Board of Directors

Kirsten Coenen, currently serving as Board President, is the Community Development Manager for Kohler Credit Union. A Port Washington resident since 2015, she lives there with her husband, Sean, and their two children. Passionate about combating food insecurity, Kirsten believes it should not be an issue—especially in a community like Ozaukee County. She is actively involved in supporting various local causes, nonprofits, and agencies. In her free time, she enjoys attending concerts, spending time outdoors with her family, and baking.

Rhonda Golownia began helping at Ozaukee Food Alliance in 2015, along with her son, when he needed community volunteer hours for Port Washington High School’s Port Pride Program. Rhonda currently volunteers time assisting at open pantry dates and helps with the coordination of fund-raising events. Rhonda became a board member in 2020 and brings her collaboration skills to OFA from her many roles at BMO Financial Group. In her current role as an Operations Specialist, AVP in the North American Deposits and Payments Operations Delivery group, Rhonda manages many projects from the infancy stage all the way through execution where collaboration is a key contributor to success.

Jae Henderson is the proud principal of Saukville Elementary School and he is honored to serve on the OFA Board of Directors. Growing up in Chicago, Jae saw first hand how food insecurity impacted individuals from all different backgrounds. Jae believes healthy food and clean water are a basic right for all people and he is excited to work towards eliminating hunger in Ozaukee County. Furthermore, Jae has always believed that a great school has the potential to have a tremendous impact on the surrounding community, and that is why he is so excited to join the OFA Board of Directors in his current role with the Port Washington-Saukville School District. In his free time, Jae enjoys fishing, golf, camping, and spending time with his family and his dog Georgia.

Justin Kendall is a Certified Training Store Leader at the Kwik Trip in Saukville. He started his career working for across several different Walmart locations in Southeastern Wisconsin. In that work, Justin began to understand the grocery sector’s responsibility to positively contribute to its local communities.  As his career in retail advanced, his understanding for the importance of food donation programs grew. Justin moved to Ozaukee county in 2020 while pursuing advancement opportunities through Kwik Trip. Since, he has been eager to find ways to make a mark on his new-found community. Justin is enthusiastic about contributing his knowledge and energy to Ozaukee Food Alliance to help support families in the are. Justin and his wife live in Saukville with their daughter, their dog, and 2 cats.  In his free time, Justin enjoys lawn care/gardening, concerts, visiting breweries, and spending time with his family.

Chris is Branch Manager and Vice President of the Port Washington State Bank’s Saukville Branch. Chris’ banking career started after graduating from UW-Whitewater and includes the last 10 years with PWSB. Chris was born and raised in Port Washington, and continues to call it home. She has devoted many years to volunteering in the community. Most recently as President of the Saukville Chamber of Commerce, and previously on the Board of Directors for the Northern Ozaukee United Way, Treasurer for Possibility Playground and Port Fish Day. In her spare time, Chris loves to spend time with her 2 daughters, travel and play golf.

April Klinter and her husband Darren own Advantage Auto Service and Sales in Saukville and live just a few miles away with their three rescue dogs. They have two grown children, Gabrielle and Jacob, both graduates of Port Washington High School. Previously, April was the Board President for Milwaukee Empty Bowls and a member of the Executive Council at the Hunger Task Force. Through her work with those organizations she gained a good amount of knowledge around hunger insecurity. Her biggest takeaway is pretty simple: Everyone should be able to feed their family nutritious, quality, culturally-appropriate food. April shared that while there is a growing need for help in Ozaukee county a lot of people are unaware of the extent of that need. Her goal is to help create opportunities to build community with both those who can provide help and those who could use help. April is animal-lover and avid traveler and when she is not off on an adventure, she also volunteers her time with Sandi Paws Animal Rescue.

Doug Niemeyer is the President/General Manager at TEKLYNX America’s Inc. (a world wide barcode labeling software company). Doug takes pride in helping others grow and succeed personally and professionally. Doug lives in Port Washington with his wife Melissa and their golden retriever Ripley. Their 3 children all graduated from PWSSD; two are college grads and gainfully employed, and one just started at UW-LaCrosse. Doug is a sports enthusiast and long time athletic coach, currently coaching boys Varsity Volleyball for Port Washington High School.  As a cancer survivor and heart attack survivor, Doug is passionate about health advocacy and will bring that passion to helping us end food insecurity and promote food as medicine.

Sara Pashak, who currently serves as Past President and Director of Donor Relations, began volunteering with the Pantry as a way to get her then-third grade Christian Formation class at St. Joe’s in Grafton some exposure to community service. Impressed with what the Pantry was already doing, she dove in to help them do more, beginning first as a volunteer, then as Meal Site Ambassador for the bimonthly meal site, and then as a long-serving President. She is Professor of Political Science and Director of Curriculum and Governance for the College of Letters and Science, both at UWM and resides in Port Washington with her husband and her son, a soon-to-be PWHS grad.  (Her daughter, already a PWHS grad, is also a graduate of the U of MN.) In her free time (??) she enjoys hiking, reading novels, and drinking wine (the latter two often in combination and, whenever possible, outside in her husband’s gorgeous perennial gardens).

Aaron Rindt is a people-first executive leader and advisor focused on aligning strategy, culture, community, and operational excellence to drive sustainable value. With cross-industry experience spanning manufacturing, food and beverage, hospitality, financial services, and enterprise operations, he brings a balanced perspective to both strategy and execution. He partners closely with teams to ensure alignment, enhance operations, and translate strategy into measurable outcomes, leveraging data, operational excellence, and a deep commitment to people and culture. Aaron currently serves as an executive with Hollander Chocolate Company and Tulip Cafe, helping lead the purpose-driven organization to new levels of growth and community impact. Grounded in curiosity and care, he brings a collaborative, solutions-oriented approach to the Board. Outside of his professional work, Aaron enjoys time with family, travel, and is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt.

Emily Volkmann is a Grafton High School Alum and now works as an Occupational Therapist in Ozaukee County. She first discovered the pantry through a friend as a teen volunteer but had the pleasure of becoming reacquainted as part of her Mount Mary University Doctoral Capstone project. During that time, Emily had the opportunity to learn and assist with OFA’s many programs and fell in love with the OFA’s people and goals. She began the Social Wellness initiative, GREET, that has now transformed into Books and Bakery. Emily is excited to continue to grow with the organization and their beautiful new building.

Nick Zolecki is the Store Director at the Fox Bros Piggly Wiggly in Saukville. Nick started his career at 14 working for numerous grocery stores in Southeastern Wisconsin. He has helped with food donations with many different Food Pantries over his time working in the food retail industry. Nick has been a resident of Ozaukee County for the last 16 years and has been community-driven with his family and friends. He is looking forward to being a part of this wonderful Food Pantry to support families in our surrounding communities. Nick and his wife live in Cedarburg with their daughter and 2 cats. With his free time he loves to play golf, volleyball, and anything involving nature.