Reading for the Future Initiative

RFF Strategy Team

Team Purpose

Change takes process and strategy. The Reading for the Future Strategy Team is focused on forming structure, direction and cohesion for the Reading for the Future Initiative and its current and future Collaborative Action Teams and Projects.

Team Members

Team Facilitator:

  • Sarah Beckman,
    Executive Director

Team Support:

  • Ashley Bethke,
    Director of Partnership Advancement
  • Atithi Ghimire,
    Data Manager

Community Partners:

  • Carla Buboltz, Education Consultant
  • Rick Crosson, Brown County Library Board Member
  • Jennifer Flatt, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
  • Corrissa Frank, Howe Community Resource Center
  • Katie Guzek, Brown County Library
  • Sue Lagerman, Brown County Library
  • James McGee, We All Rise: African American Resource Center
  • Kimberly Stevens, Dyslexia Reading Connection
  • Sarah Sugden, Brown County Library
  • Jennifer Tremblay, Green Bay Area Public School District
  • Dr. Jamie Tyrrell, St. Thomas Moore/Green Bay Area Catholic Education
  • DeDe Williams, Reach Out and Read Wisconsin

2025 Team Priorities & Projects

Project: Community, Awareness, Visioning & Goal Setting
Project: Early Literacy Data Dashboard

Recent Results & Accomplishments

  • Providing leadership to the Early Literacy Data Dashboard Project, including informing the design of Community Input Sessions where nearly 50 individuals and organizations attending virtual sessions to give input and feedback on the design of this dashboard. Learn more about this project here. View blog post recaps of the Community Input Sessions here.
  • Planned Early Literacy Convenings in 2025, bringing the public together with project teams to gain insights, feedback, share progress, and set goals.
  • Click the hyperlinks above to read blog post recaps of both events. Save the date for our next Early Literacy Convening. MORE INFO HERE.

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