Board of Directors 

 

Dedicated to Our Mission: 

BEAM - educating students to succeed and prosper as productive, accountable citizens 

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BEAM is operated by its Board of Directors, a committed group of volunteers from the business, non-profit, and education community.

 

Linda Robinson-Prodoehl - Board President

Ms. Robinson-Prodoehl has been a member of the Board of Directors since December 2002 and has served as Board Treasurer from 2003 to 2008.  She was recently part-owner and Executive Vice President & CFO of Connection Strategies Enterprises, Inc. (CSEI) an IT Consulting and Technology Services company.  She is currently a part-time business and financial operations consultant.

 

ReDonna Rodgers - Board Vice President

Ms. Rodgers has been a member of the Board of Directors since April 1998.  She is Founder/President of the Center for Teaching Entrepreneurship, an organization whose mission is to expose 9-24 year olds to entrepreneurship and financial literacy.

 

Mark Schug - Board Secretary

Mr. Schug has been a member of the Board of Directors since April 1998 and served as Board President from 2001 to 2008.  He is currently President, Mark Schug Consulting Services and Professor Emeritus, Curriculum and Instruction for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.  He was a former Director for the university's Center for Economic Education.

 

M. Scott Niederjohn - Board Treasurer

Mr. Niederjohn has been a member of the Board of Directors since January 2010.  He is currently Charlotte and Walter Kohler Associate Professor of Economics at Lakeland College in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.  Professor Niederjohn is also the Director of Lakeland's Center for Economic Education and the Coordinator of the college's honors program. 

 

Antoinette Davis - Director (Parent)  

Ms. Davis has been a member of the Board of Directors since February 2011.  She is a Social Worker and Case Manager with Children Service Society of Wisconsin.  Her daugher recently graduated from BEAM and her son is currently a 5th grader at BEAM. 

 

Michele Ellner - Director 

Ms. Ellner has been a member of the Board of Directors since January 2010 and currently serves as Co-Chairperson of the Marketing Committee.  She is a sales and marketing professional and manager with Manpower, Inc.

 

Lorrie Gustin - Director 

Ms. Gustin has been a member of the Board of Directors since 1998 and has served as Co-Chairperson of the Public Relations Committee.  She is a retired Director of publicly held RPM International where she served on the Audit Committee for 10 years. 

 

Peter Richardson - Director 

Mr. Richardson has been a member of the Board of Directors since February 2008 and currently serves as the Chairperson of the Fund Development Committee.  He is currently Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary at Northwestern Mutual.

 

Camesa Wilder - Director (Parent) 

Ms. Wilder has been a member of the Board of Directors since February 2011.  She is working to complete her nursing degree at the Univeristy of Phoenix.  Her daugher has been a student at BEAM since the 1st grade and is currently a 7th grader at BEAM.  

 

Robert Wynn - Director 

Mr. Wynn has been a member of the Board of Directors since April 1998 and has served as Chairperson of the Fund Development Committee in the past.  He is a Business and Education Consultant and is currently project director for several innovative financial empowerment programs for Asset Builders of America, Inc.