Madison College District Board Members

Term: July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2020
Board Chair
Member-At-Large
608-246-6088
fhuntley-cooper@madisoncollege.edu

Frances Huntley-Cooper was reappointed to the Madison College District Board in July 2017. Prior to that, she served on the District Board from July 2007 through June 2017, holding the position of board vice chair (2009-2011) and board chair (2011-2013, 2015-2017). Huntley-Cooper was an administrator in the Worker’s Compensation Division of the State of Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development prior to retiring in 2011. A graduate of North Carolina A&T State University, Huntley-Cooper earned her master’s degrees in social work, public policy and administration at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was the mayor of Fitchburg from 1991 to 1993, making history for being the first and only African American mayor elected in Wisconsin. She was recognized as a 2002 Woman of Distinction by the YWCA. Huntley-Cooper is a lifetime member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. (Kappa Psi Omega Chapter) and the NAACP (Dane County Chapter).

Term: July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022
Board Vice-Chair
Employer Member
jhasler@madisoncollege.edu

Joseph Hasler joined the Madison College District Board on July 2013. He resides in Reedsburg and is an attorney with LaRowe Gerlach Taggart LLP. Hasler earned his Juris Doctor degree with honors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He serves on the board of directors of the Wisconsin Technical College District Boards Association and is heavily involved in the community, including the Wisconsin Elections Board, the City of Reedsburg Planning Commission and the Reedsburg Area Medical Center Board of Directors.

Term: July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2020
Board Secretary
Member-At-Large

Dr. Elton J. Crim, Jr. was appointed to the Madison College District Board as a member-at-large in July 2017. Crim resides in Fitchburg and is a clinical professor of higher education in the Department of Educational Leadership at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has served on many university committees and is currently an advisor for the Black Graduate and Professional Student Association, the Returning Adult Student Award Committee, and the Department of Education Leadership and Policy Program Review Committee. Crim earned a doctorate in higher education and policy from Pennsylvania State University, a master of science in public service management from DePaul University, and a bachelor of science in biology from DePaul.

Term: July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2021
Board Treasurer
Employer Member
bidar@madisoncollege.edu

Shiva Bidar-Sielaff has been a member of the Madison College District Board since July 2015, when she was appointed as an employer member. She was elected as board secretary in 2016, and Board Treasurer in 2017. Bidar-Sielaff resides in Madison and is chief diversity officer at the University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics. She is an alder on the Madison Common Council, as well as an executive committee member on the Dane County Latino Support Network and co-chair of the Latino Health Council of Dane County. Bidar-Sielaff earned a Master of Arts in international policy studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California. She was awarded a City of Madison/Dane County Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award in January 2010 and the YWCA Woman of Distinction Award in 2005.

Term: July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2021
School District Administrator Member
rguttenberg@madisoncollege.edu

Randy Guttenberg has been a member of the Madison College District Board since July 2014. He has been the superintendent of Waunakee Community School District since 2008 and prior to that was superintendent of Montello School District and assistant superintendent at Baraboo School District. Guttenberg earned his Master of Science degree in educational administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1997 and is currently a doctoral candidate in educational leadership and policy analysis. Guttenberg is a member of the Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators and the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development. Locally, he is a member of the Waunakee Chapter of Rotary International and the Waunakee Area Chamber of Commerce.

Term: July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2021
Employee Member
ahalvorson1@madisoncollege.edu

Arlyn Halvorson joined the Madison College District Board in July 2012. He was elected Board Treasurer in July 2014, and is the current vice-chair having previously served as board secretary. He works for the Dane County Highway Department and is president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union Local #65. Halvorson has been a member of the McFarland K-12 School Board since 1995, currently serving as board president. During his spare time, he tends to the family farm in the Town of Dunn.

Term: July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022
Employee Member
 

Melanie Lichtfeld is a resident of Columbus. She is the owner of Lichtfeld Plumbing, where she is a fourth-generation plumber operating the business that was started by her great-great grandfather in 1895. She is the recipient of the Trailblazer award, which recognizes women in business in Wisconsin. She also received the Torchbearer award, which recognizes business in Wisconsin that have been family-owned for three or more generations. Brava Magazine also designated her as a “Woman to Watch.”

 
Term: August 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022
Employee Member

Ananda Mirilli was selected to serve as a Madison College District Board Trustee in August of 2017, as an additional member. Her term will continue through June 30, 2022.

Mirilli resides in Madison and is currently an education equity consultant for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Prior to that, she was the family, youth and community coordinator for the Madison Metropolitan School District. Other previous positions include work for the YWCA and Centro Hispano.

Mirilli received an associate degree in human services from Madison College, and she went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in human services from Upper Iowa University and a master’s degree in education leadership and policy analysis from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.