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Past Presidents

1955-1956 * Alice Budny - Greater Milwaukee

1956-1957 * Lois Pluckhan - Dane

1957-1958 * Audrey Mathews

1958-1959 * Violet Owens

1959-1960 * Viola Wendt - Greater Milwaukee

1960-1961 * Mildred Gedakovitz

1961-1962 * Julia Austin

1962-1963 * June Gillette Hirsch Sieberlich, CMA-AC (AAMA)

1963-1964 * Edith Murphy

1964-1965 * Aleen Piepenburg - Waukesha

1965-1966 * Alice Roelse

1966-1967 * Vera Erdman

1967-1968 *Donna Schultz, CMA-A (AAMA) - Valley

1968-1969 * Jane Mix Martell, CMA-AC (AAMA)

1969-1970 Phyllis Schirmer

1970-1971 * Lucille Skolaski - Dane

1971-1972 Dolores Mitka Arnett, CMA (AAMA)

1972-1973 * Marilyn Sadewater Showen, CMA (AAMA)

1973-1974 * Roscelia Linton

1974-1975 * Muriel Taubert

1975-1976 Marilyn Luebke Robley, CMA-A (AAMA)

1976-1977 Barbara Schumann, CMA-A (AAMA)

1977-1978 * Dolores Conlon

1978-1979 Jane Dowds, CMA-A (AAMA)

1979-1980 Alma Allen

1980-1981 Carol Wiesner Greuel Maynard, CMA (AAMA) - Valley

1981-1982 Sheila Sue Carlson, CMA (AAMA)

1982-1983 * Sandra Doyle, CMA-C (AAMA) - Wood

1983-1984 * Shirley Blake - Green 

1984-1985 Karen De Bruin, CMA-A (AAMA) - Valley

1985-1986 Penny Springer, CMA-C (AAMA) - Dodge

1986-1987 Gail Luttenberger, CMA (AAMA) - Fond Du Lac

1987-1988 Corinne Boushon Johnson, CMA (AAMA) - Central

1988-1989 *Donna Schultz, CMA-A (AAMA) - Valley

1989-1990 Julie Harder Matthews, CMA (AAMA) - Central

1990-1991 * Noreen Soeller, CMA (AAMA) - Central

1991-1992 * Donna Emkow (*2022) - Dodge

1992-1993 Laura Hillman, CMA (AAMA) - Dodge

1993-1994 Julie Flaatten, RN, CMA (AAMA), EMT-B - Central

1994-1995 Donna Egner, CMA (AAMA)

1995-1996 Nancy Kohls, CMA (AAMA) - Valley

1996-1997 Denise Dorsey-LaCanne, CMA (AAMA) - Valley

1997-1998 Gary Keegstra, CMA (AAMA), REV - Fond du Lac

1998-1999 * M. Sheryl Tschudy - Green

1999-2000 Janet Staat, CMA (AAMA)

2000-2001 Cynthia Ruebl, CMA (AAMA) - Waukesha

2001-2002 Joanne Hunter, CMA (AAMA) - Greater Milwaukee

2002-2003 Barbara Lato, RN, CMA (AAMA) - Central

2003-2004 Joyce Muehlberger, LPN, CMA (AAMA) - Lakeshore

2004-2005 Christine Kincaid, CMA (AAMA) - Northwoods

2005-2006 Judy Newland, CMA (AAMA) - Valley

2006-2007 Gail Luttenberger, CMA (AAMA) - Fond du Lac

2007-2008 *Marjorie Spiel - Dodge

2008-2009 Joanne Steffens, CMA (AAMA) - Valley

2009-2010 Connie Hantula, CMA (AAMA) - Waukesha

2010-2011 Nancy Kohls, CMA (AAMA) - Valley

2011-2012 Kathleen Olewinski, CMA (AAMA), MS, RHIA, NHA, FACHE - Greater Milwaukee

2012-2013 Barbara Hruby, CMA (AAMA) - Lakeshore

2013-2014 Judy Newland, CMA (AAMA) - Valley

2014-2015 Denise Dorsey-LaCanne, CM A (AAMA) - Valley

2015-2016 Gail Luttenberger, CMA (AAMA) - Fond du Lac

2016-2017 Tandra Bauman, CMA (AAMA), RMA - La Crosse

2017-2018 Kim Gropp, BA, CMA (AAMA) - Valley

2018-2019 Julie Reider, CMA(AAMA) - Waukesha

2019-2020 Don Miller, CMA(AAMA) - Waukesha

2020-2021 Christine Judnic, CMA (AAMA) - Lakeshore

2021-2022 Christine Judnic, CMA (AAMA) - Lakeshore

2022-2023 Kimberly Cooper, CMA (AAMA) - Central

2023-2024 Rene Puetz CMA (AAMA) - Lakeshore

2024-2025 Kelly Emmons, CMA (AAMA) - Waukesha

2025-2026 Barbara Cumberland, CMA (AAMA) - Valley

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*Deceased

Note: Italics indicate name change after presidency.

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