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Ivy Wendland

Ivy Wendland

SECURA Insurance

Ivy is a senior project manager at SECURA Insurance with a wealth of professional experience in strategic planning, optimizing project management, and supporting people to do valuable and rewarding work. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Madison with a degree in business administration. Ivy and her husband Dan have two children: a daughter at UW-Madison and a son at Appleton East High School. She and her family especially enjoy traveling and spending time together outdoors. Ivy is happy to be joining the board as she particularly values the spiritually integrated care that Samaritan offers.

Amy Henselin

Amy Henselin

Grant Thornton

Amy Henselin is the audit practice leader for Grant Thornton’s Wisconsin offices and is based in Appleton. She has two decades of experience in accounting and auditing within the manufacturing, health care, and non-profit sectors and holds an accounting and finance business degree from University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Amy was drawn to Samaritan because of the stressors she sees as a result of the pandemic. Amy’s sisters (who are teachers), her own children’s concerns, and her experiences in the community impacted her decision to actively support Samaritan as a board member. Amy and her husband Steve have two school-age daughters. As a family, they love to travel, follow the girls’ activities, and spend time with extended family, many of whom live nearby.

Carla Rabe

Carla Rabe

UW-Oshkosh, Fox Cities Campus (Retired) – Kaukauna

Over her 27-year career, Carla Rabe, MSE, served as the regional associate dean of student affairs for access campuses at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Fox Cities Campus (formerly UW-Fox Valley in Menasha) with additional responsibilities at the UW system’s Oshkosh and Fond du Lac campuses. She was instrumental in contracting with Samaritan to bring onsite mental health services to UW-Fox Valley students and staff from 2007-2019. She and her husband Todd have three grown children and one granddaughter. They are members of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Appleton. “I believe our sense of belief and hope, and our ability to grow and develop, are all made possible by the connections we nurture with one another.”

Gary Cao

Gary Cao

Vice President, Enterprise Analytics, Akron Children's Hospital – Ohio
Kristin Manney

Kristin Manney

Global Ethics & Compliance and Educ. Engagement Mgr., Oshkosh Corp – Oshkosh
Diane Haase

Diane Haase

Pierce Manufacturing (retired) – Menasha
Gary Cebulski

Gary Cebulski

Finance Manager (retired), The Building for Kids – Appleton
Lauri Asbury

Lauri Asbury

Neenah Joint School District Board – Neenah
Robin Schroeder, Vice President

Robin Schroeder, Vice President

Bemis Company – Oshkosh
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Kristin Manney

Kristin Manney, Board President

Oshkosh Corp - Oshkosh, WI

Kristin, who serves as Samaritan’s Board President, is the Global Ethics & Compliance and Education Engagement Manager at Oshkosh Corporation.

Ivy Wendland

Ivy Wendland, Board Vice President

SECURA Insurance - Neenah, WI

Ivy is a senior project manager at SECURA Insurance with a wealth of professional experience in strategic planning, optimizing project management, and supporting people to do valuable and rewarding work. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Madison with a degree in business administration. Ivy and her husband Dan have two children: a daughter at UW-Madison and a son at Appleton East High School. She and her family especially enjoy traveling and spending time together outdoors. Ivy is happy to be joining the board as she particularly values the spiritually integrated care that Samaritan offers.

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Amy Otis , Board Secretary

VP of Human Resources, Capital Credit Union

Amy was introduced to Samaritan via her 30-year career at Capital Credit Union. The financial institution regularly engages in fundraising and employee engagement on behalf of Samaritan, including sponsorship of the 2022 Ethics in Business Summit. “I realize every day the need for mental health support for our employees and their families, my own children and their friends, and the education I have gained around mental illness.” In fact, Amy once envisioned a career in counseling and now sees how her role in human resources is infused with this early interest in mental health. “I work with our employees every day to work through challenges and support them both professionally and emotionally.” She also has special skills and experience in investing, accounting, marketing, and strategic planning.

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Amy Henselin, Board Treasurer

Grant Thornton - Appleton, WI

Amy Henselin is the audit practice leader for Grant Thornton’s Wisconsin offices and is based in Appleton. She has two decades of experience in accounting and auditing within the manufacturing, health care, and non-profit sectors and holds an accounting and finance business degree from University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Amy was drawn to Samaritan because of the stressors she sees as a result of the pandemic. Amy’s sisters (who are teachers), her own children’s concerns, and her experiences in the community impacted her decision to actively support Samaritan as a board member. Amy and her husband Steve have two school-age daughters. As a family, they love to travel, follow the girls’ activities, and spend time with extended family, many of whom live nearby.

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Patrick Ambroso

Senior Associate Brand Manager, Kimberly-Clark

Patrick joins the Samaritan board with extensive experience on both the Imagine Fox Cities-Belonging Committee and the Fox Valley Technical College Foundation. A graduate of Appleton East, he has been employed by Kimberly Clark for more than 11 years. His wife is a mental health therapist, and Patrick has come to understand first-hand the expanding needs of mental health clinicians and their clients. He and his wife are also raising two boys. “I see the importance of having good access to mental health support and what that means to building a cohesive, inclusive community. As people continue to face new and different challenges in their lives, it will be crucially important to drive awareness of the support that is out there and continue to break the negative stigma attached to getting mental health care.”  Patrick brings to the board special interest and skills in marketing, strategic planning, and bridge-building.

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Mary Beduhn

Bio coming soon

John Butitta

John Butitta, MD

Internal Medicine, Ascension Medical Group - Kaukauna, WI

Dr. Butitta has been the alcohol and other drug abuse (AODA) medical director at Samaritan for nearly eight years where he served as a resource for AODA clinicians in compliance with state treatment requirements. Those requirements expired at the beginning of 2023, yet Dr. Butitta remains committed to Samaritan’s mission and staff. He joins the board to continue to provide medical expertise and insights and support Samaritan’s clinicians. “I developed a great respect for the people at Samaritan, and I am very happy to remain associated with them as a board member.”

Gary Cao

Gary Cao

Akron Children's Hospital - Akron, OH

Gary is the Vice President of Enterprise Analytics at Akron Children’s Hospital in Akron, Ohio.

Gary Cebulski

Gary Cebulski

Finance Manager (retired), The Building for Kids - Appleton, WI

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Rev. Kimbrel Johnson, MDiv

First Presbyterian Church - Neenah, WI

Pastor Kimbrel Johnson of First Presbyterian Church in Neenah joined the Samaritan Board of Directors in 2022. Pastor Kim moved to Neenah in 2019 to lead the Neenah congregation after serving a faith community in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, for 16 years. A native of Duluth, Minnesota, she holds a Bachelor of Arts in Ministry degree from Viterbo University and a Master of Divinity from Louisville Theological Seminary. In 2017, Pastor Kim adopted her son (now 8) from India, and together they explore Neenah and the Fox Cities for all the good things to do and learn as a family. Pastor Kim makes it a priority to honor and uphold each person’s spirituality and strongly believes in coaching and therapy as a way to become mentally, physically, and spiritually whole. “We all need a place to belong, to be heard, and to be accountable. The people at Samaritan believe that, too. I am very happy to join the board.”

Michael Patton

Photo and Bio coming soon

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Jenny Swanson

Photo and Bio coming soon

Greg Watling

Greg Watling

Pastor, First Congregational United Church of Christ - Gaylord, Mi

Greg Watling is a husband, father, and pastor in Lower Michigan with a long association with Samaritan in Wisconsin. He previously served at First Congregational UCC in New London, where Greg came to embrace Samaritan’s convenient and expert local access and introduced Wellness Screen to the local school district. He’s served as a Samaritan board member and board president in the past. After time away, he rejoins the team to welcome new community board members to share his institutional knowledge. He knows every aspect of Samaritan’s service is growing, and the employees and volunteers will benefit from systems and structures that optimize their impact on the lives of the people they serve. “For every faith, there is a promise. And with that promise, there is a certain amount of risk we take to step out in faith. We all need to bring our best to the table.”