Our Staff & Board
Joanna Anderson, RN, BSN
Outreach Nurse
Joanna has worked as a nurse in the Madison area since graduating from UW-Madison with her BSN in 2011. Volunteering with MACH One Health led to discovering a passion for working with individuals experiencing housing insecurity so she was thrilled to later join staff as an Outreach Nurse.
Butch
Peer Outreach Worker
Butch Andreas is a Peer Outreach Specialist at Madison Street Medicine. Butch spent 22 years living outside, in which time he hopped over 50 trains and migrated across 38 states. In this time, Butch developed an intimate understanding of the perils of scarcity and came to recognize the devastating social, physical, and mental consequences of being unhoused. Butch’s lived experience lends critical insight to the daily operations and long-term goals of the organization. His presence and engagement during outreach cultivate trust and a sense of inclusion among clients and he honors the privilege of that trust with his commitment to improving the welfare of those he encounters.
MacKenzie Byer
Outreach Specialist
MacKenzie Byer is an Outreach Specialist for MSM in her third year of working with the community of unhoused folks in Madison. She is working on a bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing and Social Welfare at UW-Madison, and plans to continue her education to become a licensed therapist, and work on integrating mental health care with street medicine.
LaRon Cooke
Nights & Weekends @ Dairy Drive
LaRon is a queer performer and a Navy veteran. Hi own experience with homelessness lends him an especially empathetic and personable demeanor. He cares for all in need, with a focus on marginalized communities.
Siddiq DeShazer
Community and Camper Liaison
Siddiq is a born and raised Wisconsinite who spent time growing up between rural, small town, and urban Wisconsin taking in many perspectives. These variances in communities have provided them with intersectional communication skills across a range of social scenarios.
Sonya Evans
Dairy Drive Case Manager
You may hear her referred to as LaSonya, but she prefers to be called Sonya. Sonya has been working with the homeless, mental health, and substance abuse population for 30 years through inpatient, treatment centers, hospitals, and mental health agencies. Sonya has extensive experiences in working with individuals in the helping field from all walks of life and her passion is extending her hand to assist individuals to find the best solution to achieve stability and live a healthy life.
Nicole Fay
Executive Co-Director, Volunteer Coordinator and Office Manager
Nicole is originally from Michigan and lived in all kinds of places including Alaska. She has a work history in mental health as well as early childhood education. She is currently working towards a bachelor’s degree in Project Management. She has a passion for working with those in need and is excited to join the team.
Pam Frey, RN, BSN
Part-Time Outreach Nurse
Pam graduated from UW-Madison in 2008 with her BSN. She has worked as a nurse at UW Health, in home health, and as a school nurse. She began volunteering in MSM in November 2021 and was happy to accept the part-time nurse position in May of 2023. She loves getting to know MSM clients and helping them navigate the health care system. In her free time, Pam enjoys spending time with her husband and three kids – playing sports together, reading, and starting new family traditions.
Tim Jones
Facilities Lead, Program Coordinator
Tim joined MACH Nov. 2021 at Dairy Drive where he gets to apply his technical savvy to development and maintenance of the site and thereby supports everyone living and working there. This extends Tim’s efforts started in Chicago building soil to be gardened by and for community and continued upon return to Madison through full-time commitment to a combination of The Madison Mutual Aid Network (MAN), and Occupy Madison, now serving as a working board member to both Occupy and the international networking cooperative HUMANs (Humans United in Mutual Aid Networks).
Brenda Konkel
Executive Co-Director and Program Coordinator @ Dairy Drive
Brenda has a long history of activism and non-profit work in Madison. She was Executive Director of the Tenant Resource Center for 23 years, is a co-founder of the Social Justice Center as well as Occupy Madison, Inc. and was instrumental in developing the two tiny house villages they own and collectively operate.
Helyn Luisi-Mills
Medical Program Director
Helyn Luisi-Mills is originally from Caracas, Venezuela and has been living in Madison on and off since 2000. Helyn has a Master’s of Science in Human Ecology; Program Evaluation from UW-Madison. Throughout her career, she has helped families connect to community resources in the midst of difficult situations. She enjoys the networks and partnerships that come with working with hundreds of volunteers, a variety of staff, and other community partners. She loves being part of closing gaps in health and economic disparities.
Zachary Nichols
Outreach Specialist
Zachary is an Outreach Specialist for MSM. Born and raised in Evanston, Illinois, he has lived in four different states including Illinois, Wisconsin, Alabama, and Wyoming. He graduated from UW-Milwaukee with a BFA in Film Production, after which he moved to Cody, Wyoming for two years where he developed a passion for working with the unhoused community. He is thrilled to be able to continue doing this important work with Madison Street Medicine, and feels fortunate to have had the opportunity to learn about the unique challenges faced by unhoused people in both rural and urban communities. In his free time he loves to fish, hike, camp, and travel.
Jaime Riefer
Dairy Drive Case Manager
Jaime, by her own admission, is super cool. She really enjoys her job. She also enjoys kayaking, wandering in nature, short camping trips, and spending time with her family. Reading is her favorite. That and snacks. She has a BA in Sociology and an MA in Pastoral Counseling. Her education and experience enable her to develop supportive and nurturing relationships with folks in the community, which is a pretty spectacular privilege.
Jasmine Smith
Lead Outreach Specialist
Jasmine is the lead outreach specialist for MSM. She graduated from UW-Milwaukee and has been in the human service field for 7+ years. She enjoys spending time with her daughter and new puppy. Her favorite color is pink, and chocolate makes her heart smile. She is excited to be a part of MSM and can’t wait to see what MSM has to offer.
Nadim Torbey
AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer
Nadim is the AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a B.S. in Biology in 2023. He is currently applying to medical school to start in Fall 2024. In his free time, he enjoys playing soccer, playing video games, and watching anime.
Kabba Recovery Service (KRS) Partners @ Dairy Drive
Sara Allee Jatta
CSAC, ICS, SAP
KRS Clinical Director and Counselor, Program Coordinator, Case Manager
Sara has been working with adolescents and adults who struggle with substance abuse issues for over 12 years in multiple treatment modalities, from outpatient treatment to halfway house setting. She has extensive experience working with those with opioid use disorders receiving medication assisted treatment.
Munroe Whitlock, CSAC
Nights & Weekends @ Dairy Drive
Munroe is licensed as a Clinical Substance Abuse Counselor (CSAC) by the Department of Safety and Professional Services in Wisconsin.
Board of Directors
Katie Gillespie, RN
Member
Katie has many years of working as a healthcare and public health nurse. She advocates using a systems approach to address the social issues that impact a person’s health and well-being. She believes that all policies affect health and must consider mental and physical health parity.
Deb Lange, JD
Member
Deb is MACH OneHealth’s treasurer and a member of the Finance Committee. She is a seasoned attorney in a private practice who also applies her diverse experience to help organizations focused on housing and immigration issues. She has served MACH OneHealth since 2019 and strongly believes that housing is healthcare.
Fred Turkington
President
Fred has called Madison home since 2012 and has worked in healthcare for that whole duration. As a student in Ohio, he worked with the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences to help their continuing education department modernize their course tracking database, which sparked a passion for bringing the power of technology to nontechnical users.
Nan Wild
Member
Nan was born in the Twin Cities but grew up in Toronto. She graduated from Augustana College with a BSN and received her MSN from UW-Madison. She has worked as a Med/Surg nurse, public health nurse, nursing supervisor, Advanced Practice Nurse Prescriber, and has directed a rural hospital physical rehab unit. She is now retired and has been volunteering with MSM for five years.
Former Board of Directors
Chela O’Connor, JD
Member November
2020-2022
David Deci, MD
Member
Ruthann Chun
Member & CoFounder
Ann Catlett, MD
Member & CoFounder
G Lee
Member & CoFounder
Robert Lynn
Member
Julia Lubsen
Member
Robert Ebbe
Member
Marjorie Blaschko
Member
KJ Williams
Member