Past Leadership Council Members
Fran Bauer, Freelance writer
Steve Percy, Vice Chancellor, Milwaukee Idea Office, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Fran Bauer, Freelance writer
Fran recently retired, following a 33 year career as a newspaper reporter for The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel where she specialized in covering aging issues. She covered the White House Conference on Aging in 1995, and has interviewed many of the nation's top experts on aging at national seminars and conferences. She also has received numerous awards for her writing from such organizations as The Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups, The Wisconsin Agencies on Aging, The Wisconsin Alzheimer's Advisory Council, The Milwaukee Full Citizenship Initiative Coalition and The Mental Health Association in Milwaukee County. In 1995, Seniorfest gave her its first Spirit of Aging award for her leadership in journalism and efforts to increase the public's awareness of aging issues.
Fran operates a free-lance writing business, "Writer on the Run," and currently serves on the boards of The Milwaukee Women's Center and Professional Dimensions, a professional women's organization. She also serves as a public relations advisor to The Milwaukee School of Art and Design. She is a graduate of The University of Wisconsin Madison, where she earned a BA in journalism and was editor of the yearbook.
Steve Percy, Chancellor's Deputy for the Milwaukee Idea, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
percy@uwm.edu; 414-229-5916
Stephen Percy is Professor of Political Science, Deputy Chancellor for the Milwaukee Idea, and Director of the Center for Urban Initiatives and Research at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His research interests include public policy and policy analysis, urban politics and administration, local service delivery, and disability rights policy (including implementation and judicial review). His most recent book is Disability, Civil Rights, and Public Policy: The Politics of Implementation. He has published articles in Journal of Politics, Public Administration Review, Social Science Quarterly, Urban Affairs Quarterly, Western Review of Political Science and Publius.
He has served as Principal Investigator of three federally funded university-community partnerships for community redevelopment (funded by the Urban Community Services Program of the U.S. Department of Education, HUD's Community Outreach Partnership Center program, and the Fannie Mae Foundation's University-Community Partnership Program) and has directed a significant number of applied research projects for state agencies, local governments, and community-based organizations. He received is Ph.D. in Political Science from Indiana University in 1981 and taught at the University of Virginia before assuming is current position at UWM.
Scott Strath, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Human Movement Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
sstrath@uwm.edu; 414-229-3666
Dr. Scott Strath is a new addition to the faculty of the Department of Human Movement Sciences at UWM. Strath, who comes from the University of Michigan, Medical School, is an expert in the area of physical activity and public health. In conjunction with his appointment, he is also the new director of the Older Adult Fitness program, which is a joint venture between the Milwaukee County Department of Aging and the Department of Human Movement Sciences.
The overall aim of Strath's fellowship is to determine whether providing free access to exercise facilities and trainers in local senior centers is effective in encouraging local community members to improve their health and psychological well being by increasing overall daily physical activity. He will also trace whether having free exercise equipment in senior centers is effective in making seniors more aware of the need to stay active. For example, does exercising in a group make seniors more apt to be more physically active throughout the day, increase health, functional status and decrease depression?
Strath's initial investigation will hopefully lend support to the need for free exercise facilities located within community senior centers - in addition to highlighting the importance of being physically active for the overall health and well-being of older adults.
He can also be reached through his College of Health Sciences Homepage.
