Board of Directors
Current Board June 2025 - Present
Aleksandra Zobacheva, Board President
Danielle Holcomb, Board Vice President
Matthew Robinson, Board President, Shoreland Inc. (Malaria Team Leader)
Lindsay Leukert, Board Treasurer, Northwestern Mutual, CPA
Kevin Schiebenes, Board Secretary, Milwaukee Public Schools
Veronica Ruffin, Member, Milwaukee County Program Director at Eras Senior Network
Antoinette O’Bee, Member, Participant Parent
Molly Strahota, Member, Occupational Therapist
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Founders Board
Jeff Gendelman, Board President, J.K. Lee Black Belt Academy-Fox Point
Chan Lee, Board Vice President, J.K. Lee Black Belt Academy-Brookfield
Paul Callahan, Board Treasurer, Employee Benefits Consulting Group
Lori Gendelman, Board Secretary, Otjen, Gendelman, Zitzer, Johnson & Weir, S.C.
Spencer Coggs, Milwaukee City Treasurer
Eric Hobbs, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Christine Lee, J.K. Lee Black Belt Academy-Waukesha
David Glazer, Board President, David Glazer Real Estate, LLC


Executive Director:
Maryfrances Palmisano
instructors
Charles Freeman Merna, Head Instructor
Ms. Grace Broadnax
Ms. Jessie Still
Shawndell Williams
Samantha Palmisano
Gordon Merna
Ms. Lori Gendelman
Sean Carerros
Matthew Robinson
Mr. Janovitch
Brian Riddle
Ian Glazer
Mr. Pellowski
George Cashman
Miss Chloe Lee
Ms. Goldschmidt
Mr. Waggoner
Austen Niccolai

