Wisconsin

Commissioner

Shelley Joan Weiss
Shelley Joan Weiss

Primary Point of Contact

Shelley Joan Weiss
Director of Summer School Programs
Sun Prairie Area School District
3014 Happy Valley Road
Sun Prairie, WI, 53590
shelleyjoan.weiss1@gmail.com, ph 608.698.2409

School Liaison(s)

Army
Rebecca Walley
School Liaison
Fort McCoy
rebecca.l.walley.naf@mail.mil ph (608) 338-6814
Website: https://mccoy.armymwr.com/programs/school-support-services

Seal of Wisconsin

Chief State School Officer

Dr. Jill Underly, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Education Designee

Mike Hanson, Superintendent, Tomah Area School District and Samuel Russ, Superintendent of Sparta Area School District

Attorney

Ben Jones, Chief Legal Counsel, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Military Family Education Liaison

Becky Walley, Military School Liaison, Fort McCoy, United States Army

Military/DOD Representative

COL Stephen Messenger, Garrison Commander, Fort McCoy

State Council Members

Shelley Joan Weiss – Commissioner
Dr. Jill Underly – Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Thomas McCarthy – Executive Director for the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Andrea Donegan – Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Liaison, School Counseling Consultant
Benjamin Jones – DPI Legal Counsel; (Kari Race – Designated Substitute)
Senator Rachel Cabral-Guevera – Legislative Representative
Representative Shae Sortwell – Legislative Representative
Michael Hanson – Superintendent of Tomah Area School District (Military Impacted Schools)
Rebecca Walley – Wisconsin School Liaison Officer for Military Families (based at Fort McCoy)
Lt Col John Wheeler – Interim Military Representative
Lynn Sisco – Military Family Representative
JD Englehardt – Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs, Child and Youth Program
Rebecca Boehlke – Representative, Military One Source
Stephanie Hauser – Representative, Executive Director of the WIAA
Angelene Mattes – Representative, WI Parent Teacher Association
Derek Campbell – Executive Branch Representative
Stacy Eslick – Wisconsin School Counselor Association Executive Director
Samuel Russ – Superintendent of Sparta Area School District
Elizabeth Pease – WI DPI Operations Associate
Elizabeth Wilcox – Communications Director, Sparta Area School District

State Council Meeting

Wisconsin State Council Meeting, February 15, 2017
Minutes
Wisconsin State Council Meeting, February 5, 2018
Agenda
Wisconsin State Council Meeting, August 13, 2018
AgendaMinutes
Wisconsin State Council Meeting, February 11, 2019
Minutes
Wisconsin State Council Meeting, August 19, 2019
Agenda & Minutes
Wisconsin State Council Meeting, February 25, 2020
Minutes
Wisconsin State Council Meeting, August 20, 2021
Minutes
Wisconsin State Council Meeting, March 3, 2022
Minutes
Wisconsin State Council Meeting, September 28, 2022
Public NoticeMinutes
Wisconsin State Council Meeting, March 23, 2023
Agenda & Minutes

State Website

End of Year Report

Resources

State Profile