Introducing the WFDA Team

At a recent meeting a WFDA member expressed that he was not clear about who was now working on the WFDA team and their areas of responsibility. Obviously, our team has grown. If you’ve ever been in a growing organization or business, then you understand that change is a constant companion to growth. The growth in WFDA has come through the offering of new services to our members. A restructuring of our team has allowed us to specialize in ways that support those new services and will help us develop even more new services in the future. As we began changing the team structure last summer some of our members experienced difficulty communicating with our office or knowing who they should talk to. So then, in addition to Executive Director Scott Peterson, here is a list of WFDA team members and their general area of responsibility.

Bev Kautzky: Shares phone duties with Nancy Magestro from 7:30 to 5:00 each day. Bev administers the conduit, member billing, mail and data entry tasks. She is also the team contact for ordering additional forms in support of your Wisconsin Funeral Trust accounts.

Nancy Magestro: Shares phone duties with Bev Kautzky, administers event planning and other scheduling tasks. In addition, Nancy provides administrative support for WFDA approved continuing education programs.

Adam Raschka: Adam worked for years in the state capitol as a policy analyst for the Legislature. He is the primary member contact when you have a legal or state policy question and will provide you with information about other member services such as the line of Requia products.

Joe Plasterer: Joe is an information systems specialist and plays an important operational role in the new WFDA structure. Joe is the architect of the WFDA website and data system that helps support everything from member mailings to event registration and our online CE program. He also implements new products, such as online CEs, on the website. Joe is the best contact if you have any questions or issues with the new website.

Tom Moore: Introducing our new lobbyist, Mr. Tom Moore. As you know WFDA has adopted a very aggressive legislative agenda and we need a lobbyist with the right skills to manage that agenda all the way through the Legislature. Tom has worked on our issues in the past with Tom Hanson and brings tremendous experience working with associations like ours. He is one of the best lobbyists in the capitol and I am pleased to announce that he is now working with us.

As we continue to grow it is our hope to provide our members with the highest levels of service. Just call the WFDA offices and let us help you with any question or issue today.