About

Our Staff and Board of Directors

Staci Marrese-Wheeler

Staci (She/Her) is Co-Executive Director for Programming & Partnerships at Eastmorland Community Center. She has an undergraduate degree in Education and a Masters of Divinity from Moravian Theological Seminary in Bethlehem, PA. Staci also serves as pastor of the Common Grace congregation, which helped to establish ECC as a 501c3 public charitable institution. Staci has worked in the Eastmorland neighborhood since 2009. She is married to Scott and has an adult son, Sam. Her dog, Sunday, is an Australian Shepherd mix who has his own Instagram page! Staci enjoys birding, flower gardening and playing word games.

Marie Everett

Marie (She/Her) is Co-Executive Director for Fund Development and Communications. A resident of the Eastmorland neighborhood since 1997, her work in this neighborhood has included involvement at Schenk Elementary as a parent, employee, and committee chair for the Clay Stomp that created the mural near the main entrance. More recently she was a co-owner of El Jardín Infantil preschool from 2016-2024. She holds a B.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She is married to John and has an adult son, Ronan. She also has two cats, Kara and Magnus, who also have an Instagram page! Marie enjoys reading, knitting, and other artistic endeavors.

Victoria Sutton

Victoria Sutton works as a Senior Intellectual Property Manager with the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, helping to protect innovations developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 2006. Over the years, her passion for supporting education and the well-being of families has led her to volunteer with various non-profit organizations, including "Adult Role Models in Science" (17 years in various roles, including President of the Advisory Board for 6 years and Leader of the Volunteer Advisory Board for 2 years), the Schenk Elementary School PTO (President, 3 years), MMSD's Advanced Learning (AL) Task Force, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History (volunteer docent, 1.5 years), the Parent Board for Judo Jujitsu Madison, and serving as a volunteer Handler for the 501st Legion (10 years).

Jason Compton

Jason Compton joined the ECC board in 2023 and currently serves as its Secretary. Through his artistic efforts as Producer for Madison Shakespeare Company, he has been involved with ECC's predecessors since 2016. His areas of focus on the ECC board include arts incubation and investments.

Breanna Illéné

Rev. Breanna Illéné is the Director of Ecumenical Innovation and Justice Initiatives at the Wisconsin Council of Churches. She has lived in the Eastmorland neighborhood for 10 years and served on the Eastmorland Community Association for 6 years. Her family recently began attending Common Grace (the church that meets at the ECC) after they kept ending up in the building for neighborhood events. She loves spending time outdoors, building community, drinking coffee, reading, and spending time with her 2 kids, spouse, and pitbull.