Mentoring & Professional Dialogues (MPD) Summit

Will and Becky Green have dedicated their entire adult lives to supporting and mentoring vulnerable youth across Wisconsin. Both attended UW–Eau Claire, where Will played basketball and Becky was a cheerleader — a shared passion for teamwork and community that first brought them together. During college, they began working with disadvantaged and adjudicated youth at the Eau Claire Academy residential treatment center, sparking a lifelong commitment to youth development.

After relocating to Madison, they continued their service as youth probation officers in the juvenile justice system while also providing treatment foster care for teens. Will went on to serve as a Special Education Assistant in the Madison Metropolitan School District, a Community Center Director, and for the past 10 years, the Head Girls Varsity Basketball Coach at Madison LaFollette High School. Becky provided case management for youth navigating delinquency and mental health challenges.

In 2004, Will founded Mentoring Positives (MP) in honor of his mother, who passed away from breast cancer at the age of 46. Over the past 21 years, Will and Becky have built MP into a thriving nonprofit that empowers youth ages 10–18 through leadership development, social-emotional learning, athletics, and social entrepreneurship.

Will’s leadership and impact have been recognized widely, including the declaration of “Will Green Day” in Madison on May 5, 2018, and the 2022 City–County Humanitarian Award. Together, Will and Becky continue to inspire hope, resilience, and opportunity for the young people they serve.
 

Kaila serves as the Experiential Education Specialist in the UW-Parkside Alan E. Guskin Center for Community and Business Engagement. With expertise in instructional design and experiential education, she develops and facilitates innovative, accessible learning experiences. She teaches internship and work-based learning courses centered on career development and critical reflection, and co-authored "Equity in Experiential Learning: Work-Based Learning as a Viable Alternative to Internships" in the Experiential Learning & Teaching in Higher Education journal.

Kaila is the 2025 recipient of the Society for Experiential Education’s Rising Leader Award and a 2025 Silver Award of Excellence winner from the Brandon Hall Group for Best Training Program for Global Accessibility Standards. She is a two-time recipient of the UW-Parkside Assessment Showcase Provost's Award for Outstanding Assessment Poster. She also co-facilitates Leadership Kenosha, a partnership between UW-Parkside and the Kenosha Area Chamber of Commerce.

She is a graduate of the SEE Experiential Education Academy, a graduate of Leadership Racine, a UW-Madison CCWT Affiliate, and holds a Graduate Certificate in Instructional Design from UW-Stout. Her community appointments include serving as a board member for United Way of Kenosha County, Vice President of the Education Foundation of Kenosha, and Treasurer of the Racine Arts Council.

Before joining UW-Parkside, Kaila worked as a music teacher and director in the greater Milwaukee area. She is a double alumnus of Carthage College (BA Music Education, MM Music Theatre Vocal Pedagogy). In addition to her passion for education, Kaila is very involved in the arts and her work as a composer and collaborative musician has been enjoyed by audiences throughout Southeastern Wisconsin. She has performed onstage and in the pit orchestras of numerous productions, including being the violinist for a new musical performed at the Chicago Musical Theater Festival and the New York Musical Theater Festival (off-Broadway). Kaila served as the Chairperson of the Kenosha Commission on the Arts, co-founded West Bend Theatre Company and Kenosha Opera Festival, and has served on multiple theatre company boards. She studied at the Kodály Institute of Vocal Pedagogy in Kecskemét, Hungary, and her self-designed curriculum has been published on the Wisconsin Music Educators Association website. She and her husband, Rick, especially enjoy performing Shakespeare together and traveling annually to the Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada.
 

My name is Heileigh Perry and I am the Talent Acquisition Specialist for Enterprise Mobility. I graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2019 and majored in Communication. I started my career with Enterprise as a Management Trainee intern and worked my way up into our Human Resources department. My favorite part of my job is being able to build long lasting relationships with the people I meet every day and talk about how Enterprise is a great place to start your career

Lloyd Lewin currently serves as the Director of Outreach, School, & Prevention at the Boys & Girls Club of Kenosha, where he leads the Gang Prevention & Youth Empowerment Program (YEP). In this role, he supervises a gang diversion initiative that provides mentorship, pro-social activities, and family engagement through case management for participating youth. Under Lloyd's leadership, the Boys & Girls Club of Kenosha has strengthened its presence within the Kenosha Unified School District, particularly among middle and high school youth. Notably, YEP participants have shown significant improvements in school attendance, academic performance, and a reduction in involvement with the juvenile justice system.

Lloyd earned his Master of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in August 2024. Growing up in a household that prioritized education spurred his academic and athletic achievements, including playing collegiate football at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and earning a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

Having once benefited from the Boys & Girls Club as a child, Lloyd deeply understands the transformative power of mentorship and guidance from caring adults. He considers it an honor to pay forward the same support and mentorship he received, recognizing the trust placed in him by the youth of Kenosha. 
 

Dr. Kimberly J. Payne is an expert community engagement strategist, trainer, project manager, and facilitator. Kimberly is the Founder and Co-Owner of Payne Consulting, and she serves as the Lead Consultant for all projects. Kimberly holds a Doctor of Education-Leadership, Innovation, and Continuous Improvement from Concordia University Wisconsin, a master’s degree in education from Iowa State University, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Drake University. Additionally, she possesses a community engagement certificate from the Harwood Institute for Public Innovation.

Kimberly is committed to education, advocacy, and staying involved in her local community. She serves the community through various speaking engagements, as an active member of Jesus Alive Ministries, and as the board chair of IMPACT, Incorporated. Also, she is a past board member of Gateway Technical College, Siena Retreat Center, and the Jane Cremer Foundation.

In May 2025, Kimberly joined the esteemed class of women who were honored by the Milwaukee Business Journal as the 2025 Women of Influence. In 2024, Kimberly was recognized with the Community Leader Award by the Heritage Committee of Racine. In 2016, Kimberly received the YWCA Southeast Wisconsin Women of Distinction Award, and she was also inducted as a Distinguished Alumna of J.I. Case High School.

I am Abraham Santiago; I am the Assistant Vice President of Huntington National Bank at the Mt Pleasant Location. I have built a team that assists the Kenosha communities the abilities to embrace equity, economic development, and its diversity. Most institutions focus solely on banking and loans, but Huntington National Bank is all about creating communities, diversity, equity and educating our customers so they can succeed financially. 
Understanding financial empowerment goes beyond financial literacy, it goes beyond just obtaining knowledge. Financial empowerment provides the skills required to be able manage money, make healthy financial decisions, and find an institution that sees your potential by providing products and services that bring a community success vs hardship. 
In my previous experience, I was a Student Development Advisor at McHenry County College (MCC) and a Coordinator of Retention Programs/Student Advisor at the University of Wisconsin Parkside, I gained innovative approaches and techniques to give students the opportunity to succeed. My positions encouraged our students to identify educational goals, discuss goals of transfer, identify and/or assess an applied degree that best fit the student, and the ability to connect resources when they need those supports. During my time at MCC I have helped develop a program that aided support and retain part- time students. In the community college setting the part-time students are diverse and it are the predominant population; my program was geared to serve over 3500 students. I gained retention and better ways to service those students by creating a survey that the population of students needed to fill out to gather information to support those students and potentially provide support and resources to as many students as possible. 

During my time as a Coordinator of Retention Programs/ Advisor at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, I worked diligently with a culturally diverse student population providing individualized attention. Also, during my experience as a Coordinator of Retention Programs/ Advisor, I have worked with the students in larger group settings, community settings, and I have also interacted with various programs to provide appropriate resources to aid in the stellar success and meeting of goals set forth by the students I serve. I genuinely believe that my success with the students involved in their lives demonstrates my ability to build self-esteem and transform lives and given the opportunity, will do the same on your team and the community you serve. 

Everything I have learned through my education, outreaching in the community, banking, advising, team development/management and the residential experience has prepared me to succeed and be an advocate for the community I serve.