{"id":142,"date":"2025-05-29T15:44:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lacasaesperanz.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=142"},"modified":"2025-05-30T08:38:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T08:38:06","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lacasadeesperanza.org\/es\/about-us\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meet our Leadership Team<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Shari Campbell<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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President and CEO<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Shari Campbell is the President and CEO of La Casa de Esperanza, providing vision and direction in advancing the organization\u2019s mission under the guidance of our Board of Directors. She is also a member of the La Casa Village Board of Directors; La Casa de Esperanza\u2019s Education Committee, which serves as the Charter School Board; and the Sue\u00f1os Foundation Board of Directors.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe vast majority of her experience has been working in non-profit organizations, and she has been with La Casa de Esperanza for the last 23 years. When Shari first started, she was the Director of Children\u2019s Education Programs at LA Casa. During her first 21 years at the organization, she served in multiple progressive leadership roles, including Director of Programs, Director of Development, Chief Operating Officer, and Interim President and CEO.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Raised in a small town in northwestern Wisconsin, Shari graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay with a double major in Human Development and Elementary Education. She later earned a Master\u2019s in Business Administration (MBA). Before La Casa, she owned a daycare center in Fairbanks, Alaska; served as Preschool Director\/Clinical Coordinator for a rehabilitation center in Watertown, New York; and directed two daycare centers for the Salvation Army in Syracuse, New York.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Ailec Gonz\u00e1lez\n\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Ailec Gonz\u00e1lez is the Vice President of Finance for La Casa de Esperanza. With 14 years of experience in the nonprofit sector and 21 years of accounting experience, Ailec\u2019s primary responsibility as VP of Finance is the overall financial and administrative management of the $16 million annual budget of the organization.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Patrick Larkin\n\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Vice President of Weatherization<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Patrick Larkin is our Vice President of Weatherization, with over 15 years of experience in the energy efficiency industry at non-profit organizations and government agencies. Most recently, he worked as the Lead Program and Policy Analyst for the State of Wisconsin\u2019s Department of Administration (DOA) in the\u00a0Division of Energy, Housing, and Community Resources<\/a>\u00a0(DEHCR).<\/p>

Patrick began his career in the field, completing hands-on weatherization work that included energy audits, state weatherization training, technical assistance, quality assurance, utility management, Department of Energy (DOE) evaluations, and presentations at national conferences. He has contributed to energy efficiency programs and weatherization studies in Missouri, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Pascual Rodriguez\n\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPascual Rodriguez joined La Casa de Esperanza\u2019s Charter School program in August 2021 to oversee day-in-and-day-out operations. He has over 25 years of experience in education, including 19 years as principal for one of Milwaukee\u2019s top independent charter schools, Bruce Guadalupe Community School. As a Milwaukee native resident, he understands the dynamics of the educational landscape while appreciating the diversity and importance of the public, public charter, and private sectors.\n\nThrough his tenure as principal, Pascual helped to establish a welcoming and caring environment where parents and families felt empowered to use their voices, time, and energy to support high-quality teaching and accountability. He has also served as a mentor to students and teachers alike.\n\nPascual graduated from Marquette University in 1998 and from National-Louis University in 2000 with a Master of Science in Educational Leadership. He has been married for 30 years and is the proud father of four children.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Gina M. Sanchez Juarez\n\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Director of Center for Financial Stability<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Gina M. Sanchez Juarez began working for La Casa de Esperanza in 2008 and heads the Financial Stability Initiative of United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County. She holds six certifications from the\u00a0NeighborWorks Center for Homeownership Education and Counseling<\/a>\u00a0(NCHEC) in Financial Capability; Pre-Purchase Homeownership Education; Post-Purchase Homeownership Education; Homeownership Counseling; Foreclosure Intervention and Default Counseling; and Homeownership Counseling for Program Managers and Executive Directors.<\/p>

Gina is also an Advanced IRS-certified tax preparer, a licensed title examiner in the State of Wisconsin, and a notary. She currently serves as a commissioner for the Waukesha Housing Authority (WHA) and has previously served on many boards and councils that focus on the needs of hardworking families and individuals in the Greater Milwaukee Area.<\/p>

Gina has been awarded the 2009\u00a0UMOS<\/a>\u00a0Hispanic Woman of the Year; the 2009\u00a0Prevent Child Abuse of America<\/a>\u00a0Award; the\u00a0Parents Place<\/a>\u00a0Award of Waukesha for work in strengthening families; a Congressional Award; and a proclamation by the City of Waukesha for \u201cGina Sanchez Day.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Maria del Pilar Wadina\n\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Maria del Pilar Wadina joined the La Casa de Esperanza team in October 2020 as our Vice President of Community Engagement. Serving on La Casa\u2019s Board of Directors for four years prior to this position made it a natural transition for her. Maria\u2019s passion for La Casa\u2019s work throughout Waukesha is evident; as an immigrant herself, she relates to many of the hardships that the people in our community face every day. She continues to serve as Chair of the Charter School Education Committee at La Casa.\u00a0<\/p>

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Cindy Retzak, our Director of Operations, has been managing apartments for over 26 years. For almost seven years in each location, she and her husband were the resident managers for two different complexes: one in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, with over 100 units, and one with 128 units in Brookfield, Wisconsin.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Meet our Leadership Team Shari Campbell President and CEO Shari Campbell is the President and CEO of La Casa de Esperanza, providing vision and direction in advancing the organization\u2019s mission under the guidance of our Board of Directors. She is also a member of the La Casa Village Board of Directors; La Casa de Esperanza\u2019s […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":120,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-142","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacasadeesperanza.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacasadeesperanza.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacasadeesperanza.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacasadeesperanza.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacasadeesperanza.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacasadeesperanza.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacasadeesperanza.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacasadeesperanza.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}