Board of Directors

Annemarie and her husband, Phil, have lived in Batavia for 35 years. They have four grown children: Phil, Nick, Liz, and John, who went through Batavia schools. Annemarie taught at Louise White School for the last 27 years, retiring in May of 2024. Recently, she was a volunteer on the Building Our Future Together committee. When her children were younger, she served as a PTO President, a religious education teacher, as well as other volunteer positions. Annemarie is looking forward to supporting the students and teachers in Batavia schools.

Marge began her teaching career in 1975 at Alice Gustafson School teaching 2nd grade. Throughout the years, she has taught 1st through 4th grade as well as preschool at New Horizons Preschool. Retirement in 2013 brought many changes and many new opportunities. Currently, Marge is an enthusiastic volunteer for Fox Valley Food and Health and many Batavia organizations. Marge and her husband, Dave, a 4th generation Batavian, met in Batavia (at what was the "little" Jewel food store, located where Panera now is) over 30 years ago and have lived here ever since. They raised their children here and enjoy spending time with their grandchildren, creating fun childhood memories. Marge is looking forward to serving on BFEE where she can continue to support and enrich education in our Batavia community. She enjoys giving back to the community that has given her so much.

Mary Anne, her husband Marty, and three children have lived in Batavia since 2008. Her daughter, Caitlin, attends BHS and her twin boys, Alex and Nick, attend RMS. Mary Anne continues to be an active member of the Batavia community starting with volunteering at AGS since her boys started school and serving on the AGS PTO for four years. Currently, Mary Anne enjoys serving on several local organizations’ boards and working as a substitute teacher for the district. She values the opportunity to support students, staff and teachers by being a part of the BFEE board.

Celeste Dalton (2022-2025)

Celeste and her husband, Tim, have lived in Batavia for 35 years. They have two sons, Brad and Adam, who went through BPS and are BHS grads. She also has two wonderful daughters-in-law and six beautiful grandchildren. Celeste taught at BHS for 21 fantastic years retiring in 2018. She is now enjoying volunteering at the Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry, serving as a BHS liaison for Chip In, and serving in her church (Batavia Covenant Church) on the preschool board. She is excited to be a part of the BFEE board in helping to provide support and opportunities for the students and teachers in our BPS community. 

Melissa and her husband, Austin, and children Colton, Bennett and Cora have resided in Batavia since 2007. Melissa continues to be very active in the community with various projects including serving as AGS PTO President and BIC Board Co-Chair. After 15 years in the corporate world, Melissa followed her passion of supporting non-profit agencies and is currently working for Mutual Ground in Aurora as their Grant Manager. She is excited to be part of the BFEE Board and serving within another facet of Batavia’s wonderful community.

Betsy and her husband, Peter, are lifelong Batavians. Both of their children, Emily and Alexander, attended Batavia's schools. Betsy taught in the district for 25 years, most of which was at Louise White. She retired in 2022. She is excited to be a part of BFEE to recognize the exceptional teachers, support staff, and students of Batavia.

Kristy has taught in Batavia since August of 2001. Her first 3 years of teaching in Batavia she taught fourth grade at HC Storm. Since then she has taught mathematics at Rotolo Middle School. Kristy is the Secretary for the Batavia Education Association, which affords her the opportunity to serve on the BFEE board. Kristy grew up in Batavia and still lives here with her family. Her husband, Colin, and her have 3 children who all have attended Batavia schools. Kristy is excited to work with an organization that provides so much support to the students and teachers of Batavia Public Schools.

Mariah was born and raised in Batavia and graduated with the class of 2014. She attended Northern Illinois University and now works as a Product Manager for Elite Sportswear. In addition, she is a coach for the BHS Cheer Team. She is excited to give back to the district and community in a new way. 

Dorothy grew up in Geneva and has resided in Batavia since 2016 with husband Dan, and their two children Jacob and Alexandra. Dorothy (Dot) has built a career in marketing and is currently the Director of Marketing at Tru Vue Manufacturing in LaGrange. Both she and Dan have prioritized supporting and volunteering for organizations throughout the Fox Valley such as Marmion and Rosary High Schools, Cyclones Youth Hockey, and the Fox Valley Patriotic Organization. Dot recently completed her ninth year serving as a volunteer with the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley. As a new member of BFEE, she is energized to continue serving the community, and especially to support educators and students as part of this team.

Michelle and her husband Dan have been Batavia residents since 1998. Their adult children Jake and Lucy are LWS, RMS, and BHS alumni. Having spent countless volunteer hours across the district in varying capacities, followed by 20 years as a BPS substitute teacher, Michelle looks forward to helping provide educational opportunities and enrichment programs for BPS students through BFEE membership. 

Ginny and her husband have lived in Batavia since 1998. Their grown daughter is a proud graduate of BHS. Ginny retired from teaching in 2018 and has enjoyed volunteering in the schools, on school district committees, and at the Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry. She looks forward to working with BFEE to help enrich the students and staff of BPS.

Julie grew up in Batavia and graduated from BHS in 1983. After college she began teaching Spanish at BHS and in 2021 retired after 33 years of service. Through BFEE Julie is looking forward to supporting the students and teachers of this great community. 

Sue, her husband and two sons have lived in Batavia since 2008. She has been active in the PTO, volunteering in the community and currently serves on the Board of Education for the Batavia Public School District 101. She is a small business owner and is proud of the work BFEE has done to promote the Incubator program and all the other great works the Foundation supports.  

BPS 101 Superintendent

Ex-Officio

Ashley moved to Batavia in 2013 and has two sons who currently attend Rotolo and HC Storm. Ashley volunteers her time with the HC Storm PTO, CHIP IN programs, and she enjoys being able to serve the entire BPS community through BFEE.