Leadership
Harriet Redman, M.S.Ed., Executive Director
Harriet Redman is Executive Director of WisconSibs and a founder of its predecessor organization, the Fox Valley Sibling Support Network. A graduate of Valparaiso University, she has taught middle school and high school, developed family educational programs and marketing strategy for a Fortune 500 insurance company, and served as business manager of a non-profit, semi-professional choral organization.
She has a master’s degree from Purdue University in family life education and a passion for the needs of siblings. She and her husband, Rich, have an adult son with multiple disabilities whose older sister is her mother’s inspiration and most honest critic.
Harriet’s work on behalf of siblings of people with disabilities and long-term illnesses has been recognized by several organizations:
- She received the Valparaiso University Alumni Community Service Award in recognition of outstanding service to her community (2008).
- She was presented Exceptional Parent magazine’s Maxwell J. Schleifer Distinguished Service Award for her work and advocacy on behalf of the 54.6 million people living with disabilities in the United States (2009).
- She was honored with a Fox Cities, Wisconsin Celebrating Abilities Award recognizing her leadership in enhancing the way people with disabilities develop and celebrate their abilities (2010).
- She received the Kasidhe Olson Distinguished Parent Award from the Elsie Shaw Foundation for her “outstanding effort to enrich the lives of children with disabilities and their families.”
- In 2020, Harriet was awarded the Insight on Business Woman of Influence Difference Maker Award See video
- She was awarded the first Don Meyer Award in recognition of her commitment to siblings of people with disabilities at the National Sibling Leadership Network Conference. (July 2021)
Staff
Tessa Lewis, Database Manager
Stephenie Mlodzik, Fund Development Coordinator
Angela NeSmith, Financial Administrator
Katie Peterson, Program Assistant
Board of Directors
Daniel Dibble, President
CanvasCloud
Chris Howard, Vice President
Thrivent Financial
John Manke, Treasurer
Amcor
Karie Mindock, secretary
Fox Valley Lutheran High School
Sarah Huston
Canvas Cloud
Jeremy Gundlach
Board for People with Developmental Disabilities
Jean Haznar
AASD / St Elizabeth – Project Search; retired
Sean Drury
Thrivent Financial
For more information about how to join the WisconSibs, Inc Board of Directors, contact our office. For expections, click WisconSibs Board Member Expectations
We continue to thank these people who served the Fox Valley Sibling Support Network/ WisconSibs as board members from 1998-2019:
| Barb Arndt* | Jim Johnson* | Sue Plamann | Kristin Lanari | Nancy Hidde |
| Jan Blume | Jim Jones | Steve Rieth | Susan Stenz | Jenni Moore |
| Megan Burdick-Grade | Amy Jordan* | Mary Ann Scherck | Judy Simon | Michele Martin |
| Patrick Curran | Craig Jordan* | Danielle Soland | Karen Schlieve Smith | Edward Ruffolo |
| Dawn Ebert | Mike Mader | Jenni Verboomen | Jennifer Koeppl | Kristine Williams |
| Karen Fahley | Cathy Mertz | Gina Vollmer | Lisa Kogan-Praska | Deb Smet |
| Mary Greiner | Cathy Mueller | Christine Wanless | Alyson Krokowsky | Andrew Burg |
| Tina Hittman | Zola Nimmer | Chris Linn | Ben Stern | Cindy Piotrowski |
*Founding board member