Our board of directors is passionate about campus ministry! They are a group of Christians – laypersons and ministers, homemakers and college professors, working and semi-retired persons – who serve to make UCM a growing campus ministry on the UW-Milwaukee campus. Their forward-looking vision and supportive approach continue to transform and build the work of this ministry. Some of them you may meet on campus! Others you may encounter at UCM. We are pleased to present our UCM board of directors!
Greg Baer
Greg teaches German at Carthage College in Kenosha. His area of concentration is 20th century German culture and literature, with publications on East and West Germany, Literature of the Holocaust, East German Film, and language pedagogy. At Carthage, Greg is also part of the faculty development team working especially in the areas of teaching, learning, and assessment. As an army brat, he spent his childhood moving from place to place without any particular hometown to call his own, but after living in Wisconsin for 14 years, he is starting to feel like he might be able to call this home. Greg is a third-generation United Methodist and most recently a member of Kenwood UMC in Milwaukee, where he lives. He has been active in the church in his local congregations, on the state level within his denomination, and on the national level as part of the Reconciling Ministries program.
Stephen B. Swigart
Stephen B. Swigart is the recently retired Executive Director of Wisconsin Community Services, Inc.(WCS), a diversified large non-profit that specializes in criminal justice related treatment and intervention services. Mr. Swigart has thirty-three years experience in working to improve the criminal justice/treatment interface in Milwaukee and Waukesha Counties. Mr. Swigart has served for three years on the working committee developing and promoting effective justice strategies for the state Supreme Court. As part of WCS, Mr. Swigart developed two rooming houses for the mentally ill in Milwaukee in order to provide safe and affordable housing. WCS administers a large (285 consumer) outpatient program for the chronically and persistently mentally ill. Mr. Swigart is a recipient of the Wisconsin Correctional Association private agency Service Award. Mr. Swigart is a session member of Immanuel Presbyterian Church.
John Boyland
John Boyland grew up in a hippie family in northern California in the 60s and 70s. His whole family became Christian through the Jesus People Movement. He eventually was baptised and confirmed in the Church of England. He is married with two children. They are members of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Milwaukee. He is a professor of Computer Science at UWM.
