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Cris Ros Dukler Named Chief Operating Officer

Milwaukee, WI — Public Allies is delighted to announce the appointment of Cris Ros Dukler as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective November 12, 2007. She will be responsible for administration and personnel management, providing leadership to the senior management team and working closely with the national Board of Directors. She will report directly to Paul Schmitz, Chief Executive Officer .

Cris brings more than 20 years experience of executive leadership in the nonprofit, public and private sector. Cris is a reformer who led state regulatory departments in Texas and Wisconsin, and served as COO of a regional nonprofit overseeing $11 million budget and 400 employees working to improve foster care services in 2 states. She was a partner in a venture that invented “electronic benefit transfer cards” for distributing government benefits, e.g. food stamps, preventing fraud and enhancing the dignity of users. After the business was sold, Cris joined UPC Health Network, where she directed an $80 million business employing 350 workers in Wisconsin and Illinois. She started a respiratory therapy business in Illinois that became the most profitable in the company. Cris was an advisory board member of Scholastic, Inc., has served as a vice- chair of Wisconsin Aids Resource Center of Wisconsin, an advisory board member of Public Allies Milwaukee, and has held several other volunteer roles. A cum laude graduate of the Philippine Normal College in Manila, Cris has a Masters in Educational Psychology from the University of Hawaii, Honolulu.

“Hiring a COO marks a new era for Public Allies, and Cris’ leadership will allow us to significantly scale up our operations over the next few years,” says Paul Schmitz, CEO.

“I’m thrilled to bring my experience in operations and administration to an organization like Public Allies.,” said Cris. “I’ve worked with Public Allies for some time and when I look at the incredible amount of growth Public Allies is poised to make over the next couple of years, I’m excited by the impact my contributions will have on that growth.”

Cris holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and Elementary Education from the Philippine Normal University and a Master of Science degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Hawaii. Cris is also a graduate of the Governor’s Executive Development Program (GEDP). GEDP, an intensive educational program for top executives in Texas state agencies and universities, is a collaboration between the Texas Governor’s Office and The University of Texas at Austin Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.