|
Gina Palazzari
gina@wisconsinsfuture.org
Gina has been the Associate Director for the Institute since 1997.
She oversees the administrative and financial operations of IWF,
co-directs fund development and planning activities, and assists
with research projects.
Gina has worked in the non-profit sector throughout her 24 year
career. She has worked on a variety of issues, including hunger,
poverty, housing and community development, youth intervention and
grassroots organizing. Gina has designed systems for improved emergency
food delivery at pantries in southeast Wisconsin and carried out
a study of the extent of hunger in the Milwaukee area. Gina secured
funding for a pilot program to establish medical and dental clinics
and social services in three inner city Milwaukee schools.
An active volunteer on the state and local level, Gina chaired
a local referendum committee and has been President of her community’s
PTA. She was elected to serve on the School District of Menomonee
Falls Board of Directors in 2008.
Gina received her degree in Criminal Justice from the University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and worked as a research associate in the
School of Social Welfare.
|
