The Milwaukee Area Technical College District Board Appointment Committee has confirmed three individuals to volunteer positions on the board. These appointments include one member newly appointed and two existing members who were reappointed.
The MATC District Board has the responsibility to ensure that MATC is meeting its commitment in increasing the potential and productivity of residents in the district through the development and delivery of high-quality educational programs consistent with current and emerging educational and labor market needs.
The following individuals were appointed to volunteer positions on the MATC District Board:
Raynetta “Ray” Hill, executive director of the Historic King Drive Business Improvement District No. 8, was appointed as an additional member.
She has served as executive director since November 2021, and was previously the district’s associate director from January 2016 to March 2018. She also worked at CommonBond Communities Wisconsin, an affordable housing nonprofit organization, and was chief operations officer at Sylvan Development LLC in Brookfield.
Hill holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and leadership from Concordia University Wisconsin, and she is a graduate of the Associates in Commercial Real Estate Program at Marquette University. In 2018, she completed Cardinal Stritch University’s African American Leadership Program.
Citlali Mendieta-Ramos was reappointed to serve the MATC Board in the employer (15+ employees) classification. Mendieta-Ramos has 20 years of experience in the culinary industry and owns Antigua Latin Restaurant LLC, where she employs several MATC graduates. She has served on the boards of the Wisconsin Restaurant Association and the Hispanic Collaborative. She is recognized as an emerging leader in our community, including as a Milwaukee Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree and a recipient of the city of West Allis and West Allis/West Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year award, among other recognitions.
Ms. Mendieta-Ramos has a Master of Business Administration from Alverno College and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has served on the MATC Culinary Arts and Management Advisory Committee since 2016 and worked as a part-time instructor at Waukesha County Technical College.
She was first appointed to the MATC District Board in 2019.
Rep. Supreme Moore Omokunde, Wisconsin State Assembly member representing District 17, was reappointed to the elected official classification. He sits on the assembly committees for Energy and Utilities, Mental Health, Regulatory Licensing Reform, Transportation, and the Legislative Council Study on Occupational Licenses.
In 2015, he was elected to the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors in a special election and was re-elected in 2016 and 2018. Before serving on the county board, Mr. Moore Omokunde worked for several community groups including the Sherman Park Community Association, where he established the Friends of Sherman Park group and helped formulate a Neighborhood Improvement District.
He was first appointed to the MATC District Board in 2022.
Their terms begin July 1, 2025, and expire June 30, 2028. The appointments were approved by the Wisconsin Technical College System Board at its May 20, 2025, meeting.
The Appointment Committee members include David Crowley, committee chair and Milwaukee County Executive; Marcelia Nicholson, chair of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors; Jeffrey Schleif, chair of the Washington County Board of Supervisors; and Lee Schlenvogt, chair of the Ozaukee County Board.
About MATC: Wisconsin’s largest technical college and one of the most diverse two-year institutions in the Midwest, Milwaukee Area Technical College is a key driver of southeastern Wisconsin’s economy and has provided innovative education in the region since 1912. More than 30,000 students per year attend the college’s four campuses and community-based sites or learn online. MATC offers affordable and accessible education and training opportunities that empower and transform lives in the community. The college offers more than 180 academic programs — many that prepare students for jobs immediately upon completion and others that provide transfer options leading to bachelor’s degrees with more than 40 four-year colleges and universities. Overwhelmingly, MATC graduates build careers and businesses in southeastern Wisconsin. The college is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.