The WMEA Advocacy Committee (formerly WAME) is made up of educators, parents, business people and other community members who believe that all children deserve a balanced education that includes the study of music and the other arts. WMEA’s goal is to educate communities about the inherent benefits of music education. This advocacy group was created as a way for music educators, performing artists, composers, parents, music merchants and manufacturers, working together, to help decision-makers understand that “Music Makes The Difference.”
Contact Us
Attn: WMEA Advocacy Committee
Wisconsin Music Educators Association
1005 Quinn Drive, Waunakee, WI 53597
Phone: 608-850-3566, 800-589-9762
WMEA Advocacy Committee Members
| Amelia Armstrong | WMEA Teacher | |
| Carolyn Atwell | WMEA Teacher | |
| Paul Budde | Chairperson, WMEA Pres-Elect | |
| Drew Donica | Community Representative | |
| Mandy Grimsby, J.W. Pepper | Industry Representative | |
| Peggy Hill-Breunig | Community Representative | |
| Allison Jaeger | WMEA Teacher | |
| Susan Lipp, Full Compass | Industry Representative | |
| Leah Motl | NAfME Collegiate Steering Comm. (UWW) | |
| Paige Owen | NAfME Collegiate Steering Comm. (UWGB) | |
| Julie Palkowski | DPI Consultant | |
| Maggie Paucek | WMEA Teacher | |
| Katie Prihoda | WMEA Teacher | |
| Tristann Rieck, Brass Bell Music Store | Industry Representative | |
| Leyla Sanyer | WMEA Teacher, Retired | |
| Brad Schneider | WMEA Government Relations | |
| Lynn Seidl | WMEA Teacher, Retired | |
| Kati Seiter | WMEA President | |
| Anthony Soyak | WMEA Teacher | |
| Kevin Thays | WSMA/WMEA Director of Communications |
