DIRECTOR OF HOUSING & COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS

REVEREND CARMEN PORCO

CARMEN DIRECTS HOUSING MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS FOR FIVE PROPERTIES UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE HOUSING MINISTRIES OF AMERICAN BAPTISTS IN WISCONSIN. HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROPERTIES FOR OVER 20 YEARS, BRINGING THE NORTHPORT-PACKER SITES FROM A STATE OF BANKRUPTCY AND RENTAL STRIKES TO THE FLOURISHING, STABLE COMMUNITIES OF TODAY.

MANAGER: SANDRA WILLIS-SMITH

SANDRA IS THE PROPERTY MANAGER FOR PACKER TOWNHOUSES, HANDLING TENANT APPLICATIONS, LEASING, AND GENERAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. SANDRA MOVED INTO THE COMMUNITY AS A RESIDENT IN 1994; BEGAN WORKING AS THE PACKER RECEPTIONIST IN 1995, AND WAS PROMOTED TO MANAGEMENT IN 2000. SHE LIVES ON-SITE, WITH HER HUSBAND GREG, FATHER FORREST, AND TWO SONS: DARIUS & VINCENT.

PROGRAM COORDINATOR: JACKI THOMAS

JACKI COORDINATES, DEVELOPS AND IMPLEMENTS PROGRAMS IN THE PACKER COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER. SHE BECAME A RESIDENT OF PACKER IN 1985 AND LIVES ON-SITE WITH HER HUSBAND, DAVID, AND CHILDREN: SARAH, KATIE, AND JORDAN.

FRONT DESK: KAY KELLY

KAY HANDLES WORK ORDERS, FILING, AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES AT PACKER TOWNHOUSES. SHE HAS LIVED IN THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1976, AND RAISED THREE CHILDREN HERE: JOSHUA, RENEE, AND KELLY.

FRONT DESK: KAREN BRYANT

KAREN BRYANT ASSISTS WITH OFFICE NEEDS SEVERAL DAYS EACH WEEK. SHE BECAME A RESIDENT IN 1995, AND HAS THREE CHILDREN: EARL, DAVID AND KENNY.

PROGRAM ASSISTANT: SARAH THOMAS

SARAH THOMAS IMPLEMENTS THE ACCELERATED READER PROGRAM AND ASSISTS WITH OTHER PROGRAMS. SHE MOVED INTO THE COMMUNITY AT AGE ONE AND HAS BEEN ACTIVE AS A CENTER PARTICIPANT SINCE THE DAY THE CENTER OPENED ITS DOORS.

MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR: MIKE SKRAM

MIKE HAS BEEN EMPLOYED WITH NORTHPORT-PACKER SINCE 1989. HE LIVES IN MT. HOREB WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO SONS.

MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR: JOHN JOHNSON

JOHN HAS BEEN WORKING WITH NORTHPORT-PACKER SINCE 1993. HE LIVES IN MADISON AND IS AN AVID STOCK CAR RACER.

ON-SITE MAINTENANCE: PAMORN WONGKIT

PAMORN BECAME A RESIDENT IN 1997 AND HAS WORKED WITH THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT SINCE. ORIGINALLY FROM THAILAND, HE LIVES AT PACKER WITH HIS WIFE CINDY AND STEP-SON, JEREMY. PAMORN LOVES NOTHING MORE THAN TO FLY HIS REMOTE CONTROLED MODEL AIRPLANES, WHICH HE BUILDS HIMSELF.

MAINTENANCE: GREG "PICKER" WEST

GREG HAS BEEN ON STAFF SINCE 1995. HE LIVES IN MADISON WITH HIS FIANCE AND IS AN AVID HUNTER AND OUTDOORSMAN.

MAINTENANCE: FLOYD "SQUEAK" HOLFORD

FLOYD HAS BEEN EMPLOYED SINCE 1998. HE LIVES IN MADISON AND HAS ONE DAUGHTER. HE LIKES TO HUNT AND FISH DURING HIS TIME OFF.

HOMEWORK HELP LAB STAFF: RITA FLEISCHMANN

RITA HAS BEEN A RESIDENT SINCE 1986. SHE LIVES ON-SITE WITH HER DAUGHTER, JESSICA, WHO IS A STUDENT AT MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE.

ELEMENTARY LAB STAFF: JASON CAIN

JASON WAS BORN AT PACKER AND HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THE CENTER SINCE IT OPENED IN 1994. HE BEGAN WORKING IN THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMS AT AGE 14, AND WAS INTEGRAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VIDEO EDITING PROGRAM. HE RECENTLY MOVED INTO HIS OWN APARTMENT AT PACKER AND PLANS TO ATTEND UW-MADISON IN THE FALL, MAJORING IN BROADCAST JOURNALISM.

MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL LAB STAFF: DAVID WARD

DAVID, NOW 20, HAS LIVED IN THE NORTHPORT-PACKER NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL. A NATURAL LEADER, DAVID WATCHES OVER THE YOUNGER TEENS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ALWAYS READY WITH A WORD OF ADVICE AND A LISTENING EAR. HIS WILLINGNESS TO SHARE HIS CREATIVE WRITING TALENTS LAUNCHED THE FIRST PACKER POETRY SLAM IN 2000.

MENG YANG, A RESIDENT OF NORTHPORT APARTMENTS, HAS RECENTLY TAKEN ON THE JOB OF CLEANING THE PACKER COMMUNITY CENTER. SO WHEN YOU SEE EVERYTHING LOOKING SHIP-SHAPE, YOU KNOW WHO TO THANK!