About Milwaukee AHEC

The Milwaukee AHEC service area includes four metropolitan (Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, and Waukesha) and one non-metropolitan Walworth) county in the southeast corner of the state, with a service area of 1,958 square miles and a total population of approximately 1.75 million (32% of the state’s population).  The population breakdown for the city of Milwaukee, where the majority of Milwaukee AHEC’s services are concentrated, is 12% Latino, 45.4% White, 37.3% African American, 2.9% Asian and 1.4% other.  Over 20% of the residents are below the poverty level, and the city has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the nation.  The area also has an increasing number of new immigrants from Russia and Eastern Europe with limited English proficiency.  There are five Community Health Centers operating 11 delivery sites in the region serving the homeless and other vulnerable populations.  The region also includes one new service delivery site in Racine to be operated by the Beloit CHC and one Critical Access Hospital (Lake Geneva.)

Contacts:

Milwaukee AHEC
2224 W. Kilbourn
Milwaukee, WI 53233
Phone: (414) 344-0675
Fax: (414) 344-0677

Brenda Gray
Center Director
(414) 344-0675 Ext. 229
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Melanie Berg 
Office & Grants Manager
(414) 344-0675 Ext. 221

Suzanne Letellier
Program Manager
(414) 344-0675 Ext. 224

Jackie Martin
Program Assistant
(414) 344-0675 Ext. 231

Sherri Ohly
WI Arthritis Program Coordinator
(414) 344-0675 Ext. 226

Virginia Thomas
Consultant, CHIP Coordinator
(414) 344-0675 Ext. 225

Pam Geis
Consultant, Health Promotion Specialist
WI Diabetes Prevention & Control Program
(262) 677-0555

Last Updated on August 3, 2011