A governing board gives dedication and direction to the Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups. The Board, consisting of five elected officers, the immediate past president, the state legislative chair and three persons from each of the nine districts, employs an executive director who is the primary lobbyist. The Board sets policy, reviews and monitors the annual budget. 

The 2007 Governing Board Banquet and Award Ceremony was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Madison, WI on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007.

Respected Board members, CWAG members, business partners, table sponsors, legislators, award winners and friends joined us in continuing our 30 year celebration of successful advocacy, education, resources and services to seniors throughout Wisconsin. This annual event featured a social reception, entertainment, dinner, awards presentation and a chance to meet the winners of the  President’s Award, Tommy G. Thompson Award for Service, Russ Feingold Award for Service, Outstanding Media of the Year, CWAG Member Group of the Year, Legal Services Advocate of the Year and the Al Hirsch Advocacy Award. 

Please scroll to the end of this page for a sneek peak of photos of the 2007 award winners.

Here is a list of the Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups - 
Governing Board Members for 2007/2008

Karen Robison, (Milwaukee, WI)  President
Gary Kuhnen, (Milwaukee, WI)  Vice President
Marion Hokamp (Wisconsin Rapids, WI ) Secretary
Ed Kaminsky, Jr. (Sheboygan, WI )  Treasurer
Ken Mosentine, (Barron, WI)  Immediate Past President

CWAG Governing Board Delegates & Alternates

District 1
Gary Kuhnen, (Chair); Madison, WI
Richard Johnson, (Delegate) Janesville, WI
Bev Anderson, (Alternate) Darlington, WI

District 2A
James Kimble (Chair) Milwaukee, WI
Patricia Towers, (Delegate) Bayside, WI
Judith Troestler, (Alternate) Milwaukee, WI
Robert Krauss, (Alternate)  Milwaukee, WI

District 2B
Miriam Patton, (Chair) Mequon, WI
Loraine Ketterhagen ,(Delegate)  Burlington, WI
Rose Banna,(Alternate) Wind Lake, WI

District 3
Gordon Treffert ,(Chair)  Fond du Lac, WI
Ann Jungwirth,(Delegate) Oshkosh, WI
Donna Lohrey ,(Alternate) Oshkosh, WI

District 4
Rod Bohn, (Chair)  Sturgeon Bay, WI
Loreli Dickinson, (Delegate) Oconto, WI
Josephine Oudenhoven, (Alternate) DePere, WI

District 5
Jim Edwards, (Chair)  Sparta, WI
Dora Jean Blaha, (Delegate)  Independence, WI
Larry White, (Alternate)Onalaska, WI

District 6
Elna Johnson, (Chair) Menomonie, WI
Fran Karnick, (Delegate) Boyceville, WI
Russ Adams, (Alternate) St. Croix Falls, WI

District 7
Harry Pokorny, (Chair) Stevens Point, WI
Frederick Radtke, (Delegate) St. Germain, WI
Bill Clendenning, (Alternate) Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Jack Marciniak, (Alternate) Antigo, WI

District 8
Eldon Freese, (Chair) Grantsburg, WI
Joan Wywialowski, (Alternate) Phillips, WI

 

 

 The Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Group’s Third Annual Governing Board Banquet and Award Ceremony was held on November 1, 2007 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Madison. Pictured above are the 2007 Governing Board Banquet Award winners. Each winner was chosen for their exceptional work serving seniors in the state of Wisconsin.  Pictured (l-r): Leon Burzynwki, 2007 CWAG Member Group of the Year, Wisconsin Alliance of Retired Americans; Barbara Quirk, 2007 Outstanding Media of the Year; Lynn Breedlove, 2007 President’s Award, Disability Rights Wisconsin; Janet Zander, Community Partner of the Year, Wisconsin Association of Aging Unit Directors; Sean Dilweg, 2007 Legal Services Advocate of the year, State of Wisconsin Commissioner of Insurance; Senator Alberta Darling, 2007 Tommy G. Thompson Award, Senator Tim Carpenter, 2007 Russ Feingold Award; and George Potaracke, 2007 Al Hirsch Award for Advocacy, Board on Aging and Long Term Care. Not pictured: Senator Russ Feingold, 2007 President’s Award and Senator Herb Kohl,  2007 President’s Award.