Montgomery retires after 33 years with State of Wisconsin
John Montgomery retired in 2010 after 33 years with the State of Wisconsin.
He worked 24 years in the Budget Office in the Department of Administration, including 14 years as deputy budget director. He also spent nine years as a program administrator for the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance.
He graduated from the Center for the Study of Public Policy and Administration in 1977 and holds a master’s in urban and regional planning.
“Currently I tutor in the Madison public schools and volunteer at the
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, a government watchdog group dedicated to reducing the influence of special interest funding in elections,” says Montgomery, who also works with La Follette School students through the Career Development Office.
“I was recently honored to be nominated for a Community Shares of Wisconsin ‘Backyard Hero’ award for my work at WDC. My wife and I enjoy traveling to places we haven’t visited yet, and spending more time with charitable causes, sports, politics and our family.
“My memories of the UW La Follette School (though it wasn’t called that when I attended) are fond ones, and I appreciate the education I received there. Every day I’m reminded of the need for all levels of government to attract dedicated people who want to work there. Thank you to the La Follette School for helping fill this need.”
1990s
The Wisconsin Council on Mental Health has selected Shel Gross, 1990, as chair. The governor appointed him to the council in 2010. He is Mental Health America of Wisconsin’s director of public policy.
Susan R. Parker, 1997, has been the town manager of Crested Butte, Colorado, since 2006. She has given several presentations in 2010 and 2011. The most recent was at the Colorado Municipal League in June when she spoke on “Linking Resident Opinion Surveys to Action – What Does It Really Mean?” In March she presented at the Conservation Excellence conference and in August 2010, she spoke at the Public Policy Forum in Crested Butte. Her son, Shane Harris, is a senior at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and her daughter, Morgan Harris, is a sophomore at Winona State University in Minnesota.
2000s
James Burnham, 2002, is now the special assistant to the executive director and chief brand officer of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.
Aditya Chandraghatgi, 2007, is a manager within Deloitte’s strategy practice. He works primarily within the financial services industry, especially in the area of corporate and customer strategy.
Vivek Bavda, 2004, is running for U.S. Congress in Illinois’s 10th District.
Carrie Traud, 2008, is a research and policy associate at the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development in Berea, Kentucky, focusing on local foods and sustainable forestry. She got married in Lexington in October, and many Bob alumni were there.
Alan Paberzs, 2005, has been promoted to director of development for the Bluhm Legal Clinic at Northwestern University School of Law and was honored as the John F. Chetlain Employee of the Year at Northwestern Law. He was elected president of the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s Chicago chapter and began his term in July.
Ben Winig, 2004, is now a senior staff attorney at Public Health Law & Policy based in Oakland, California.
Chad D. Cotti, 2002, was promoted this school year to associate professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh. He recently had papers published in the Review of Economics and Statistics and the Journal of Health Economics.
2006 alum returns to budget office after having second babyAfter having her second son in April 2011, Karina Silver, 2006, is back full time at the Wisconsin budget office as a senior analyst on the health services and insurance team. She is a member of the anti-human trafficking coalition SlaveFree Madison and the Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance’s Human Trafficking Committee. She serves on the boards for Creative Learning Preschool and Integrated Community Work Inc., for which she is treasurer. |
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This article appears in the fall 2011 La Follette Notes newsletter for alumni and friends
— posted November 20, 2011