Leadership Union Grove
Co-Founders Carol Knight & John Kurhajec FOUNDING COMMITTEE
Front Row (seated)
Tracie Wood – Edward D. Jones - Investment Representative Carol Knight – Greater Union Grove Area Chamber Commerce - Executive Director Kitty George – Community State Bank – Mortgage Loan Officer Janet Voeks – Racine County School Office – Director of Special Education Back Row (standing) Jerry Ramsey – Retired from Southern Wisconsin Center John Kurhajec – State Farm Insurance Agent & 1997 Chamber of Commerce President Russ Draeger – Union Grove High School – Superintendent Ray Barbeau – Village of Union Grove – Village Administrator |
Leadership Union Grove – Inaugural Class – Graduated May 13, 1998First Row (seated)
Alice Sand – Job Coach at Shepherds Home & School Jean Petersen – Recreation Therapist II at Southern Wisconsin Center (now employed at Wisconsin Veterans Home) Roselyn Calek (deceased) – Editor of Westine Report (which had office in Union Grove) Cheryl Ann Abbott – Abbott Rental (owns business with husband Andrew) Second Row (standing) Barbara Geschke – General Accounting Manager at American Roller Company James Driver – Supervisor of Utilities/Wastewater Treatment Plant – Village of Union Grove Brian Hocking – Branch Manager of First Banking Center, Union Grove Robert “Butch” Schoenfuss – President and Co-Owner of Old Settler’s Bowling Center Jeffrey Nielsen – Marketing Assistant at Community State Bank Thomas Hermann – English Teacher at Union Grove High School (then Assistant Principal, now the Principal) Sharon Tilton – 4th Grade Teacher/Educator at Union Grove Grade School (school was then located at 810 – 14th Avenue) Frank Lamping – Sales Representative at American Roller Company Kenneth Vioski – President of Redwood Construction, Inc. (later converted Swantz Hardware building to Union Grove Downtown Depot) – now owns The Laundry Station with wife Nancy |