Profiles for Madison Nonprofit Day

Abraham WilliamsAbraham Williams »

Founder and Organizer, Web608

Web developer in Madison, WI. Use of open and extensible technologies in simple functional designs. Web Developer, Coder, Hacker, Social Networker. Enjoys: drupal, opensource, ruby on rails, openid, oauth, php, hacking, linux, twitter, identica, microblogging, social media, google, drupal, scala, android, iphone sdk, facebook, apis.

Andrew ShellAndrew Shell »

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In August 2009, Shell returned to Madison after working for PBWorks in San Mateo, CA. He currently works for for the Gen Y career focused social network Brazen Careerist. He is a programmer. He’s big on community and organized the Madison PHP Meetup Group (group for programmers and similar minded…

Anne KatzAnne Katz »

Executive Director, Arts Wisconsin

Ms. Katz is the first executive director of Arts Wisconsin, a nonprofit statewide community arts action and development organization, whose mission is to nurture, serve, promote, and speak up for the arts in Wisconsin and all of its communities. She guides Arts Wisconsin’s programs and activities, serves Wisconsin’s diverse and…

Ben SeigelBen Seigel »

Web Designer and Consultant, exp design, llc

Counting on twelve years professional web experience, Ben handles project management, web design and development.  He specializes in the ExpressionEngine CMS, and enjoys showing clients how painless web updating can be.  In his spare time, Ben enjoys bicycling, music, comedy and travel. Seigel has been web designing and developing professionally…

Brent A. Hafele, M.A.Brent A. Hafele, M.A. »

Brent, NewDay Nonprofit Solutions

Brent Hafele, Principal Consultant/President, NewDay Nonprofit Solutions provides customized leadership solutions to help nonprofit leaders advance their organizational mission. Consulting and training services include strategic planning, board governance, executive coaching, staff/volunteer management, organization development, fund raising counsel, and editing/writing. Services are provided over the phone, by email, and in person.…

Christine Thompson, M.Div.Christine Thompson, M.Div. »

Coordinator, Personal Essentials Pantry, Zion Church ELCA, Zion Lutheran Church ELCA

Ms. Thompson has been directing the Personal Essentials Pantry since August of 2007.  She holds a Master of Divinity degree from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, where she focused on urban ministry.  Prior to that, she worked for twenty years for a research center on the UW-Madison campus. …

Claire Smith »

, FoodShare, Access Dane

David AllenDavid Allen »

Principal, Development for Conservation LLC,

David Allen is the principle for Development for Conservation LLC, a consulting business specializing in fund development for nonprofit conservation organizations. David’s background includes 25 years working in membership fundraising, major donor development, communications, and marketing. He has worked for Nature Conservancy chapters around the country and for the Sand…

Deborah BachmannDeborah Bachmann »

Tao Shiatsu Instructor, Madison Tao Sangha Center

Deborah is an instructor of Tao Shiatsu. She began studies in Tao Shiatsu with Master Ryokyu Endo and Mayu Endo in Kyoto, Japan in 1992. In 1996 she opened a Tao Shiatsu clinic in Madison, Wisconsin, USA that later became the Madison Tao Sangha Center. Through the Center she offers…

Eric HowlandEric Howland »

Executive Director, DANEnet

Eric Howland is the Executive Director of DANEnet, a local nonprofit providing information technology assistance to other nonprofits in Dane County. Eric collaborated with Randy in 2006 on the IT assessment pilot project. From 2003-2006, he worked with the e-Projects in Community Service (ePICS) course at UW-Madison to guide interdisciplinary…

Gary Messinger »

, Dane County TimeBank

Greg TarnoffGreg Tarnoff »

Interactive Media Specialist ,

Voraciously accepting the challenges the web world has presented, Greg have designed, implemented and deployed hundreds of websites across a varied field of content management systems. Additionally, he has helped develop the backend and the user interfaces for sites that serve thousands of customers a day. Direct customer interaction has…

Helen HazelmareHelen Hazelmare »

Food Pantry Coordinator, Food Pantry, Goodman Community Center

Helen Hazelmare has two consistent themes in her life: food and people. She has lived in Madison for the past ten years and became the Food Pantry Coordinator for the Goodman Community Center in January of 2009. Helen strives for Dane County quality within the GCC Food Pantry, maintaining a…

Jill JacklitzJill Jacklitz »

Executive Director, Troy Gardens

Jill Jacklitz recently joined CGW as the Executive Director. She has worked in progressive nonprofits as a direct service provider, lobbyist, and manager.  Most recently she taught social policy, community and organizational development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Social Work. 

Jim StickelsJim Stickels »

Fund Development Manager, Wisconsin Literacy, Inc.

JoAnn StormerJoAnn Stormer »

Executive Director, Leadership Wisconsin

JoAnn Stormer is Executive Director of the Leadership Wisconsin in partnership with the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension. Leadership Wisconsin is designed to strengthen communities by preparing leaders as catalysts to effectively deal with today’s changing world. The intensive two-year program is for women and men in the early stages…

Karen BasslerKaren Bassler »

Principal, Superior Nonprofits, LLC

Karen Bassler is a veteran employee of nonprofit conservation organizations, and trusted coach and consultant for nonprofit groups.  She has worked with conservation organizations on strategic planning, policies and procedures review, conservation planning, and leadership development.  She has also facilitated multi-partner collaborations among NGOs, local, state and federal agencies and…

Kevin Ciesielski »

Partner, The Bucket Brigade

Kevin Ciesielski is a 2004 graduate from the University of Wisconsin - Madison with a degree in Personal Finance. He opened his first computer consultancy out of college focusing on the small business market. He has worked with computers since 1986, when at the same time he found out what…

Laura JenningsLaura Jennings »

Director of Community Outreach, HospiceCare, Inc

Laura Jennings has worked at HospiceCare since June of 2005 and is the Director of Community Outreach, where she coordinate and supervise community outreach and education for HospiceCare Inc. She has a BS degree in Biology from the University of Nebraska, Omaha. Laura has worked in healthcare since 1986, primarily in the…

Lynn JacobsonLynn Jacobson »

Librarian, Schumacher Horticultural Library, Olbrich Gardens

Lynn is a librarian. Specifically, she has a Master’s in Library Science and has been the horticulture librarian at Olbrich Botanical Gardens since 2001.  A Master Gardener, she’s available to answer your plant and gardening questions as part of Olbrich Garden’s Garden Answer Service. Lynn’s prior library positions include research…

Megan CainMegan Cain »

Madison FarmWorks Manager, Community Groundworks, Troy Gardens and East High School

Megan Cain started the Kids’ Garden at Troy Gardens in 2003. She managed the garden and worked with the many children who visited it until 2005. She is now the program manager for Community GroundWorks where she brings her business planning skills to play with her gardening skills.

Melanie SchmidtMelanie Schmidt »

Principal, Timpano Consulting

Melanie Schmidt, principal of Timpano Consulting, brings over 16 years experience working with Boards of Directors and organizational leaders to connect the dots between strategy, systems and people. In recent years, her consultative coaching has been instrumental in helping to refocus organizations, recharge stakeholders, structure organizational change, build stronger brands…

Neil GoodmanNeil Goodman »

Developer, DANEnet

I am a full-time student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a part-time web developer for DANEnet. I have been involved with DANEnet for the past four years and have been developing web technologies for the past two years.  At DANEnet we strive to bring low-cost technology solutions of all…

Patricia O’KanePatricia O’Kane »

, Wild Warner Park

O’Kane is a Ph.D. student in environment and resources at the Gaylord Nelson Institute of UW-Madison. She researches birds that migrate between Madison and Central America.

Rebecca LorimerRebecca Lorimer »

Instructor, Writing Food, UW Madison Humanities Exchange (UW HEX)

Rebecca Lorimer is a second-year Ph.D. student in Composition and Rhetoric. She received a BA in Creative Writing from University of Southern California and an M.A. in English Composition from San Francisco State University. She has taught writing and ESL in San Francisco, Mexico, and Ecuador, and now teaches English…

Richard S. Russell »

FileMaker Database Developer,

Richard S. Russell has been developing FMP databases for nonprofit organizations in the Madison area for over a decade. He'll discuss advantages and pitfalls, do some brief demos, answer questions, and make available a free CD that contains a simple but fairly powerful database program that you can put to…

Roberta Sladky »

Director, Olbrich Botanical Gardens

Roberta Sladky, Director of Olbrich Botanical Gardens since 2006, has 30 years of experience in plants and public horticulture. Prior to coming to Olbrich, Sladky was conservatory manager at the Marjorie McNeeley Conservatory at Como Park in St. Paul, Minnesota from 1984–2005, and horticulture curator for the Minnesota Zoo in…

Twink Jan-McMahonTwink Jan-McMahon »

, Sustainable Atwood

I grew up in California and learned the value of trees as I saw them disappear from a once lush landscape only to be replaced by economic “development.”  I am working for a new fiscal economy, the value of which is relative to the social and ecological health of the…