee Commission on Community Relations and at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee as field supervisor for a study on migrant worker needs in health and education.
He has served on the boards of United Community Center, the Latin Council of Wisconsin and as President of the Board of the Council for the Spanish Speaking.
Arnoldo is a graduate of the national teachers college in Mexico City, and the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
He was named Hispanic man of the year by United Migrant Opportunity Services.
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Judith Strauss is Vice president of programs at Jewish Family Services where she develops older adult programs and provides staff support to board committees and the general board.
She is a graduate of UW and UWM and a licensed professional counselor.
Judith has clinical experience in private practice psychotherapy and has been a vocational counselor for goodwill SEW. She also worked as a social worker at Neighborhood House Inc. Milwaukee
She is past chair and present board member of Mental Health Association of Milwaukee and served as peer reviewer on the council on accreditation. She also Chairs the Service Delivery Committee.
She received the Mel Zaret Award as outstanding Jewish communal worker and the Most Innovative Program award from the National Association of Jewish Family and Children’s Services Agencies.
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Shirley Warren is an advocate for quality of life, good jobs and livable neighborhoods for seniors in Milwaukee County. She is program director at Genesis Supportive Living Service, an agency that provides supportive services, escorts, companions and personal care services to adults.
Shirley worked for the Milwaukee Urban League’s Seniors in Community Service programs, enrolling seniors in the program, counseling them about employment opportunities and setting up employment training for older adults. She was also a co-facilitator of Second Time Around, a group of grandparents raising grandchildren. She Chairs the Resource Center Oversight Committee.
Shirley is a member of the Black Women’s Network, Wisconsin Women of Color, Mount Zion Baptist Church, Halyard Park Community Organization and Churchwomen United.
She also serves as a board member for the Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin and the Northcott Neighborhood Center.
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Gwen T. Jackson - Commissioner Emeritus has been referred to as one of the most influential African American women of Milwaukee in our time. Her service to the community has spanned over 50 years. She has and continues to serve on numerous non-profit boards.
A seasoned business executive, Gwen was one of the first African American women to become a corporate vice president in Milwaukee. She served as national chair for Red Cross volunteers and on the Red Cross National Board of governors. She holds an appointment as chair emeritus of the American Red Cross Milwaukee chapter. In 2010 the County Executive appointed Gwen commissioner emeritus to the Commission on Aging.
She has also been an influential voice on numerous other boards including, the YWCA, and the United Way, Girl Scouts and Volunteer Center of Greater Milwaukee. She has served on the State Medical and Dentistry examining boards, the board of Curative Rehabilitation Center, the Planning Council for Health and Human services, Milwaukee Health Consultants, the Federation of State Medical Boards, Milwaukee Public Schools, the Metro Milwaukee Alliance, the Art Museum, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Next Door Foundation, Silver Spring Neighborhood Association, Milwaukee Youth commission, St. Francis Children’s Center and more.
Gwen’s many memberships include the NAACP, Milwaukee Urban league, YWCA and YMCA, Milwaukee Management Support Organization and the American Society for Training and Development.
She has been recognized locally and nationally by the Urban League, United Way, American Red Cross, YMCA, Black Women's Network, the NAACP, Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors, Mount Mary College, And the State of Wisconsin. She is a member of the Milwaukee County Senior citizen hall of fame, and she has had both a senior housing complex and an elementary school named in her honor.
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