Please meet the Executive Board of the Wisconsin Association of Colleges of Teacher Education. We are honored to serve our constituents in order to benefit students across Wisconsin and beyond.
Tom Owenby
WACTE President
Dr. Tom Owenby serves as the Associate Dean for Teacher Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Email: owenby@wisc.edu
Gerardo Mancilla
WACTE President-Elect
Dr. Gerardo Mancilla serves as Associate Professor of Education at Edgewood University.
Email: gmancilla@edgewood.edu
Kimberly White
WACTE Past-President
Dr. Kimberly White serves as a professor in the Department of Education at Carroll University.
Email me: whitek@carrollu.edu
Wendy Kropid
WACTE Secretary
Dr. Wendy Kropid is Associate Dean of Educator Preparation Programs at University of Wisconsin-Superior.
Email: wkropid@uwsuper.edu
Jean Rigden
WACTE Treasurer
Jean Rigden serves as the Director of Teacher Education at Ripon College.
Email me: rigdenj@ripon.edu
Stewart Purkey
WACTE Member at Large
Dr. Stewart Purkey serves as a Professor of Education at Lawrence University.
Scott Ashmann
WACTE Member-at-large
Dr. Scott Ashmann serves as the Associate Dean of the College of Health, Education and Social Welfare at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
Email: ashmanns@uwgb.edu
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