Matt Kendziera

Matthew Kendziera is a non-profit leader and dynamic communicator with over2 decades of experience in justice related work. He has worked with non-profits fighting against poverty, human trafficking and school violence both on a local and national level partnering with dynamic organizations including Rachels Challenge, Fierce Freedom, Soularize, Celtic Way, Ashoka and others.

In accepting this position with WFVJ, Mr. Kendziera said, “I am humbled and honored at the opportunity to be the next Executive Director at WFVJ! Thank you to Rabbi Margulis for all of the incredible work she has done over the past 13 years! One of my primary goals will be to keep the heart and vision that she had for the organization, and to build on those successes to bring WFVJ to the next level.”

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Executive Director Wi Faith Voices

Rhonda Lindner

Interfaith Organizer

Rhonda Lindner concurrently works as the Education Director at Tikkun Ha-Ir, a partner of WIVEC. In her time at WIVEC, Rhonda has cultivated relationships with many of WIVEC’s other partners in the civic engagement landscape, as well as many interfaith and community organizations all over Wisconsin. She currently serves on committees focusing on voting rights, housing equity, racial justice, Interfaith collaboration, and Interfaith engagement.
After 27 years as an English and Spanish teacher in the northern suburbs of Chicago, Rhonda says her work with WIVEC and Tikkun Ha-Ir is "the opportunity of a lifetime, and the fruition of her goals for social justice.” She currently lives in Grafton with her husband, Rob, and her dog, Joey. She has two grown children, a daughter in Lincolnshire, Illinois, and a son in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

Board of Directors

  • Reverend Larry Sexe

    Board President

    Deerfield, WI 
    ELCA

  • Vicki Berenson

    Board Secretary

    Madison, WI 
    Society of Friends (Quaker)

  • Rev. Nick Utphall

    Madison, WI 
    ELCA

  • Rabbi Marc Berkson

    River Hills, WI
    Reform Judaism

  • Professor Charles Cohen

    Madison, WI
    Reform Judaism

  • Reverend Selena Fox

    Barneveld, WI
    Nature Spirituality (Pagan)

  • Reverend Willie Brisco

    Milwaukee, WI
    Baptist

  • Reverend Karla Renee Garcia

    Madison, WI 
    AME ​

  • Cecilia Gillhouse

    Madison, WI, Lutheran
    ELCA