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The President of the Board of Summit Educational Association is Ruth McGuire. Ruth is the mother of five children and has also served as President and Chairman of several boards of charitable organizations in the Milwaukee area. Matt Smyczek has been named Executive Director of Summit. For the past 13 years, Matt worked with Chicago’s inner-city youth at the Midtown Center, 7 years in the One-On-One Program from which Summit derives its model, and 6 years as the Director of the Center. Matt was raised on the South Side of Milwaukee not far from Summit and attended Marquette and UW-Madison where he earned degrees in Engineering and an MBA. Phyllis Gaggioli is Girls Program Dirctor. She is the mother of seven children and has a degrees in Education and Spanish from Marquette University, and has taught for 10 years. With a strong leadership team in place, Summit is positioned to garner greater financial support while building strong alliances in the community to support our kids. |
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“I am getting to know my mentor Dave. He tells me if I put my mind to my school work, I can be a very smart kid. Mentoring is good for you because you get better at what you are not good at, like literature. I had a U in it and since I have been coming here, I raised it to a C, and now I am going to try for an A. We also work on math. My goals are getting my homework done every night, and I am getting better at filling-out my assignment notebook. - Tony Fontanez, 7th Grade Student |
