Board
- Patty Cadorin - M&I Corporation
- Denise Callaway - Greater Milwaukee Foundation
- Sandra Cunningham - Consultant
- Mary Dowell - Johnson Controls
- Diane Ekstrand - Aurora Health Care
- Deryl Davis Fulmer - Milwaukee Area Technical College
- Cathy Jakicic - Kalmbach Publishing Co.
- Amy Johnson - UWM College of Health Sciences
- Martha Love - Martha Love Association
- Sally Merrell - Chair, Quarles & Brady
- Renee Messing - Treasurer, Clifton Gunderson
- Mary Louise Mussoline - Milwaukee Art Museum
- Michelle Nettles - Marquette University
- Diana Redlich - HGA Architects & Engineers
- Carol Robinson - Wisconsin Credit Union League
- Maria Rodriguez - City of Milwaukee Housing Authority
- Rebecca Ryan - Next Generation Consulting, Inc.
- Anne Tidmore - M&I Investment Management Corp
- Patti Van Kampen - Mason Street Advisors
- Beth Weckmueller - UWM Department of Enrollment Services
Staff
Elaine Maly, Executive Director
Elaine has over 20 years of leadership experience in the nonprofit industry with an emphasis on women and girls. She joined the Women's Fund in 2002 with the goal of substantially increasing the endowment, increasing diversity, and evolving to a social change grantmaking platform. Elaine lead the transition to establish the Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee as a separate public foundation from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation in 2006. Elaine holds volunteer positions with the Women's Funding Network, an international association of women's funds, and the Institute for Women's Policy Research, a scientific research organization dedicated to informing and stimulating the debate on public policy issues of critical importance to women and their families. Elaine has earned a Master's Degree in Business Administration from Cardinal Stritch University and a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations from Mount Mary College. In addition, Elaine was recognized as a Woman of Influence by the Business Journal serving Greater Milwaukee in 2003 for her leadership role in the Status of Women in Wisconsin Report, for advancing diversity by the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center, as a "visionary" by Strive Media Institute in 2005, and by the Milwaukee Post Office for "Putting Her Stamp on Milwaukee" in 2006.
Robin Radler, Operations Manager
Robin joined the Women's Fund in 2005, bringing a decade of office management and human relations experience to the organization. She oversees business management, technology and finance for the Women's Fund. Robin has earned her Associate Degree in Management Development at Milwaukee Area Technical College and is completeing her B.S. in Management Information Systems at the Milwaukee School of Engineering.
LG Shanklin-Flowers, Program Manager
LG is a human resource management consultant with more than 30 years of experience. She joined the Women's Fund in 2005 to oversee the Fund's grantmaking program, and is working closely with the African American Women's Fund Project and Latinas en Accíon to further their growth. A doctoral student in Leadership for the Advancement of Learning & Service at Cardinal Stritch University, LG was a contributing writer on the 2004 Status of Women in Wisconsin Report. The Women's Funding Network chose LG in a competitive process to participate in the Women of Color International Development Incubator, an opportunity designed to accelerate the success of women of color in fundraising.
Sarah Janes , Intern
Sarah is an intern at the Women’s Fund. She graduated from UW-Eau Claire in December with a double major in Political Science and Latin American Studies. Since January, she has been assisting with a number of Women’s Fund events, such as the Annual Celebration and the Her Scholarship. Recently, Sarah was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship which will take her to Veracruz, Mexico for the 2008-2009 academic year. While there, she will explore the impact of male migration on the everyday lives of women and children who remain behind.