People Who Make the Mission Real

A multidisciplinary team of educators, industry veterans, and community strategists working to change how the country thinks about high-quality work-based learning.

Executive Committee Members

Dawn Tabat

Generac Power Systems (Retired) | Founder

Hank Kohl

MPE, Inc. | Board Chair

Rebekah Kowalski

Employment Futures, Inc. | Vice Chair

Rachele Lehr

Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. | Treasurer

Jake Gomez

Battle Tested | Secretary

Board Directors

Shawnee Caruthers

Jennifer Clement

Stacey Force

Blake Knickelbein

Bethany McCurdy

Brian Michael

Adonica Randall

Lizabeth Stuck

GPS Ed Executive Team

Stephanie Reisner

President, Chief Executive Officer

Billie Torrentt

Chief Operations Officer

Stephanie Loeck

Vice President of Strategic Development

Tony Lanza

Vice President of Finance

GPS Ed Senior Team

Andrea Roberts

Program Administrator

Andrew Zimdars

Director of Partner Services

Katie Ish

Director of Marketing

Russell Martiny

Director of National Partnership Development

Tricia Ludwig Munoz

Director of Work-based Learning Programs & Partnerships

GPS Ed Team

Adam Gonzalez

Instructor, Bradley Corp. Education Center

Alyssa Derpinghaus

Executive Assistant

Amanda Daniels

Director of WBL Strategy

Ann Hintz

Business Process Architect

Ann Widen

Partner Services Manager

Ashley Melvin

Process Coordinator

Bernie McCarthy

Instructor, Steel Craft Education Center

Bill Wiesmueller

Work-based Learning Coordinator, Menasha Packaging Education Center

BriAnna Brooks

Work-Based Learning Specialist

Chelsey Siwula

Marketing & Communications Specialist

Connie Kimball

Instructor, Menasha Packaging Education Center

Dorothy Polaske

Operations Coordinator / Office Manager

Janet Hadley

Instructor, MPE Education Center

Jeff Bern

 Grant & Development Research Specialist

Jim Darin

Instructor, Allis-Roller Education Center

Joel O'Brien

Work-based Learning Coordinator, Steel Craft Education Center

Josie Wallace

Work-based Learning Specialist

Julie Huennekens

Human Resources Manager

Karen Gibbs

Partner Services Manager

Kari Falbo

Work-based Learning Coordinator, Weldall Education Center

Katie Bohlin

Dean of Student Engagement & Outcomes

Kelley Cronkite

Student Recruitment & Database Administrator

Maria Gharabawy

Work-based Learning Coordinator, Allis-Roller Education Center

Marlon Paige

Partner Services Manager

Nathan Jansky

Instructor, Weldall Education Center

Pierre Couture

Work-based Learning Coordinator, Lakeside MFG. Education Center

Rachel Low

Accounting Manager

Rocio Galang

Instructor, Lakeside MFG. Education Center

Ryan Yuds

Instructor, Generac Education Center

Samantha Benitez

Development Associate

Stephanie Stuve

Student Support Coordinator

Yulanda Randolph

Work-based Learning Coordinator, MPE Education Center

Zach Madlan

Work-based Learning Coordinator, Bradley Corp. Education Center

Zack Janz

Work-based Learning CoordinatorGenerac Education Center

Join Our Team

Think you'd make a great addition to this team? We're always looking for people who believe in high-quality work-based learning as we do.