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“WMEA links marketing educators around the state, with a unified voice in curriculum development.”
The History of WMEA and Marketing Education in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Association of Distributive Education (now WMEA) was organized at Green Lake, Wisconsin, on August 26, 1965, during Professional Growth Week. This organization's main objectives were:
- To establish a communications link among marketing educators around the state
- To obtain a voice in WAVAE (Wisconsin Association of Vocational and Adult Educators)
- To provide marketing educators with a unified voice in curriculum development
- To promote Distributive Education at the post secondary level
- To promote worthwhile Distributive Education at state level.
The first constitution was adopted at the WAVAE convention in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, May 1966. The organizing group totaled 13.
The first officers elected were:
President: Robert Duxstad
Vice President: Karl Holbrook
Secretary-Treasurer: O. B. Henkel
Historian: Ken Mills
- To establish a communications link among marketing educators around the state
- To obtain a voice in WAVAE (Wisconsin Association of Vocational and Adult Educators)
- To provide marketing educators with a unified voice in curriculum development
- To promote Distributive Education at the post secondary level
- To promote worthwhile Distributive Education at state level.
The first constitution was adopted at the WAVAE convention in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, May 1966. The organizing group totaled 13.
The first officers elected were:
President: Robert Duxstad
Vice President: Karl Holbrook
Secretary-Treasurer: O. B. Henkel
Historian: Ken Mills
Past Presidents
2023 - Maggie Biermeier; Waunakee High School 2022 - Ross Toellner; Bayport High School 2021 - Keith Wartzenluft; Racine Case High School 2020 - Haley Hasselberg; Holmen High School 2019 - Heidi Warren; Chippewa Falls High School 2018 - Heidi Warren; Chippewa Falls High School 2017 - Jason Holter; West Salem High School 2016 - Mischell Fryar; Rhinelander High School 2015 - Ed Grochowski; Gateway Technical College 2014 - Phil Huff; Badger High School 2013 - Mark Jorgensen; Waukesha County Technical College 2012 - Jody Forsythe; Northwestern High School 2011 - Mike Reisenauer; Lakeshore Technical College 2010 - Skip Hay; Hamilton Sussex High School 2009 - Thor Burntvedt; North Central Technical College 2008 - Sarah Hart Olson; Sun Prairie High School 2007 - Michelle Volk; Green Bay Southwest High School 2006 - Alex Birkholz; Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College 2006 - Mae Laatsch; Madison Area Technical College 2005 - Carl Hert; Wausau West High School 2004 - Keri Holter; Lake Geneva Badger High School 2003 - Ginny Sattler; Fox Valley Technical College 2002 - Heather Breske; Holmen High School 2001 - Alex Birkholz; Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College 2001 - Renelle Gill; Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College 2000 - Bridgett Hubbard; La Crosse Logan High School 1999 - Nancy Strohbusch; Southwest Technical College 1998 - Scott Shriver; Holmen High School 1997 - Jim Powers; Lakeshore Technical College 1996 - Caryl Turner; Waukesha West 1995 - Dick Hopfensperger; Northeast WI Technical College 1994 - Judi Walsh; DeForest High School 1993 - Diane Whiteford; Western Wisconsin Technical College 1992 - Paul Rush; Monona Grove High School |
1991 - PJ Welterlin; Southwest Technical College 1990 - Carol Mooney; University of Wisconsin - Stout 1989 - Greg Chermak; Madison Area Technical College 1989 - Joseph Fanning; Kenosha Tremper High School **1988 - Gregory Schneider; Waukesha County Technical College **1988 - Greg Bretthauer; Appleton East High School 1987 - Kirsten Mence; Moraine Park Technical College 1986 - Mike Vernezze; Gateway Technical College 1985 - Doug Korneman; Milwaukee Area Technical College 1984 - David Hague; Blackhawk Technical College 1983 - Dean Flowers; Northeast Wisconsin Technical College 1982 - Dave Tully; Waukesha County Technical College 1981 - Mike Johnson; District 1 Technical College 1980 -Jeff Naill; Western Wisconsin Technical College 1979 - Maxine Gross; Gateway Technical College 1978 - Karen Zwissler; Milwaukee Area Technical College 1977 - Larry Doyle; Lakeshore Technical College *1976 - Dave Grypp; Milwaukee Area Technical College 1975 - Ron Sem; Nicolet College and Technical College 1974 - Bill Landvogt; Blackhawk Technical College 1973 - Pete Moran; Indianhead Technical College 1972 - Gary Schornack; Waukesha County Technical College 1971 - Larry Wilson; Madison Area Technical College 1970 - Dean Norton; Western Wisconsin Technical College 1969 - Tom Pederson; Lakeshore Technical College 1968 - Michael J. Mike; Waukesha County Technical College 1967 - William Kohlman; Nicolet College and Technical Institute 1966 - Ott Henkel; Moraine Park Technical College 1965 - Robert Duxstad; Fox Valley Technical College * 1st Annual Marketing Update **1st Official Update of Combined Organizations Source: www.wimea.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pastPresidents.pdf |