WIPPS Announces New Board Member


WIPPS Announces New Board Member


The Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service is excited to announce that Dr. Maysee Herr has joined the Board of Advisors. Dr. Maysee Herr is Chief Executive Officer of HWCC (Hmong Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce), a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that provides technical and financial assistance to entrepreneurs and business startups in historically underinvested and underbanked communities. Prior to joining HWCC, Dr. Herr was an associate professor of education at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

Dr. Herr co-founded Hmong Phoojywg (Friend) Enrichment Program in Central Wisconsin in 2012 as a way to provide youth the opportunity to learn how to speak Hmong and to understand Hmong culture and history. She has been a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultant for numerous organizations in the nonprofit and for-profit world for many years. Dr. Herr was one of the founding members of Toward One Wausau, a grassroots committee of community members and local stakeholders whose mission was to bring about unity and understanding through community dialogues. She is currently a co-chair of the Toward One Wisconsin Conference happening 2023...
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