Amanda Buckley, MBA

For the past seven years, Amanda has been employed by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, a nonprofit professional membership association of 6,800 physicians from around the world. As the Education Manager, Amanda was responsible for developing and coordinating an annual conference which served more than 6,000 physicians. She is extremely skilled at program development, speaker vetting, adult learning techniques and program evaluation. She also has experience identifying knowledge gaps, assessing quality indicators and creating strategies for improvement based on the needs assessment data obtained by evaluating program attendees.

Amanda holds her Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Cardinal Stritch University and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Community Leadership and Development from Alverno College.

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Caty Bulgrin

Caty previously worked for seven years at Curative Care Network. She was most recently the Director of one of Curative’s largest divisions – charged with overseeing a $5M budget; 12 direct reports; and 350 adults with developmental disabilities.

Caty earned her Master of Science degree in Educational Psychology from UWM-Milwaukee and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from UW-Eau Claire. She excels at data collection and management, research and analysis, and quality and performance improvement initiatives.

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Laura Worcester

Laura is a skilled development professional with extensive experience working with Wisconsin companies and the funding community. Laura will be responsible for acquiring new members, researching and writing grant proposals, and obtaining program sponsorships. She is an excellent communicator with a proven track record of leading nonprofit organizations to achieve their fundraising goals. I find her to be enthusiastic, intelligent, likeable and relationship-driven with an action-oriented, “can do” attitude.

Most recently Laura was employed at Target Analytics, a division of Blackbaud. Target Analytics provides the nonprofit community with state-of-the-art prospect management tools and educates their clients in the effective implementation of those tools to enhance capital, major, annual and planned giving revenue.

Prior to joining Target Analytics, Laura launched her own comprehensive grant writing company where she perfected her grant seeking skills and gained extensive knowledge of Milwaukee area funding opportunities. In addition, she has held development positions at Milwaukee Catholic Home, St. Norbert College in De Pere and the University of Wisconsin Foundation in Madison.

She holds her Bachelor of Arts degree from Creighton University in Nebraska.

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Tony Shields

As the President and CEO of Wisconsin Philanthropy Network (WPN), Tony leads all aspects of strategy and operations for staff, programs, expansion and execution of its mission. WPN is the state's only organization devoted exclusively to the profession and practice of philanthropy.

Prior to joining WPN, Tony served as Executive Director of United Neighborhood Centers of Milwaukee (UNCOM), a collaborative of Milwaukee Settlement House Neighborhood Centers. At UNCOM, he led all aspects of administration, operations, programs, fundraising and services for the organization. Before UNCOM, he managed Community Relations for Harley-Davidson, Inc. In that role, Tony developed strategic plans and implemented outreach and programs for a number of factory-based and national initiatives and directed community outreach to support major company sponsored initiatives.

Before joining Harley-Davidson, Tony held community and public relations leadership/executive positions for a wide range of organizations including Milwaukee Bucks Professional Basketball Inc., the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee and public relations and marketing firms.

Over the years, Tony has served on various community boards and volunteered for several initiatives. Currently, his community involvement includes serving on the Leadership Council for Milwaukee Succeeds, the Milwaukee Child Welfare Partnership Council; Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment's Governance Board; and Cardinal Stritch University College of Business and Management Deans Advisory Board.

Tony holds both a Master of Science in Management and Bachelor of Arts Degree in Interpersonal Communications from Cardinal Stritch University where he also serves as Adjunct Faculty in the University’s College of Business and Management. He and his wife Christa, who serves as Senior Director of Advancement for Divine Savior Holy Angels High School, have two daughters.

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