Board of Directors - PTA Elections

2026 - '29 Wisconsin PTA Board of Directors

President

Rita Wiesneski

Rita Wiesneski, CPA, has been an active PTA member since 2006, serving in numerous leadership roles within Wauwatosa PTA units, including its PTA Council, advancing to State PTA Treasurer in 2023. Effective July 1, 2026, Rita will serve as Wisconsin PTA’s President continuing her long-standing dedication to supporting families, schools, and communities focused on PTA’s mission to make every child’s potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children.

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President-Elect

Open

This is a position that will learn support local units with leadership and problem resolution. This person would be part of the Executive Board team working very closely with the current president and then take on the president role in 2029.

Vice President

Erica Christensen

I’m Erica Christensen, and welcome to Wisconsin PTA. My journey with PTA began when my oldest son started kindergarten – and now he’s a middle schooler! At the time, I was a stay-at-home mom, and I wanted to get involved and support not only my child but all the children at my son’s school and throughout the district. I quickly realized the importance of raising our voices collectively to ensure every child can access opportunities that meet their unique needs.

Since then, I’ve served on advisory councils for the school board and worked to become a source of hope and advocacy. My efforts center on fostering a sense of community, developing policies that support all children and families, and promoting opportunities for growth and connection. I’m honored for the opportunity to participate with Wisconsin PTA and continue championing our children’s well-being.

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Secretary & Legislative Chair

Kimberly Anderson

Treasurer & Bylaws Co-Chair

Melinda Kirkland

Melinda has been an officer in PTA for over 15 years, including as the California State PTA Treasurer (2019-21). She is a past president of Twenty-Fourth District PTA, serving San Luis Obispo and Tulare Counties in California, and has held many positions at the unit, district/region and state levels of PTA. She has also worked for and served on the boards of other non-profit organizations, including a Boys and Girls Club. Melinda has an MA in science education and has been married to her husband, Tom, for 26 years. They have two awesome adult “kids” and moved from California to Oregon, WI in 2022. They love living someplace that is green almost year-round, and yes, she even loves the Wisconsin winters!

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Immediate Past President

Andi Krizan-Burns

It has been my pleasure to serve the children of this state as part of the Wisconsin PTA since 2007 and I appreciate the opportunity to have served our children as president from July 2023 – ’26.

As a Wisconsin native I grew up in Dousman, attended Kettle Moraine High School and then took courses at Waukesha County Technical College. When I moved to West Allis in 2001 with my 3 children, I joined the Irving Elementary PTA to help my daughter, who had a learning disability. In 2004, when my first daughter started middle school, I took on my first position as secretary of the West Milwaukee PTA. I also held the positions of membership chair and president. When my children move up in grades and to new schools, I moved with them to different PTAs including Horace Mann, Lincoln, Jefferson and West Allis Central. I became active at the council level in 2005, holding various positions. At each of these PTAs I learned more and more that our voices together can help to create an environment of ideas and change that can help all children succeed. Since 2007 I have served on the Wisconsin Board of Directors.

I want to help continue to help bring all our voices together so that we can continue to do more and create opportunities for all children to continue to grow and advance.

Marketing / Public Relations Chair

Ashley Buchkoe

Convention Chair

Kirsten Wiesneski

Technology Chair

Raghav Muttur

Bylaws Co-Chair

Patricia Stone

I am an active resident of Wauwatosa, WI, currently serving as the chair of the Board of Zoning Appeals. I have also participated in local PTA events in Wauwatosa, having two boys in the district. I work as an attorney, graduating from Marquette Law School, and previously receiving a Masters Degree from UW-Milwaukee in Urban History, and a Bachelors Degree from the University of Minnesota in History. I enjoy working to ensure that our public school systems are thriving and addressing the ever-evolving needs of its students.

Scholarship Chair

Stacy Marszalkowski

I have been involved in PTA since 2012 when my daughter started 4K. I’ve served as Secretary and Vice President of a local unit in the West Allis-West Milwaukee School District and joined the state board as a Region Advisor in 2019 attending the West Allis-West Milwaukee PTA Council meetings as a WI PTA State Board representative. I also served as the Wisconsin PTA Secretary from 2021-2023 and am currently serving as the Brookmire-Hastings Scholarship Chair. I enjoy spending time with my daughter, going to her volleyball games, and traveling. I’m also a student in the Purdue Veterinary Nursing program to add on to my career as a Radiologic Technologist in both human and veterinary medicine. In being involved with WI PTA and being the Brookmire- Hastings Scholarship Chair, I enjoy supporting our next generation of students in encouraging their goals of becoming educators or working with children in an education setting.

Board Member

Scott Lein