Board of Directors

James D. Kohlenberg
Employer Member/Board Chairperson
Livingston
Appointed: 2001
Term Expires: 2013
Phone: 608.822.2350
Email: jkohlenberg@swtc.edu

• Owner/President – Jim’s Building Center, Inc.
• Wisconsin Retail Lumberman's Board
• Served on Iowa-Grant School Board for 18 Years; 15 Years as President
• Served on Wisconsin State School Boards Association 8½ Years
• Fennimore Chamber of Commerce Board Member
• Member, Livingston Community Improvement Corporation
• Livingston Fireman

Eileen Nickels 
Elected Official Member/Board Vice Chairperson
Platteville
Appointed: 2006
Term Expires: 2015
Email: enickels@swtc.edu

• Salesperson, Chester K. Bell Real Estate
• Platteville City Council
• Southwest Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission Board of Directors
• Platteville Chamber of Commerce
• Platteville Area League of Women Voters
• Platteville Main Street Program
• League of Wisconsin Municipalities
• Platteville Optimist Club
• Platteville Quota Club

Melissa J. Fitzsimons 
Employee Member/Board Secretary
Darlington
Appointed: 2006
Term Expires: 2015
Email: mfitzsimons@swtc.edu

• Registered Nurse – Doctor’s Park Clinic, Platteville
• 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

Rhonda Sutton
Additional Member/Board Treasurer
Richland Center
Appointed: 2010
Term Expires: 2013
Email: rsutton@swtc.edu

• Director of Human Resources – The Richland Hospital, Inc.
• Alzheimer's Association South Central Wisconsin Chapter Memory Walk Committee 
• Wisconsin Society of Human Resource Administrator's Member
• Society of Human Resources Management Member

Diane Messer
School District Administrator Member
Dodgeville
Appointed: 2012
Term Expires: 2015
Email: dmesser@swtc.edu

• District Administrator, Dodgeville School District
• Wisconsin Association of District Administrators
• American Association of School Administrators
• SRTNC Board of Directors
• DPI-ESEA Testing Advisory Council
• Member of Dodgeville Kiwanis and Optimists

Darlene Mickelson
Employee Member
Soldiers Grove
Appointed: 2012
Term Expires: 2013
Email: dmickelson@swtc.edu

• Executive Assistant - Grant County Economic Development Corporation
• Graduate of Southwest Tech Accounting Program
• Served as Treasurer of Southwest Tech's Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
• Member of Grant County Tourism Council

Russell L. Moyer
Additional Member
Barneveld
Appointed: 1981
Term Expires: 2014
Email: rmoyer@swtc.edu

• Owner, Moyer Dairy Farm
• Served on Barneveld School Board for 27 years
• Barneveld Education Foundation President
• Barneveld American Legion Member

Chris J. Prange
Additional Member
Appointed: 2011
Term Expires: 2014
Email: cprange@swtc.edu

• President and CEO, American Bank & Trust - Wisconsin
• Grant County Economic Development Corporation
• Lancaster Police & Fire Commission
• Served on Grant Regional Health Center Board for 9 years
• Served on the Lancaster School Board
• Served on the Lancaster Housing Authority

Donald L. Tuescher
Employer Member
Darlington
Appointed: 1994
Term Expires: 2015
Email: dtuescher@swtc.edu

• President, Tuescher Electric & Refrigeration, Inc.
• President, Darlington Mutual Insurance Co. Board of Directors
• President, Southwest Wisconsin Electrical Contractors Assn.