Term: July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2019
Board 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, 2012 - June 30, 2018
Board Vice-Chair
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, 2014 - June 30, 2020
Board Secretary
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, 2015 - June 30, 2018
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, 2017 - June 30, 2019
Member-At-Large
jwinn@madisoncollege.edu

Term: July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2020
Elected Official Member
jkcrombie@madisoncollege.edu

Kelly Crombie has been a member of the Madison College District Board since July 2014. He served as the mayor of Columbus (2013-2017) and was elected to the Columbus School District Board of Education in April 2017. Crombie is an attorney and owner of Crombie Law Office and also is the owner of Mullin's Drive-In in Columbus. Crombie earned his Doctor of Law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 2012.

Term: July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2018
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 doctorate 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, 2013 - June 30, 2019
Employee Member
swpfaff@madisoncollege.edu

Shawn Pfaff joined the Madison College District Board in July 2013.  He was elected board vice chair in July 2014. He is the owner of Pfaff Public Affairs and previously was the mayor of Fitchburg from 2011 to 2015. Pfaff is a member of the University of Wisconsin Idea Scholars Program, director of the Wisconsin FFA Foundation Board of Sponsors and director of the UW-Eau Claire Alumni Association.

Term: July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2019
Member-at-Large
mwhittington@madisoncollege.edu

Marcia Whittington joined the District Board in July 2016. She is currently the chief development officer for Agrace Hospice and Palliative Care. She previously served as vice president of Institutional Advancement for Edgewood College and as CEO of Gilda’s Club, Madison. Whittington is also the board president for TEMPO Madison, and past chair of the Button Box and Greeter Committee for the Downtown Rotary, a board member for the Madison Area Aging Community Consortium, and is a member of numerous professional organizations.

 
Term: July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2019
Student Representative/Liaison
studentrep@madisoncollege.edu

Alex Hipler, a Madison native, is enrolled in the Liberal Arts Transfer program. He intends to transfer to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to pursue a bachelor’s degree in finance from the School of Business. Upon completion, he wants to become a financial advisor and eventually a hedge fund manager. Hipler’s personal goals include founding nonprofit organizations providing impoverished individuals with education geared toward financial well-being and offering scholarships to ambitious students. He aspires to positively impact his community and fellow students.