Criminal Justice/Legal Studies Speed Mentor Bios
October 30, 2013
Lori Baker (Senior U.S. Probation Officer, wiwp.uscourts.gov) has a B.A. degree in sociology and a M.A.
degree in criminal justice from Washington State University. Lori has approximately 23 years of experience
working in the juvenile and adult justice systems. She began her career as a counselor and supervisor at a
group home for juveniles. Her experience also includes working in the probation and parole fields at both the
county and state level in Washington, as well as serving on various statewide committees regarding juvenile
justice. Lori has been employed with the U.S. Probation Office for over 12 years.
John Bauman (Dane County Juvenile Court Administrator) has a Sociology degree from UW-Madison and
completed the Criminal Justice Certificate. He is the Juvenile Court Administrator for Dane County. John has
28 years of experience in the local juvenile justice system, including 21 years in non-profit agencies. He has
also worked as a group home counselor, a community-based intensive supervision counselor, a case manager
and program manager for emotionally disturbed youth and a supervisor of the Dane County Shelter Home and
Home Detention programs. In his current position, he directly supervises the Juvenile Reception Center
juvenile intake unit and oversees the department, which includes the Juvenile Detention, Shelter Home, Home
Detention program and Reception Center. He also serves as a liaison to the Juvenile Judges, including
providing training and interface with the juvenile system. John is active on many committees and workgroups
such as the Gang Task force, Children Come First commissions and Disproportionate Minority Contact
workgroups. He was on his local school board for many years, was a Big Brother in the Big Brother/Big Sister
program and he and his wife were also foster parents.
Samantha Beaumont (Dane County Public Safety Communications (911) Communicator) graduated in May
with a Bachelor's in Human Development and Family Studies with a certificate in Criminal Justice. She has lots
of experience working with children as well as an internship at the Public Defender's Office working with
individuals with criminal records. Her internship helped prepare her for a field in public safety. In September
she started as a Telecommunicator for Dane County 911 Communications and is halfway through training.
Mark Bender (2nd Year Law Student at Wisconsin Law School) graduated from UW-Madison with a B.A. in
History and Political Science. Between undergrad and law school, Mark worked in government affairs for both
a contract lobby firm as well as in the financial industry, was a staff member in Governor Doyle's
administration, and worked on political campaigns. As a law student he has become involved with the
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program, as well as being named to the Moot Court Board. Last summer,
Mark worked with the Legal Assistance to Institutionalized Persons Project, helping incarcerated clients. He
currently interns at the Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds.
Nancy Buenger (Legal/Public Historian, www.ssc.wisc.edu/clsj/media) is a faculty member with the Center
for Law, Society and Justice. Her courses engage service learning and digital technologies as well as law's past,
present and future. She has a special interest in juvenile justice and facilitates expressive and media art
workshops for court-involved teens. Dr. Buenger holds a doctorate in history from the University of Chicago
and a graduate conservation degree from the University of London’s Courtauld Institute. A Chicago native, she
is completing a graphic history of Cook County's extraordinary court of chancery and is a Chicago History
Museum consultant. Her historical and museum publications include Wet with Blood: The Investigation of
Mary Todd Lincoln's Cloak, a digital exhibition exploring bioethics and human remains research.
Sarah Burgundy (Assistant Attorney General, www.doj.state.wi.us) has been an assistant attorney general in
the criminal appeals unit of the Wisconsin Department of Justice since 2010. She practices before the
Wisconsin Court of Appeals, the Wisconsin Supreme Court, the Eastern and Western Federal District Courts of
Wisconsin, and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. She earned her J.D. from the University of Oregon School
of Law and her B.A. in English Literature from Northwestern University. Before joining the DOJ, she served as a
judicial clerk with the Oregon Court of Appeals and with Justice N. Patrick Crooks on the Wisconsin Supreme
Court.
Amy Collins (Associate at Stafford Rosenbaum LLP, www.staffordlaw.com) recently graduated from UW Law
School in December ’12. In January, she joined the Madison firm Stafford Rosenbaum LLP as an Associate
specializing in Family Law and Estate Planning. In law school, Amy participated in the Family Court Clinic and
was an active member of the QLaw Society, which focuses on legal issues affecting the LGBTQ community.
Susan Daniel (Regional Administrator, Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office, www.wisspd.org) has spent
her career in public service first at the University of Wisconsin and the Public Service Commission before
settling at the Public Defender’s Office (SPD) over a decade ago. She currently has management and
personnel oversight for the Madison Trial Region including hiring and training interns. The SPD has
opportunities for Legal Associates, Social Workers, Investigators, attorneys and managers. Susan is a native of
Crawford County, Wisconsin and grew up on a family farm. She graduated from Western Wisconsin Technical
College and attended UW-Madison.
Lauren Devine (UW Law School Student) grew up in Racine, WI and graduated from UW-Madison in 2010.
During her undergraduate studies, Lauren studied communication arts, philosophy, French, and Italian. Postgraduation, Lauren volunteered as an AmeriCorps*VISTA at UW-Parkside and the Boys & Girls Club of
Kenosha. As a law student, Lauren is involved in the Student Bar Association, the Unemployment Appeals
Clinic, and the Women's Law Student Society. Lauren is co-founder of the Secular Law Student Society, and
was recently appointed to the Moot Court Board. She is currently working for the Wisconsin Innocence Project
as a student attorney, and serving as the Student Representative for LexisNexis at the law school.
Justin Dreikosen (1st Year UW Law School Student) is a 2013 graduate of the Criminal Justice Certificate
Program of UW-Madison. He earned a BA in psychology and philosophy. His internship was with the
Sheboygan County District Attorney's office. In his final semester, he served as a peer mentor for the
certificate program. He is currently enrolled in his 1st year at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Shellie Gillette (Dane County District Attorney’s Office-Domestic Violence Unit Domestic Violence Specialist,
www.countyofdane.com/da/domestic_violence.aspx) grew up in Madison and after high school attended
MATC and received her associates degree in police science. While in school, Shellie volunteered for the rape
crisis center and completed an internship in the Domestic Violence Unit in the Dane County District Attorney’s
Office. Shellie then moved to Milwaukee and attended UW-Milwaukee and obtained her Bachelors Degree in
Criminal Justice. After college she moved to West Bend, WI and began work at a battered women’s shelter
and later became manager of the shelter for 2 years. Shellie became a Domestic Violence Specialist in the
Dane County District Attorney’s office in May of 2003.
Mike Hall (Director of Student Life, UW Law School, law.wisc.edu) has been on the University of Wisconsin
Law School staff since 2004. Originally from Great Falls, Montana, he has a B.A. in Political Science from
Montana State University, an M.A. in English from St. Cloud State University, and a J.D. from the University of
Wisconsin Law School. While in law school, Mike served as President of the Student Bar Association, and for
two years he was co-producer of Stuart’s Law Revue, the law school's comedy variety show. He also was the
law school's organizer for the Dean's Cup, the annual month-long multi-event competition between the UW
Law School and Medical School, whose proceeds all go to charitable causes.
Adam Hasse (Department of Corrections, Division of Community Corrections; Probation and Parole Agent,
http://doc.wi.gov/Home) went to UW-Oshkosh and is currently an agent on the east side of Madison,
supervising a caseload of offenders on probation, parole, and extended supervision with a wide variety
offenses and backgrounds. He began with the Department of Corrections as a Corrections Communication
Operator at DOC's central office in the Electronic Monitoring Center supervising offenders on radio frequency
and GPS based monitoring. He worked at the Electronic Monitoring Center's Warrants and After-Hour Hotline
processing warrants and interacting with law enforcement agencies in regards to offenders having police
contact after normal business hours of an agent. He then began as the Inventory Specialist of the Electronic
Monitoring Center overseeing repair, disbursement, troubleshooting, and record keeping for all pieces of
electronic monitoring owned or leased by the Department of Corrections. He began as a probation/parole
agent in 2011. He has mentored two interns in the last year who were working towards Criminal Justice
Certificates and also met with other students for job shadow opportunities. He was the liaison for an
emergency housing facility for two years which gave homeless offenders a temporary residence to allow more
fluid transitioning to a more stable residence. He is currently an instructor for the Department of Corrections
Principles of Subject Control program which deals with coupling verbal communications and physical
intervention to ensure the proper use of force within a correctional setting.
Jamie Heisler Ibrahim (Director, UW-Madison Center for Pre-Law Advising, www.prelaw.wisc.edu)
graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a B.A. in Government/International Studies and a
concentration in Public Policy. After spending two years as an Honors Paralegal with the U.S. Department of
Justice, she obtained a J.D. from the University of Virginia and then practiced as a commercial litigator for 5
years at firms in Atlanta, Georgia and Tucson, Arizona. A move to Madison followed, and Jamie pursued a
Masters in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at UW-Madison. Upon graduation, she worked for 14
months as an Assistant Dean of Students at UW-Madison. She has served in her current position as Founding
Director of the Center for Pre-Law Advising since August 2012.
Roy Korte (Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice) is a 1992 graduate of the University of
Wisconsin-Madison Law School. From 1983 to 1989, he was an investigator with the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility (Now the Office of Lawyer Regulation). From 1992 to the present,
Roy has been an assistant attorney general with the Wisconsin Department of Justice and is currently the Director
of the Criminal Litigation Unit. Roy has prosecuted a variety of cases including homicide, theft and fraud, sex
predators, anti-government extremists, and has trained prosecutors and law enforcement officers on a variety of
topics.
Becky LeDonne (Paralegal at Hawks Quindel, S.C., www.hq-law.com) currently works for the
labor/employment law firm of Hawks Quindel, S.C. in Madison. After working as a marketing coordinator for 5
years with the American Institute of Steel Construction in Chicago, IL, Becky sought a career change and
obtained her Paralegal Certificate from Duke University’s Continuing Education program in June, 2007. Upon
completion of her studies, she worked as a paralegal in family law for nearly 5 years in Raleigh, NC before
moving to Madison a year ago. She currently serves on MAPA’s Education Committee.
John Markson (Dane County Judge) graduated from the UW Law School in 1978. He was law clerk to
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice William Callow for a year, and then practiced as a trial lawyer in Madison for
the next 28 years. He was appointed to the bench by Governor Jim Doyle in 2007. He has served as a Dane
County Circuit Court judge since then. He has worked in both the criminal and civil rotations. He was the
presiding judge in Dane County's drug court for four years and continues to serve in the OWI treatment
court. He is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the American Board of Trial
Advocates (ABOTA).
Josh Mayers (FBI special agent, Madison Resident Agency, www.fbi.gov) has a BS in Criminal Justice from
John Jay College of Criminal Justice in NYC, and a JD from Kent College of Law in Chicago. Prior to joining the
FBI he was a Police Officer in NYC for 6 years. He entered on duty with the FBI in August 1991 and after
training he spent the first 8 years assigned to the Washington Field Office in WDC assigned primarily to a
Terrorism squad working overseas bombing cases, which included numerous overseas deployments including
Saudi Arabia in 1996 in the Khobar Towers investigation and in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998 in the East Africa
Embassy case. In 1999, he transferred to the Madison Resident Agency of the Milwaukee Division where he
has worked violent crime, gangs, drugs and bank robbery investigations primarily. He has been on two FBI
SWAT teams for over 14 years, and is also a Hostage Negotiator and Firearms Instructor.
Michael Nolan (Senior U.S. Probation and Pre-Trial, www.wiwp.uscourts.gov) is a 2002 UW alumni who
graduated with a double major Sociology and Behavior, Science and Law with a CJ certificate. He worked for
Dane County Juvenile Court system while attending UW and interned with the U.S. Marshals Service through
the certificate program. Michael worked for WI DOC as a probation and parole agent in Milwaukee for about
two years after college. He then was hired by the City of Chicago as a police officer where he worked for five
years while attending graduate school at DePaul University. He received his graduate degree in Sociology in
2008. As a USPO Michael attended the National Training Academy in Charleston, SC and became the safety
officer running both the firearms and officer response tactics program. He currently works as a supervision
officer supervising both post conviction offenders and pretrial defendant and primarily supervises an eight
county territory in Southern and South West Wisconsin. He regularly interacts with the U.S. Attorney's office,
agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service, Federal Defender's Office, local defense
attorneys, local law enforcement agencies and our community outreach partners.
Officer Kristin Radtke (Officer with UW-Madison Police Department) graduated from UW- Madison in 2001
with a major in Behavioral Science and Law (now Legal Studies) and certificate in Criminal Justice. Upon
graduation she was hired by UW- Madison Police Department and worked a few years on 3rd shift. For almost
10 years now she has been the Central Campus Community Officer. As a community officer she builds and
improves relationships and partnerships with community members while reducing crime. In December 2012
Kristin received a Master's degree in Criminal Justice from UW- Platteville.
Debbie Remington (Assistant Attorney General for the State of Wisconsin, www.doj.state.wi.us) is an
Assistant Attorney General for the State of Wisconsin, working in a unit called State Programs, Administrative
Law and Revenue. She represents state agencies in state court and bankruptcy courts. Debbie is a
1984 honors graduate of the UW Law School. She has worked in private practice and for a private
corporation. Debbie is married to Frank Remington, a Dane County Circuit Court Judge. Her son Andy is a
2013 graduate of UW Law School. Her son Frank is a second year law student at Marquette University.
Ashley Ryan (3rd Year Law Student) graduated from UW-Madison in 2009 with a BA in Political Science.
During undergrad she volunteered at the Legal Information Center and studied abroad in Galway, Ireland for a
semester. Between undergrad and law school she took several French courses through the continuing studies
program at UW-Madison and was an instructor at the Little Gym of Fitchburg. The summer after her first she
interned for the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District III. This past summer she interned at an intellectual
property law firm in Bangkok, Thailand. As a law student she is a member of the Wisconsin International Law
Journal and the Student Bar Association.
Patrick Sheehan (Employment Relations Chief, UW, www.ohr.wisc.edu) is the Employment Relations Chief at
the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is responsible for managing the employment relations function for
over 6,000 classified staff at the university. This includes providing interpretations of collective bargaining
agreements, policy and statutes; providing guidance to management regarding employee discipline and
discharges; conducting investigations and hearing employee grievances; managing classified employee layoffs;
representing management in umpire, expedited and full arbitration and other forums; representing the
University in labor management meetings and local negotiations; assisting supervisors in handling of
disciplinary matters; representing the University in contract negotiations; and providing training to new
managers and supervisors at UW-Madison. Patrick has an undergraduate degree in Philosophy from Santa
Clara University as well as both a law degree and MBA from Willamette University specializing in Employment
Law and Human Resources Management.
Mark Silbernagel (Personnel Lieutenant for the University of Wisconsin Police) earned a BA in Criminal
Justice from UW-Eau Claire. He began his career working at a juvenile treatment center in Eau Claire and later
worked for the Wisconsin Department of Corrections as a Probation and Parole Agent in Milwaukee. He was
hired at the UWPD as a police officer in 1999. He has held several positions and in addition to his current
assignment as Personnel Lieutenant he also manages the police training officer program, the motorcycle unit,
the grenadier unit, and the honor guard unit. He is a graduate of the Northwestern University School of Police
Staff and Command. He is a member of the Police Society of Problem Based Learning.
Rick Spoentgen (UW Madison police officer and 2nd year law student) graduated from UW - Madison in 2008
with a B.S. in Psychology and a certificate in Criminal Justice. He was hired by the UW - Madison Police
Department in October 2008 as a security officer, promoting to police officer in February of 2010. Rick is a
police training officer currently assigned to 2nd shift patrol, the motor unit, and is a liaison officer for the
Chadbourne Residential College. He oversees the UWPD's banned persons database and graffiti task force and
is also currently enrolled as a part-time student at the UW Law School.
Martha Stacker (Oakhill Institution Social Service Director, http://doc.wi.gov/families-visitors/findfacility/oakhill-correctional-institution) A Native of Wisconsin, Martha Stacker holds Bachelors of Sciences in
both Criminal Justice and Social Work from UW-Milwaukee. Ms. Stacker has a Master’s Degree in Human
Services from Springfield College and is currently a PhD candidate in Human Services at Capella University in
the School of Public Leadership with an emphasis on Community and Social Services. Ms. Stacker is currently
employed by the State of WI Dept. of Corrections (DOC) as the Institution Social Service Director at Oakhill
Correctional Institution (OCI). This position supervises the OCI Social Services and Records Departments. Prior
to this appointment, Ms. Stacker was an Initial Assessment Services Manager that supervised first responder
social workers for the State of WI Dept. of Children’s and Families. Ms. Stacker has also held the position of
Institution Unit Supervisor in which she supervised a multi-disciplinary team in a Dept. of Human Services
institution contracted with DOC. Equally; Ms. Stacker has held the position of Program Supervisor for a nonprofit youth and family services.
Chuck Stonecipher (FSAT Program Director, www.canopycenter.org) is currently the Program Director of
Family Sexual Abuse Treatment, a program that coordinates treatment in intrafamily sexual abuse cases. FSAT
is a Program of the Canopy Center, a local nonprofit dedicated to preventing child abuse and neglect,
strengthening families, and promoting healing of those affected by abuse. He previously worked as a social
worker and social work supervisor for Dane County Department of Human Services with both child protection
and delinquency cases. He is also a field instructor in the Criminal Justice Certificate Program.
Lara Sutherlin (Assistant Attorney General, www.doj.state.wi.us) is currently an Assistant Attorney General
in the Consumer Protection and Antitrust Unit of the Wisconsin Department of Justice (“DOJ”). She joined the
DOJ in 2005 in the Civil Litigation Unit, later moving to the Consumer Protection and Antitrust Unit in 2006.
Since that time, Lara has successfully prosecuted numerous consumer protection cases in a variety of areas,
including debt settlement, pay day lending, predatory lending, telecommunications, deceptive drug marketing,
as well as general deceptive trade practices in a wide range of business models. Lara earned a B.A. from
Indiana University and her law degree from Northeastern University School of Law. Following law school, Lara
clerked for the Honorable Michael Melloy, at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
(Judge Melloy now serves as an appellate justice for the Eighth Circuit United States Court Appeals). After a
two-year clerkship, Lara practiced in Boston, Massachusetts for the employment and labor law firm of Pyle,
Rome, Lichten and Erhenburg, PC. She later worked for another Boston firm, Shapiro Haber and Urmy LLP,
where she specialized in wage and hour class actions.
Mitch Turner (Probation/Parole Agent, Department of Corrections, Division of Community Corrections) is
currently an agent on POR (Point of Release), a high-risk unit supervising offenders who were just released
from prison. He has a high concentration of mental health cases. For over 10 years, he supervised a mental
health specialty caseload comprised of offenders found Not Guilty by Reason of Mental Disease or Defect and
others on supervision with a Major Mental Illness. He has mentored 5 interns in the past 3 years who were
working towards a Criminal Justice Certificate, the most recent of which was just hired as a Probation/Parole
Agent with the Department. He is a member of Abuser Treatment & Monitoring Subcommittee of the
Coordinated Community Response to Domestic Violence and created a domestic violence education program
called Stay Focused on Healthy Relationships. He attends Dane County Forensic Interface where law
enforcement, corrections, and jail officials, meet with Journey Mental Health – Emergency Services Unit and
other service providers to discuss ongoing issues with the mentally ill in the criminal justice system. He
received a B.A. with a major in Psychology and a M.S. in Counseling, both from UW-Madison and recently
obtained his Professional Counseling Training License.
Danielle Wampole (University of Wisconsin Law School Director of Scholarship Administration and
Recruitment, www.law.wisc.edu) is the Director of Scholarship Administration and Recruitment at the
University of Wisconsin Law School. In this position, Danielle works to recruit qualified, diverse and interesting
prospective law students to the University of Wisconsin’s entering class. Before beginning her career in law
school administration, Danielle worked as a civil litigator at DeWitt Ross & Stevens in Madison, Wisconsin,
where her work focused primarily on employment law and intellectual property law. Danielle graduated from
the University of Wisconsin Law School in 2012. During school, she worked as a student attorney in the Family
Court Assistance Project.