Ann Krause - Vice President

New Member

Ann Marie Krause is currently the Dean of Health, Human & Protective Services at Blackhawk Technical College (BTC) in Janesville, Wisconsin.  Prior to this position she taught both secondary and post secondary mathematics in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania and served as the Dean of General Education at BTC.  In addition, she co-chaired BTC’s last Higher Learning Commission North Central Association accreditation self-study process (2000).

Ann Marie received her BS.Ed (math major, psychology minor) from the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater in 1974 summa cum laude.  She earned her MEPD (math education emphasis) also from UW-Whitewater in 1990. She completed her PhD in December 2009 at the University of Wisconsin – Madison in the Education Leadership and Policy Analysis Department working on an emphasis in higher education leadership. Her dissertation was “Leadership Development and Mentoring That Matter: Insights from the Career Trajectories of Women Community College Presidents and Chief Academic Officers.” While at the UW she was awarded the Morgridge Fellowship for Technical College Leaders.

She has served in leadership roles in several professional and community organizations. For example, Ann Marie is past president of the Wisconsin Association for Career and Technical Education (WACTE) and is currently serving a second term on the WACTE Board of Directors.  She is also serving for a second term as Wisconsin’s representative on the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Region III Policy Committee. She has been a member of the Wisconsin Math Council, Inc. Board of Directors many times.

Ann Marie is a frequent speaker at conferences for organizations such as The Chair Academy, ACTE, WACTE, and the Wisconsin Math Council, Inc.  She serves as a facilitator for The Chair Academy for Leadership and Development as well as the Advanced Academy. She has presented week long workshops on applied mathematics for K-12 math, science, and technology teachers at the Cray, Sally Ride, and Washburn Academies.  Ann Marie co-facilitated middle school mathematics workshops at Millersville University in Pennsylvania for two summers. 

Ann Marie has been recognized with numerous professional awards for both teaching and administration.  She was honored by ACTE as the 1996 Outstanding New Career and Technical Teacher and in 2001 & 2007 as WACTE’s Outstanding Administrator.  Her local college has recognized her twice as a teacher and twice as an administrator.  While serving in the K-12 system she was recognized by two different school systems and by the Wisconsin Society of Professional Engineers.