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Board of Directors
Perry Mueller, President - 1996 - 2012
16005 Gebhardt Road; Brookfield, WI 53005; (262) 894-0175; perry.mueller@milwcnty.com
Perry is a consultant for Milwaukee County in the Disability Services Division. He is currently working with the Children's Services Unit and involved in Transition Services with UWM and Pathways on the MIG Grant. Perry has worked with individuals and systems that serve individuals with disabilities for 36 years.
Perry has served on The Arc-Wisconsin Board since 1996; he has been President, Past President, Treasurer and Secretary. He is currently on the Executive Committee and has served on numerous committees.
Perry is involved with various groups including the Board of Directors for AAIDD, SE Training Initiative and McTab. Perry holds a Master's Degree inEducational Psychology. He is married to a first grade teacher and his daughter is teaching first grade on an Indian Reservation in South Dakota. His son who is hopefully studying as a Junior at the University of Minnesota. He no longer has the ball python but has two cats.
Donna Auchue, Secretary - 2007 - 2012
P.O. Box 406, Fox Lake, WI 53703; (920) 296-8490 (C); (920) 520-0058 (H); donnauch@charter.net
Donna has been actively involved with Dodge County ARC for 15 years. She held the office of Secretary for 2 - two years terms and President for a two year term. Donna has helped with decoration, invites and other jobs for parties.
She has served on The Arc-Wisconsin board for 4 years. While on the board she was part of the Organizational Management Committee and the Public Policy Committee. She also had the opportunity to be a part of the committee to change the affiliation dues and to get clarification as to what The Arc-Wisconsin does for the local chapters and what local chapters can do for The Arc-Wisconsin so that we are more united as one.
Donna enjoys doing the newsletter, helping with parties and doing invites. She enjoys sewing and crafts. She would like to see The Arc grow an is very interested in Family Care which is implemented in Dodge County. She has a daughter who is actively involved with Special Olympics. She enjoys watching her and her peers compete and socialize. It is a joy to see what these special people can do for themselves and with others. She is also an active volunteer for Special Olympics and helps with several sports.
John Beisbier, Treasurer - 2002 - 2013916 Chestnut Street; West Bend, WI 53095; (262) 338-8663 (H); johnbeisbier@yahoo.com
John served in the US Navy for 4 years after High School, worked several different jobs before starting withe the US Postal Service from where he retired in March of 1996. John joined The Arc of Washington County in 1970 and was elected as treasurer in 1995, served 3 years and was then elected president in 1998 to the present. John and his wife Arlene have a son with Down Syndrome.
John is currently serving as a Board member for The Threshold - a Community Rehabilitation Facility in West Bend for over 30 years. He has served as steward and union president for 28 years for Local 878 - American Postal Workers Union, served as Financial Secretary for the Washington County Central Labor Council for 26 years, is active in the local Knights of Columbus Council for 48 years - served in all offices of the Council, was past District Deputy for Wisconsin Knights of Columbus, has attended numberous State and National Conventions for the Unions, the Knights of Columbus and The Arc.
Nichole Hunkins, Past President - 2006 - 2012
UCP Respite Dept., 7519 Oklahoma Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53219
(888) 482-7739; Nhunkins@ucpsew.org
Nichole is Assistant Director of the Respote Care Program at United Cerebal Palsy of Southeastern Wisconsin (UCPSEW) working with families in Waukesha, Washington and Ozaukee Counties.
Nichole has a Master's degree in social work from UW Milwaukee. She graduated from UW Madison with an Undergrad Degree in Rehabilitation Psychology. (GO BADGERS!) For 8 years she has bee on the Board of Directors for the Respite Care Association of Wisconsin, most recently serving as the Board President.
Nichole has been married for 9 years and lives in Waukesha with her husband Jim and daughter Ella.
Carolyn Baily - 2012 - 2013
Tina Beauprey - 2012 - 2013
542 E. Center Street; Juneau, WI 53039; (920) 382-3098
Tina has been actively involved with Dodge County ARC for 9 years. She has helped with decorations for parties that the ARC puts on. She has been married for 9 years and has three children, one step daughter and a grandson. Tina is employed as a carrier for the Daily Citizen for nine years.
She enjoys spending time with her husband, children and grandson. She does respite for her disabled sister. She has been a volunteer for Special Olympics for four years.
1731 Colony Circle; Sun Prairie, WI 53590
Peg Gagnon - 2009 - 2012
PO Box 1625; Hudson, WI 54016; (715) 381-8230 (W); peg.gagnon@yahoo.com
Peg serves as Executive Director of BRIDGE for Youth with Disabilities, a non-profit organization in Hudson that collaborates with school, county and community youth-serving agencies in providing lifelong opportunities for youth and others with disabilities.
Peg's daughter, Marky, a young woman with special needs, recently passed away due to complications related to pneumonia. Peg has been busy getting her other daughter, Maddy, prepared for life after medical school.
Getting The Arc network active and growing in Western Wisconsin is a primary interest for Peg.
Jeffrey Johnson - 2002 - 2012
641 W Main Street #209,Madison, WI 53703; (608) 245-0272 (H)jjohnson1@wisc.edu
Jeffrey Johnson has been a member of the ARC Dane County board; he received an Appreciation award from them for being a board member from 2007 to 2011.
Jeffrey is a Client Service Assistant in the Madison area. He has spent a total of about 15 years in institutions, which is why he is an advocate for closing the institutions. Jeffrey is the President of People First of Dane County and a former Board Member. He taught the empowerment course for people with disabilities and does a lot of public speaking. Jeffrey is now a reporter for the Choices Newsletter that comes out every 3 months.
Jeffrey received the Amy Wittenmyer Self Advocacy Award from The
Arc-Wisconsin. He went to an Apse Conference and was on a panel talking about his employment jobs. He also attended a conference in Washington, D.C. with members of his support team. Jeffrey attended a meeting at Cuna Mutual Insurance Company on behalf of three men with developmental Disabilities who wanted to move into a new group home in a new neighborhood. They said if these three move in, rent would go up. Two people from the University of Madison were found guilty of discrimination at this meeting but were persuaded to change their minds.
Joe McNeil - 2009 - 2012
Robert W. Baird; 1 South Pickney, Suite 600, Madison, WI 53703
(608) 252-5733 (W)
joe_mcneil@yahoo.com
Joe is a Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager for HGMR Investment Management at Robert W. Baird. He is a featured speaker to Arc-Dane County on financial planning for parents and guardians of those with special needs.
He is a certified financial planner with 19 years in the financial service industry.
Joe is married and lives with his wife and four children in Madison. He is a Parish volunteer and a youth sports coach. Joe has a sister-in-law with special needs.
Karen Zepecki 2008 - 2013
959 Saddle Ridge, Portage, WI 53901; (608) 742-7686 (H); kazepecki@gmail.com
Karen and her family of 4 daughters moved to Portage in 1976 and continue their passion for foster care. One of the girls was a foster child and Dan and Karen had to fight the system so she could move with them. She is physically and mentally challenged and had made great strides while in their care. She is now 43 years old, independent and very happy. Shortly after they moved to Portage they became foster parents to a brother and sister whch they were able to adopt in the mid 80's, again with fightig the system. The Zepecki's have had multiple foster children in their care but are not retired. They enjoy boating with the kids and their families, golfing and traveling. If Karen ever became First Lady she would advocate the foster care system and children.
