EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS
As part of United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley’s community impact model, the Education Advisory Council is a volunteer council made up of professionals from the academic, healthcare and human services fields. Under the facilitation of United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley, they have developed a strategic plan utilizing existing networks to achieve the goal of helping ensure that all children enter school ready to succeed.
Members:
Jennine Fox (Board Liaison)
Associate Lecturer, Management and Marketing
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Lisa Coen
Children's Nature Academy Director
University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
Shelly Collins-Fuerbringer
Deputy Director
L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
Kathleen Coppenbarger
Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Cardinal 4K
Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District
Beth Draeger
Healthy Beginnings Division Manager
Eau Claire City-County Health Department
Renee Ernsting
Director of Child Care Partnership
Western Dairyland Economic Opportunity Council, Inc.
Amanda Gearing
Birth-3 Program Coordinator
Eau Claire County Human Services
Allie Issacson, RN, BSN
Community Health Division Manager
Chippewa County Department of Public Health
Karla Halverson
Children with Differing Abilities (CWDA) Supervisor
Chippewa County Human Services
Katie Steffes
Early Childhood Education Instructor
Chippewa Valley Technical College
United Way Staff:
Billie Jo Burgraff
Community Impact Director
United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley