Patrick Linnane, Candidate for Shorewood Village Board

Name: Patrick Linnane

Address: 1511 E. Beverly Rd.

Age: 69

Occupation: Semi-retired management consultant to nonprofits and local government. Retired as the executive director of the Planning Council for Health and Human Services. Professional experience includes six years in community planning, 13 years in government and nonprofit operations research, seven years in public administration, five years in university-based community research, seven years in education.

Education: Salvatorian Seminary, St. Nazianz, Wisconsin
High School Diploma 1962; Mt. St. Paul College, Waukesha, Wisconsin, B.A. in Philosophy and Psychology 1968; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee M.S. Ed., 1973; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Completed course work and prelims for Urban Education Ph.D. Withdrew, 1985; Villanova University Master Certificate in Six Sigma, 2011.

Family: Married to Karen Huber Linnane. Grown children, Shannon and Erin, both of whom went through Shorewood schools. Grandchildren, Mary, Rory, and Patrick. Rory graduated from Shorewood High four years ago.

How long have you lived in the village? 42 years

Have you held or run for political office? My only run for public office was for Shorewood Village Trustee in 2010, when I was elected to the Village Board.

Related experience: Elected to Shorewood Village Board 2010 
Member of the Shorewood Public Library Board
Member of the Milwaukee County Combined Community Services Board
Member and officer of the Board of Directors of Spotted Eagle, Inc.
Member and former officer of the National Association of Planning Councils