Meet the Board of Education

Each Board Member serves a three-year term. Members are elected positions, or appointed if a board vacancy occurs.

• Tracy Hennes, President
• Scott Henke, Vice President
• Bill Savage, Clerk
• Jeff Becker, Treasurer
• Craig Westfall, Deputy Clerk/Treasurer

Tracy Hennes, President

2010 - present
Current Term: April 2017 - April 2020
tracy.hennes@huhs.org

Tracy Hennes was appointed to the Board of Education in August, 2010. She has 18 years of experience working in Wisconsin Public Schools and county services for children.  Tracy has a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership from Marian University and a Master’s of Science in Speech Language Pathology from Marquette University and is a certified yoga instructor and health coach.

Tracy has lived in the Hartford Union High School District for most of her life. She and her husband, Matt Hennes, have three children Logan, Delaney, and Connor currently attending HUHS and Richfield School. Tracy’s children are a third generation of family to be HUHS graduates.

Tracy and her family are active in community recreation, sports clubs, and volunteering, including 4H, Girl Scouts, Hartford United Soccer Club, and Northbrook Church. Tracy owns a natural health and wellness business and enjoys hiking, yoga, interval training, reading, tweaking recipes, and tending to the family’s pets and small hobby farm. Tracy’s favorite quote for life is “Do all things with love”.

Scott Henke, Vice President

Elected 2018
Current Term: April 2018-April 2021
scott.henke@huhs.org

Scott Henke was elected to the Board in April 2018. He is an HUHS alumnus and the Executive Director of the Chamber of Commerce. Both of his children are HUHS graduates.

Scott was born in Hartford, and graduated from HUHS in 1981. He holds degrees from UW Washington County and UW Oshkosh. After college, his first job was teaching ballroom dance lessons at Fred Astaire Studios in Bloomington, MN! He has also held positions at the Milwaukee Metro YMCA, as mid-management in local industry, and was the Director of Training and Education at PJ's Dental Lab. Scott has also served as Mayor and 1st District Alderperson.

Scott lives in the city he loves with his wife, Laura, and their two sons Nolan and Grant.

Jeff Becker, Treasurer

Elected 2018
Current Term: April 2018-April 2021
jeff.becker@huhs.org

Jeff Becker is currently Board President in the Hartford Joint 1 School District and is a manager at our Hartford WalMart. He is married and has a current HUHS sophomore and an incoming 2018 HUHS freshman. 

Bill Savage, Clerk 

2013 - present
Current Term: April 2016 - April 2019
bill.savage@huhs.org

Bill is married to Tina Savage, and together they have four children. He has lived in Hartford since 2002. Bill holds degrees in Economics and Psychology from UW-Oshkosh. He is the Past President of The Hartford Area Taxpayer’s Association and has been a Legislative Aide in the Wisconsin Assembly since 2004. Bill currently has a student at HUHS.

Craig Westfall, Deputy Clerk/Treasurer

Current Term: (October 2018) April 2016 - April 2019
craig.westfall@huhs.org

Craig Westfall is a UW-Platteville graduate and is currently is a Sales Engineer at Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. in Mayville, WI. Craig is a Jack Russell Memorial Library Board Trustee, involved in Boy Scouts with his sons, and served on the HUHS Strategic Planning Committee and the HUHS Safety and Security Team.

Craig is married with three boys, a senior at HUHS, and 8th grader at Central Middle School, and a 5th grader at Lincoln Elementary School.