We would like to thank these community members for their guiding leadership of United Way of Monroe County:
Executive Directors
1956-1961 Jim Matthews
1961-1965 Beverly Scanlon
1965-1968 Paul Bouzan
1968-1972 Ron Bontsema
1972-1974 F. Wilson Thrasher
1974-1984 Don Nicholas
1984-1986 Anthony Dreskin
1986-1987 Jack Pershing
1988-1990 Charlotte Zietlow
1990-2001 Peg Stice
2001-2003 Michael Reinke
2004-2017 Barry Lessow
2017-2022 Efrat Feferman
2022-current Randy Rogers
Fund Drive Chairs
1956 Don Schlundt
1957 Alvin B. Pollock
1958 Kathryn Fagan
1959 Jerry Tobin
1960 Frank Jones
1961 Alvin B. Pollock
1962 Donald Brooks
1963 Robert Clegg
1964 Ralph Johnson
1965 Ralph Johnson
1966 Michael Fagan
1967 Charles Harrell
1968 Bob Montgomery
1969 William Drummond
1970 Bob Irie
1971 George Koper
1972 D.M. Sauter
1973 Robert Stebbins
1974 Bill Schrader
1975 Jane Butcher
1976 Robert Burton
1977 Mike Stegall
1978 K Edwin Applegate
1979 Harold Isaacs
1980 Scott Schurz
1981 Bill Westlake
1982 Mel Sitzberger
1983 E.W. Riedweg
1984 Kenneth Gros Louis
1985 Franklin Tiller
1986 Joseph Moore
1987 Darren Root
1988 Ellen Ehrlich
1989 Ellen Ehrlich & Rick Rechter
1990 Tim Kearns
1991 Tim Kearns & Scott Walters
1992 Scott Walters & Rebecca Clendening
1993 Dorothy Ellis & Winston Shindell
1994 Dorothy Ellis & Winston Shindell
1995 Doug Wilson & Dann Small
1996 Board of Directors
1997 Ken Millsaps
1998 Ken Millsaps & Carmen Odle
1999 Carmen Odle & Christopher Simpson
2000 Barry & Denise Lessow
2001 Julio Alonso, Barry Lessow & Jane Thoma
2002 Jean Emery & Adam Estes
2003 Jean Emery & Jayne Averitt
2004 John Whikehart & Jayne Averitt
2005 Mark Moore
2006 Mark Moore & Kevin Osborne
2007 Kevin Osborne & Alisa Wright
2008 Jo VanDerSnick
2009 Judy Sharp
2010 Judy Sharp
2011 Heidi Schulz
2012 Heidi Schulz
2013 Heidi Schulz
2014 Heidi Schulz
2015 Philippa Guthrie, Heidi Schulz
2016 Talisha Coppock
2017 Wendy Hernandez, Denise Lessow
2018 Isabel Santner
2019 Jim Sims
2020 Board of Directors
2021 Board of Directors
2022 Board of Directors
Board Presidents
1956 Norman Neely
1957 Leonard Sweet
1958 Charles Faris
1959 Bruce Temple
1960 Fred Herman
1961 William Baldwin
1962 Robert Linnemeier
1963 Robert Burton
1964 Donald Brooks
1965 Robert Clegg
1966 Robert Clegg
1967 Ralph Johnson
1968 Ralph Johnson
1969 Charles Zebendon
1970 Clum Bucher
1971 Glenn Mather
1972 E.W. Riedweg
1973 Rod MacKenzie
1974 Charles Royal
1975 Roland Kohr
1976 Jane Butcher
1977 Rev. James Higgins
1978 Ralph Bridges
1979 Dave Staver
1980 Mary Alice Gray
1981 Mary Alice Gray
1982 Mel Sitzberger
1983 Michael Spencer
1984 Michael Spencer
1985 Philip Hill
1986 Jerry Neely
1987 Kathy Weigle
1988 Dan Callahan
1989 Harmon Baldwin
1990 Rebecca Clendening
1991 Jeff Maudlin
1992 Mike Davis
1993 Byron Bangert
1994 Tim Kearns
1995 Winston Shindell
1996 Scott Walters
1997 Judy Wertheim
1998 Kathryn Brown
1999 Kathryn Brown
2000 Barry Lessow
2001 Barry Lessow
2002 Sue Polsgrove
2003 Kirk Hobbs
2004 Ed Gross
2005 Valynda Laird
2006 Valynda Laird
2007 Tom Edington
2008 Anna Weigand
2009 Anna Weigand
2010 Mark Franklin
2011 Mark Franklin
2012 Mark Franklin
2013 Heidi Schulz
2014 Heidi Schulz
2015 Heidi Schulz
2016 Kate Gagnon
2017 Kate Gagnon
2018 David Johnson
2019 David Johnson
2020 Kirsten Grønbjerg
2021 Jerry Sutherlin
2022 Caleb Steiner
2023 Kirk White