Members
| Name | Phone | Title/Organization | About the Organization |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Bobbie Banach DON council president |
414-760-9446 |
RN, Director of Nursing St Anne’s Salvatorian Campus 3800 N 92nd St. Milwaukee WI. |
St. Anne’s is a faith-based continuum of care facility, which encompasses skilled nursing, rehabilitation, RCAC, and CBRF services. |
| Heather Bruemmer |
608-246-7014 608-246-7001 (fax) |
Executive Director/State Ombudsman State of Wisconsin Board on Aging and Long Term Care 1402 Pankratz Street, Suite 111 Madison, Wisconsin 53704-4001 |
The mission of the Board on Aging and Long Term Care is to advocate for the interests of the state’s aging and disabled populations, to inform consumers of their rights and to educate the public at large about health care systems and long-term care. |
| Carrie Budahn | 414-333-5786 (cell) |
Vice-President/Director of Organizing SEIU Local 150 8021 W. Tower Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53223 |
SEIU healthcare local 150-WI represents healthcare workers in home care, nursing homes, hospitals, as well as public school workers throughout the state of Wisconsin. |
| Kate Burkholder |
C.N.A. Badger Prairie Health Care Center/Verona |
Kate is a Certified Nursing Assistant. | |
|
Mary Gavinski Chief Medical Officer |
414-902-2394 |
Medical Director Community Care 1555 S. Layton Blvd. Milwaukee, WI 53215 |
Mary is the Medical Director of Community Care in Milwaukee. Community Care provides long-term care in the community to elders and people with disabilities. |
| Vicky Griffin | 414-227-4705 |
Nurse Consultant Division of Quality Assurance 819 N. 6th Street, Room 609 Milwaukee, WI 53203-1606 |
The Division of Quality Assurance (DQA) is responsible for assuring the health, safety and welfare of person’s using health and community care provider services is Wisconsin. |
| Dee Heller |
608-845-1288 608-233-7390 |
RN, Director of Nursing Badger Prairie Health Care Center 1100 East Verona Avenue Verona, WI 53593 |
Dee attended the St. Louis Accord and is passionate about leading her staff in the culture change movement. |
|
Jeff McCabe Social Worker |
920-225-1985 |
Social Worker Wisconsin Nursing Home Social Workers Association Brewster Village 3300 W. Brewster Street Appleton, WI 54914 |
WNHSWA provides quality educational and network opportunities to its members regarding long-term care issues and advocates for quality services for persons living in Nursing Home. |
| Patty Morter | 608-592-3241 |
Activity Director, Certified, Government Relations Wisconsin Representatives of Activity Professionals (WRAP) Lodi Good Samaritan Center 700 Clark Street Lodi, WI 53555 |
WRAP provides excellence in supportive services to Activity Professionals throughout the State of Wisconsin through education, advocacy and networking opportunities and personal growth. |
|
Mary Pike Consumer Member |
608-231-1572 |
Consumer Advocate 53 Cherokee Circle #103 Madison, WI 53704 |
Mary became a member of the Coalition in 2007. She spent 8½ years helping care for her husband in a nursing home. Because of this experience, she now serves on several committees that promote the culture change movement in nursing homes. |
| Wanda Plachecki Chair |
608-786-1400 |
Associate Administrator Lakeview Health Center 902 E. Garland Street West Salem, WI 54669 |
Lakeview Health Center provides long-term care services in a variety of settings in Western Wisconsin, including nursing home and community programs that embrace a person directed philosophy of care & support. |
| Brian Purtell | 608-257-0125 |
Director of Legal Services Wisconsin Health Care Association 121 East Wilson Street, L200 Madison, WI 53703 |
The Wisconsin Health Care Association (WHCA) and its assisted living division, the Wisconsin Center for Assisted Living (WiCAL) represent and advocate on behalf of Wisconsin’s long term care provider community. The Association is a founding member of the WCPDC and is committed to assisting its members, and the entire long- term care provider community, to continue to transform the care and service provided to Wisconsin’s elders. |
|
Rosemary Sarkis Consumer Advocate |
920-884-7746 |
Grancare Nursing Center
3326 Davies Ave. |
Rosemary joined the coalition in 2008. She has been a resident in a nursing home on two occasions. Rosemary brings valuable insight as to why culture change must happen. |
| John Sauer |
608-255-7060 608-255-7064 (fax) |
Executive Director WI Assoc. of Homes and Services for the Aging (WAHSA) 204 South Hamilton Street Madison, WI 53703 |
The Wisconsin Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (WAHSA) is a statewide membership organization of 440 not-for-profit/government owned long- term care, senior housing and other community-based providers principally serving seniors and persons with a disability. WAHSA members employ over 38,000 people who provide compassionate care and services to over 48,000 individuals each day. |
| Michelle Simpson | 414-229-1140 |
Assistant Professor College of Nursing Milwaukee, WI |
The UWM College of Nursing is a vibrant, innovative environment for teaching, research, practice and service to the community and the profession. |
| Donna Zunker | 920-494-4525 |
Owner/Administrator Grancare Nursing Center 1555 Dousman Street Green Bay, WI 54303 |
Grancare is committed to providing an environment that will nurture the human soul as well as the human body. |