United Way Board of Directors

GOVERNANCE

Governance is provided by a sixteen member Board of Directors including a six member Executive Committee, and is comprised of local volunteers from Chippewa County and Eau Claire County. These volunteers are responsible for setting policies, budget and for overseeing the direction of the United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
		Board Chair Dale Peters City of Eau Claire				Past Board Chair Lisa Bruhn Marshfield Clinic Health System
		Treasurer Rob Ganschow Wipfli CPAs and Consultants				Campaign Chair 2016 Darrin Senn Senn Blacktop
		Community Impact Chair Don Reck Xcel Energy				Chair Elect Karen Hebert Spectrum Insurance Group
		Secretary Jan Porath United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley
BOARD MEMBERS
		Vice Chair Campaign 2017 Jan Hook Scheels (retired)				Community Impact Vice Chair Angela Weideman Chippewa County
		2nd Vice Chair Campaign 2018 Zach Schmidtknecht Great Northern Corporation				At Large Joan Coffman HSHS St Joseph's Hospital
		At Large Peter Farrow Group Health Cooperative of Eau Claire				At Large Mary Jacobson Community Volunteer
		At-Large Bruce Ommen Ayres Associates				At Large Heidi Taylor-Eliopoulos Chippewa Falls Unified School District
		Emerging Leaders Advisory Council Melissa Wait CCF Bank

United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley's governance structure is focused on leadership, accountability and transparency. Board members must possess the following key attributes: a passion for United Way’s mission and vision, a commitment to invest time as an active member, an ability and desire to take a system-wide perspective and demonstrated commitment to his/her community. Our Board is comprised of diverse volunteers who are representative of donors (large and small), corporations and sponsors, civic leaders and other stakeholders.