2017-18 Foundation Board Members
- Retired HR Manager, Hartung Brothers
- Southwest Tech Counselor (retired)
- Lancaster Food Pantry
- Lancaster Community Fund
- Knights of Columbus
- Employed at Facility Gateway Corp
- Financial Advisor, Investment Center at Community First Bank
- Fennimore Community Scholarship Foundation
- Make-A-Wish Wish Grantor
- Lancaster Jaycees
- Fennimore Kiwanis
- Fennimore Chamber of Commerce Board President
- Fennimore Fun Fest Co-Chair
- Southwest Tech Student
- Southwest Tech Business Management Student
- Southwest Tech Graphic and Web Design Alumnae, 2016
- Assistant Administrator at Gundersen Boscobel Area Hospital & Clinics
- Southwest Tech Alumnae
- Member, Southwest Tech Nursing Program Advisory Commitee
- Member, Wisconsin Organization of Nurse Executives
- Member, Boscobel Area Heathcare Foundation
- Treasurer, I-G Sno Cats Snowmobile Club
- Executive Director, Southwest Tech Foundation
- Member, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)
- Member, Rotary Club of Southwest Wisconsin - Platteville
- Wisconsin Leadership Development Institute Cohort of 2017-18
- Youth Sports Coach
- Retired Dean of Business, Management, and General Studies at Southwest Tech
- UW-Platteville Lecturer in Psychology/Women & Gender Studies
- Southwest Tech Human Services Associate Program Instructor
- National Organization for Human Services Board - National Conference Coordinator
- Dementia Network of Grant County - Team Coordinator for annual Alzheimer's Walks
- SAFE Coalition of Grant County

Melissa Fitzsimons
District Board Representative
Ex Officio Director
Appointed: 2017-18
mfitzsimons@swtc.edu
- Registered Nurse – Dean Specialty Clinic, Dodgeville
- Received LPN Degree and Associate Degree in Nursing from Southwest Tech
- Served on Holy Rosary Church and School Educational Commission
- Darlington Women's Volleyball League
- Platteville Food Pantry
- Farm Broadcaster and Public Speaker with Wisconsin Farm Report
- Southwest Tech Alumnus

Pete Hoffman
Faculty/Staff Representative
Appointed: 2015-16
Term Expires: 2017-18
phoffman@swtc.edu
- Current Ag Power and Equipment Technician instructor at Southwest Tech
- Southwest Tech Alumnus
- Post-secondary Agriculture Students (PAS) Club
- Member, Wisconsin Association of Agriculture Educators (WAAE)
- Retired from the Montfort Volunteer Fire Department after serving the department for 21 years
- EMT with the Montfort Rescue Squad and currently serving as Assistant Chief
- Sexton for the cemetery at St. Thomas Catholic Church
- Cassville School Board Member for 18 years, serving as Clerk and on various committees
- Member of Sons of Norway
- Served several years on the Southwest Tech Health Insurance Committee prior to retirement
- Past member of Delta Kappa Gamma
- Current member of Grant County Master Gardeners
- Southwest Tech Counselor (retired)
- Collections Director at American Red Cross
- Southwest Tech Alumnus
- Senior Vice President and Market Manager at Community First Bank
- Fennimore Community School Board Member
- Fennimore Community Scholarship Foundation
- Livingston Community Improvement Corporation
- Grant County Economic Development
- Family Advocates, Inc
- Community Leadership Alliance Alum
- Owner, Wood Law Firm, LLC, Fennimore, WI
- Grant County Corporation Counsel
- Taste of Fennimore Committee Member
- Higher Learning Commission – Pathways to Accreditation Quality Initiative – Peer Evaluator
- Complete College America
- Kiwanis