Dane County Timebank, Inc.
Board of Directors

DIANE BROWN
Communications and Events Manager
Association of State Floodplain Managers

I have lived by Warner Park for 23 years, intentionally choosing the Northside over other Madison neighborhoods when we bought our home in 1985. My son was raised through Mendota Elementary, Sherman Middle, and East High, where I made it a priority at all three schools to help improve the quality of programs and communication with parents. I've enjoyed serving on Dane County TimeBank's Northside Kitchen Cabinet the past two years, and was elected to the DCTB Board of Directors this winter. I look forward to continuing to serve as a liaison between the two, as well as helping with the International TB Conference again when it comes back to Madison in 2009. I am also the current President of Sherman Neighborhood Association. Always active in the community and my church, my life philosophy echoes that of Sir Winston Churchill, "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give."

DOROTHY CONNIFF - Co-Vice President
Dorothy Conniff was born in Lubbock Texas 63 years ago. Like many she left Lubbock at the first opportunity. During and after college, she lived and traveled in Mexico, Spain, France and the Middle East. She is currently trying to recover her Spanish. Her favorite job and first love is working with young children. She was the director of Children's House, an East side child care center for a few years before taking the job as the City of Madison's first child care specialist. She worked for the city for 30 years, retiring last September as the Director of Community Services. She helped start a few coops in earlier times: two child care coops,a collective household, the Mifflin Street Coop, and a food buying cooperative. The Time Bank appeals to the basic things she believes in: equity, cooperative work, common sense.

SANDY NELSON - Co-Vice President
Nelson was born on August 24, 1958. Nelson loves to fly and reads everything she can get her hands on about NASA. Every year Nelson volunteer sto work at the triangle ethnic fest. Nelson helps with security and is their consultant for the weather. Nelson has a table at the event and Nelson displays all her pictures and information about NASA. Nelson also gets pins buttons and pencils and other items from the local Air Force And gives these items out at the ethnic fest.
Nelson also does work at the Bayview Foundation, helping out at the front desk and working wherever needed. Her official title is "supervisor of parking permits."
Nelson is a weather spotter and lovs to read about the weather and prides herself on the knowledge she has about the weather. Every year Nelson gives presentations at Brittingham on tornado awareness. Nelson does her best to keep the neighborhood informed about the weather and what they should do if the weather goes nasty.
Nelson has several other volunteer jobs. Nelson helps during the holidays serving meals. Nelson thinks that volunteering is very important and we all should all help where we can.

JANE LAUENGCO - Treasurer
Jane is a Madison native and currently resides on Madison's Eastside. She is an active volunteer with church and school tutoring activities. Jane also has 13 years' experience helping individuals with their financial issues including but not limited to achieving retirement debt reduction, tax planning and teaching the rule of 72. Jane spends several hours during the first quarter of each year preparing income taxes professionally.

In her free time, Jane enjoys hockey games and anything that involves numbers and budgeting.

EMILY STEINWEHE - Secretary
Naturalist, Aldo Leopold Nature Center

Emily is an experienced Timebank member-coordinator who is helping the East side Kitchen Cabinet get started. Emily has been involved in leadership roles within the Dane County Timebank for years now. She coordinates the activities at the Northside Farmer's Market. And, she is a resident of the Eken Park neighborhood. esteinwehe@gmail.com

PRESTON AUSTIN

RICK BROOKS
Outreach Program Manager
Department of Professional Development and Applied Studies, UW-Madison

Rick Brooks is Outreach Program Manager in the Department of Professional Development and Applied Studies, UW-Madison. Director of the Health Promotion Project, he is also on the board of Wisconsin SHARE, and Wisconsin Partners for SustainAbility. He is co-founder of the Dane County Buy Local Initiative and Community Food and Gardening Network. Rick is an instructor in e Projects in Community Service, a cross-disciplinary course in the School of Engineering. He also teaches "Facilitating Health and Social Change" in the Division of Continuing Studies.

RON CHANCE
Community Programs Manager
Dane County Department of Human Services

Ron Chance is currently a Community Programs Manager at Dane County Human Services overseeing the Joining Forces for Families initiative, one of the largest community-based health and human services collaboratives in the United States. Prior to this, he was the first facilitator of the Northside Planning Council and Project Director of the National Youth Gang Project sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice and located at the University of Chicago. The National Youth Gang Project's purpose was to develop community approaches and technical assistance materials for communities addressing issues of youth gang violence. Five comprehensive community approaches to gang violence were implemented around the U.S. based on this work. Additionally, he has worked as an administrator in the non-profit sector and with the U.S. Peace Corps in Philadephia and Washington D.C. He served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Kingdom of Nepal as a teacher. He has a Masters Degree from the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago and a Bachelors Degree in International Studies from Bradley University.

LINDA FARMER
Central Madison Kitchen Cabinet Representative

REBECCA KEMBLE
North Madison Kitchen Cabinet Representative

GAIL LUCAS
Member at Large

Gail E. Lucas brings a wide variety of experience to the Time Bank board. She grew up in Michigan next to the Manistee National Forest. She was in Outward Bound in High School. "I have always been an environmentalist," Gail said.
Gail attended Ferris State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice. She then went to Officer Candidate School for the US Coast Guard in Yorktown, VA. After graduating she served on two 378 ft cutters, one in Hawaii and one in Alameda (San Francisco Bay area). Gail frequently traveled to Alaska and all over the Pacific Ocean. "Deadliest Catch" on TV pretty well shows what being in the Coast Guard was like," Gail said. Gail also served on the Admiral's staff in Current Operations for the Pacific area.
After her term of duty expired, Gail went to Law School at McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, CA. She was able to become involved in local and state politics. "I went to the Willie Brown school of government," she joked.

CHERI MAPLES
Board President Emeritus

Currently, Cheri runs THE CENTER FOR MINDFULNESS & JUSTICE. She leads mindfulness retreats and classes and eforrts on how to incorporate timebanking with prison education and reintegration. She also does workshops, keynote speeches, and organizational training and consulting on a wide variety of topics, and serves as a spiritual life coach.
In 2008, Cheri Maples was ordained as a Dharma Teacher by Zen master & peace activist, Thich Nhat Hanh. Cheri worked in the criminal justice profession for 25 years and has extensive experience as a community organizer and a social justice advocate. She has incorporated all these experiences into her understanding and teaching of how to organize and work effectively for social justice and her practice of engaged Buddhism.
In March 2007, Cheri Maples completed her tenure as Assistant Attorney General for the Wisconsin Dept. of Justice under the leadership of then-Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager. Prior to accepting that post Maples was the top administrator in the Division of Community Corrections for the State of Wisconsin, in charge of the entire Probation and Parole functoin. Previously, Maples was a police officer for 20 years with the Madison Police Department where she served as a Patrol Officer, a Training Officer, a Sergeant, a Lieutenant in charge of the night shift, a Patrol Lieutenant, a Detective Lieutenant, and the Captain of Personnel and Training.
Before becoming a police officer, Maples worked as a community organizer. In that capacity, she worked extensively in neighborhood centers, a deferred prosecution program, in domestic violence programs, and was the first Director of the Wisconsin Coalition against Domestic Violence.
Maples has a J.D. and a M.S.S.W. from UW- Madison. She is currently a licensed attorney and a licensed clinical social worker in the State of Wisconsin.

LINDA NEWMAN
Liaison, Madison Area Urban Ministry

Linda Newman is a new board member. She is currently vice-president of the Board at Madison Area Urban Ministry (MUM), where she also volunteers in the Circles of Support program. She is excited to be part of the board at Timebank where she knows she has a lot to learn! She retired from UW Madison in 2007 where she worked for many years as an academic advisor. She is a graduate student in Religious Studies at Edgewood College and recently went back to work part time at UW-Madison.

SELENA PETTIGREW
Allied Allies Kitchen Cabinet Representative

RICK PETZKE
Representative, Stoughton-Oregon Area Timebank

Rick Petzke is active in the Stoughton-Oregon Area Timebank and currently serves as Kitchen Cabinet chair and as liaison to the Dane Co. Timebank Board of Directors. Petzke was a custodian for twelve years and is currently working toward starting a business using the Timebank to help people with disabilities.

TIFFANI PUCCIO Tiffani Puccio is currently a student at UW-Madison and Madison Area Technical College, majoring in Zoology. Puccio has been a member of the timebank since its inception, and is very proud of the fact that since becoming the 39th member, we have now grown to over 1000 members. Puccio has loved her tenure on the board thus far, and hopes to continue. After graduation, Puccio plans to move to san diego for graduate school, and would love to bring the idea of the timebank out there, if there already isn't one. Puccio loves children, and has a variety of other skills that she offers in the timebank. Puccio also with Genesis International in fundraising and other outreach avenues. Puccio has recently moved into a housing co-op in madison, and is excited to get them into the timebank so that they can share her joy of helping others out when they are in need.

CHARLES WARNER
Residential Services Specialist, Madison Gas and Electric Co.

Charles Warner is a residential services specialist with Madison Gas and Electric, Co. Prior to joining MGE in 2007, he served as a program services manager for Energy Services, Inc. and the Keep Wisconsin Warm Fund. Charles holds a degree in marketing from Madison Area Technical College and the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
In his current position, Charles markets energy efficiency services and programs to MGE customers, particularly those residing in multifamily buildings. Often, his projects involve partnering with a variety of community organizations, including Dane County Timebank, Inc. In 2010, the two will partner with the Allied Wellness Center on a pilot that incorporates energy education and weatherization into timebanking.
In addition to his recent election to the Board of Directors, Charles and his wife welcomed their first child, a girl, on Christmas morning. Since then, his favorite activity is sleep. Before that, the movies.
Charles resides with his family in Madison's Bassett Neighborhood.

KATHLEEN WERNER
Middleton Kitchen Cabinet Representative

Hello, My name is Kathy Werner and I am very excited about joining the Timebank Board. Over the past year, I have enjoyed the exchanges I have personally made through my Timebank membership and have also been part of the Middleton Kitchen Cabinet. This past summer, I had the opportunity to attend the International Timebank Conference. Hearing about Timebank applications throughout the world was truly inspiring.
Professionally, I have spent over 10 years working with challenged communities in a variety of positions (Service Coordinator, Volunteer Coordinator, Nutrition Site Manager, and Massage Therapist). These experiences have prompted me to question the traditional model of service delivery and to embrace and foster grassroots endeavors. It has been my experience that in every community there are strong leaders with creative and empowering ideas that simply need to be heard and supported.
My academic background includes a B.A. in Economics and Women's Studies and a M.A. in Agricultural Economics. I obtained both of these degrees from the U.W. while juggling my real life as a single mom of 3 children. My now grown children and one grandchild continue to be a source of amazement and joy for me.
My current pursuits include coordinating our neighborhood Sustainability Discussion Courses and ongoing involvement with Bayview's Ethnic Fest Planning Committee. I also enjoy paper mache and a variety of recycling crafts.