The 2008-2009 Board Members
President
Susan Coyle susan.coyle@gmail.com 967-9373
Susan moved to Milwaukee from Worthington, Ohio, with her husband James and son Henry in May 2006. After two great months living downtown, they moved into their home in Whitefish Bay, where Susan is a stay-at-home mom to Henry and the Milwaukee addition to the family, Leo. Susan previously worked as a civil engineer and is from Centerville, Ohio. James is a civil engineer as well and is from Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.
President-Elect
Kellie Freeze
In March of 2008, Kellie MacDonald Freeze and Scott Freeze moved to Fox Point from Southern California, where Kellie was a television producer and Scott worked in the mortgage industry. Scott currently works in the healthcare field and Kellie stays home with 2 year-old Connor and newborn Grant. Both Kellie and Scott are originally from Chicago and are happy to raise their family on Milwaukee's Northshore, where they have met many wonderful friends!
Treasurer
Anna Malin
Anna and Rich live in Whitefish Bay with their daughters Ally (2 yrs. 9 mos.) and Kailey (10 months) and their "very independent" cat Ginger. Anna moved from Northbrook, Illinois and prior to that Boston, Massachusetts, but was born in Milwaukee. Rich moved from Modesto, California and was born in Genoa, Wisconsin. Rich works as an Assistant Controller for an intermediate food manufacturer. Anna used to work for a Healthcare company managing their new customer implementations and E-Business departments, but is currently enjoying her "home mom" status.
Recording Secretary
Bridget Carlson
Bridget and Dan moved to Fox Point, WI in 2007 from Chicago. Bridget is the mom of two great kids, Greta (3) and Miles (1.5) and fills her spare time being the Director of Marketing & Promotions for Ashland Addison Florist Co. in Chicago. Dan is an Account Executive at FOX 6 WITI. Both are Marquette University graduates who love Milwaukee.
Advisor
Jane Ford janer1975@gmail.com 540-4155
Jane Ford moved to Fox Point in the Fall of 2005, with her husband Bill. They have 3 boys: Jack in K5, Ryan in preschool at the JCC, and Walker. Jane is a general dentist in Kenosha with a practice limited to children. She has served on the board the previous 2 years.
Advertising
Alexis Ruzell alexis.ruzell@cbexchange.com 262-240-0617
Alexis moved to Milwaukee (and is loving it!) in 2001 from New York. She, and her husband Vadim are both originally from in Odessa, Ukraine and have a 5 year old boy, Natey. Alexis is passionate about travel, architecture, construction & real estate.
Baked Goods for Babies
Nora Klee
Nora and Dave Klee moved from Boston to Milwaukee in January 2008 when Dave assumed a new role in sales and marketing at Johnson Controls. Approximately one month later their son, Harrison, was born. Nora now serves as managing director of the Klee household, an independent consultant with Arbonne International, a national volunteer with Chi Omega women's fraternity, and a member of the Jr. League. Dave is originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan and Nora is a 5th-generation Floridian. Thanks to NSNC, they've had the opportunity to meet loads of wonderful people and make new friends!
Book Club
Paula Wheeler paula@pkwcomm.com 906-8575
& Eilis Fitzpatrick eilisfitzp@hotmail.com, 414 828 5239
Paula lives in Shorewood with her husband, son, and daughter. She and her family moved to Shorewood in 2006 from Chicago and immediately joined NSNC. She has hosted playgroups and helped out with the Gourmet Group Party as well as serving as Membership Chair. Paula works part-time as a marketing writer and is also involved with the Shorewood School District and St. Mark's Episcopal Church.
Eilis lives on the East side of Milwaukee with her husband Daniel and her children Aoibhe (3) and Ciara (1). Eilis and Daniel moved to US 7 years ago from London and came to WI after 2 years in Boston. Eilis is originally from Dublin, Ireland and Daniel is from Brisbane, Australia. Eilis works part time as an ER nurse, loves it!
Bunco
Bryna Dulmes bdulmes@yahoo.com 347-9933
& Cathie Torinus coerper1@yahoo.com 228-2690
Bryna and her husband John moved from Chicago to the Eastside of Milwaukee in 2002. Bryna has also lived in Minneapolis, MN and grew up in State College, PA and Fargo, ND. John grew up in Shorewood and is a commercial real estate broker at Siegel-Gallagher. Before becoming a stay-at-home Mom to Meaghan and Kacey, Bryna worked in the International Purchasing/Freight Forwarding/Customs Compliance fields.
Cathie is originally from Shorewood, Wi, and my husband, Sean is from West Bend, Wi. We moved back to the United States in 2004 after spending 5 years on an ex-patriot assignment in Queretaro, Mexico. We have 3 children (Jack 4yrs, Sophia 2 yr, and Michael 3 month), and currently reside in Fox Point. Cathie spends her time as a happy, stay-at-home mom.
Couples Night
Heather Nill
& Jennifer Friehe
Heather grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and her husband Bryan is from Mequon. They live in Whitefish Bay with their kids Julia (3) and Tyler (2) and their Cocker Spaniel, Sadie. Heather is a Business Banking Officer with National City Bank and Bryan is a Wealth Management Banker with Merrill Lynch.
Jennifer and her husband Michael both grew up in Wisconsin and moved to Whitefish Bay in 2003. Jennifer is an optometrist practicing part-time since she became a mom to Lauren in 2007.
Community Events
Niki Kremer nkremer@sbcglobal.net 962-3697
Niki & her husband Mark moved to Shorewood in October 2006 from Chicago. Niki is orginally from Winston Salem, NC and Mark from Cleveland, OH. Niki maintained her Corporate Travel Counselor position in Chicago and now telecommutes; Mark is the Engineering Manager for EMD Crop Bioscience in Milwaukee. They have two children Jack (4.5) & Addison (2).
Gourmet Group
Leah Schneider schneider_la@yahoo.com 559-4397
Leah grew up in Oshkosh, and her husband Derek is from Sheboygan Falls. They moved to Whitefish Bay in 2005 after living in North Carolina. Leah is a stay-at-home mom to Ben and Ty as well as their doggie, Augie. Leah was a chemical engineer in the paper industry and in beauty care. Derek is an emergency medicine physician.
How To
Shannon Mulvihill mulvihill.shannon@millercoors.com 917-330-9564
& Maria Mattera mariastoeckl@hotmail.com 414-810-3065
Shannon and her husband Tim, moved to Milwaukee in 2004, after living in NYC for 6 years. Shannon is originally from Florida and Tim from Chicago. Shannon is the Intern Program Manager at MillerCoors. They currently live in the Third Ward.
Maria grew up in Mequon, and her husband, Joe, is from New York. After many years of living on the East Coast (NYC, Boston, and DC), they moved back to Milwaukee in 2006, and currently live in WFB. Joe is an attorney with Kohler Co, and Maria continues to work out of her home office for her Washington DC employer, United BioSource Corporation, as a healthcare consultant. They are excited to welcome their first child in October 2009.
Ladies Night Out
Kellie Freeze
& Jackie Stolze jaclynstolze@gmail.com 967-4894
In March of 2008, Kellie MacDonald Freeze and Scott Freeze moved to Fox Point from Southern California, where Kellie was a television producer and Scott worked in the mortgage industry. Scott currently works in the healthcare field and Kellie stays home with 2 year-old Connor and newborn Grant. Both Kellie and Scott are originally from Chicago and are happy to raise their family on Milwaukee's Northshore, where they have met many wonderful friends!
Jackie and her husband Mike moved to Whitefish Bay from Austin, TX in 2006. They have a toddler boy named Brady. Jackie grew up in Madison and has also lived in Chicago. Before becoming a stay-at-home mom, Jackie worked as a corporate insurance underwriter.
Mailing
Sara Frieder
Sara and her husband Dave moved to Whitefish Bay in the fall of 2006 from the east side of Milwaukee. Sara grew up in Brookfield and Dave grew up in New Berlin. Dave is the Director of Sales for the Corporate Payment Systems division of U.S. Bank., and Sara is a stay-at-home mom of their two children: Abby (2) and George (9 mo).
Membership
Kate Hammel katetarpey@hotmail.com 231.9457
Kate, her husband Jeff and two daughters, Annie and Neve moved to Wisconsin from the Chicago area almost three years ago. They recently moved to Whitefish Bay from Brookfield. Kate works part-time as a Finance Manager at the Adult Learning Center in Milwaukee and Jeff is a Plant Manager at Patrick Cudahy. The whole family loves living in the Milwaukee area and spends afternoons and weekends exploring and looking for fun family adventures.
Men’s Night Out
Kirk Wiskus kirk_wiskus@yahoo.com 414-469-4850.
Julie is originally from Chicago and Kirk from the Madison-area. They both moved to Milwaukee in 1997. They have lived in their home in Shorewood since 2002. Julie is a Services Marketing Manager at GE Healthcare and Kirk is an Account Manager at CA - an IT management software provider.
Newsletter
Kate Dengel
Kate moved to Milwaukee from Massachusetts in 2007 when she married her husband F.R., a Fox Point native. Kate and F.R. live in Fox Point with their daughter Abigail. Kate is a former middle-school history teacher but she is now a stay-at-home mom.
Playgroup
Julie Hause jahause@hotmail.com 414-906-8856
& Jennifer Slator
Julie and her husband Brad moved to Whitefish Bay in 2006 from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Both Julie and Brad are originally from
London, Ontario, Canada. Prior to being a stay-at-home mom to Corbin, age 20 months, Julie worked in communications in the financial services sector. Brad is a senior brand manager at SC Johnson in Racine, WI.
Pre-Walker Group
Claudine Ng Bested Claudine.ngbested@gmail.com 455-3673
Claudine and her husband, Soren, moved to Glendale from London, United Kingdom in 2008 after Soren assumed the position of Chief Operating Officer at Monitise Americas. They have newborn twins Shawn and Brooke. Claudine grew up in Singapore and has also lived in Perth, Australia and Geneva, Switzerland. Being the Co-founder of Nimbus International, Claudine continues to be involved in the Human Resource company while being at home with the twins.
Philanthropy
Angie McMonigal ammcmonigal@yahoo.com, 414-967-9209
Angie and her husband Brady moved to Shorewood in March of 2008 after 8 years in Chicago. Both are originally from central Wisconsin. Angie is currently a stay-at-home mom to 2 year old daughter Avery, a part-time photographer and involved in the Junior League. Brady works in Commercial Banking for Wells Fargo and serves on the Shorewood Plan Commission.
Progressive
Jane Ford janer1975@gmail.com 540-4155
Jane Ford moved to Fox Point in the Fall of 2005, with her husband Bill. They have 3 boys: Jack in K5, Ryan in preschool at the JCC, and Walker. Jane is a general dentist in Kenosha with a practice limited to children. She has served on the board the previous 2 years.
Weekend Playgroup
Board spot still vacant.
Website
Kendra Walther kendra@newdream.net 240-460-0833
Kendra and her husband Andy moved to Shorewood in 2007 after living in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. Kendra is originally from Wisconsin and Andy is originally from North Carolina. While they were both at one time computer scientists, Kendra is now a stay-at-home mom to Bryce (age 2) and baby Eridani (born May 2009), and Andy is an engineer-type/project manager for The Aerospace Corporation (in Los Angeles).
