Board Members

Jeff Kuchenbecker

Acting Board President & Treasurer

Dr. Fred Coleman

Board Vice President

Dr. Fred Coleman and Rev Blane Rader founded the Samaritan Counseling Center of Dane County, and he has been a consultant and Board Member since the first days. Fred is a Psychiatrist who works with Refugee and Immigrant War Survivors in Culturally Competent Community Based Participatory Clinical Care settings. He is a member of a Global Mental Health Learning Collective with 18 partner teams in 9 countries, which holds a monthly Webinar and a yearly Conference in Entebbe, Uganda. He was a Founding Member of Dane County Hospice, and a Board Member and Board Chair as it became Agrace Hospice. He has taught Religion and Spirituality in Mental Health Care to Residents at the University of Wisconsin Department of Psychiatry for 35 years. He is a member of First Congregational UCC Church. My life is deeply influenced by the words of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks “It is in the Face of the Other that we are most likely to see God” and the words of John A. Powell, Founder of the Othering and Belonging Institute, “a four part definition of belonging rooted in Inclusion, Recognition or Visibility, a Sense of Connection, and Empowerment”.

Rev. Lex Liberatore

Board Secretary

A life-long advocate for racial, social, economic and environmental justice, Rev. Lex serves as Pastor of First Congregational United church of Christ in Platteville. Lex has been a recipient of counseling and therapeutic care from the Samaritan Center for over ten years. He is a strong voice for spiritually-integrated therapy. Lex previously worked as a community organizer, with a focus on affordable, accessible health care, and as a tenant advocate, helping to establish one of the first Fair Housing enforcement projects in Texas.

Greg Kaldor

Greg has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Samaritan Counseling Center of Southern Wisconsin since 2018. Greg is passionate about mental health and wellness and is motivated by helping to make a meaningful difference for those seeking compassionate and professional counseling services. As a business leader in Madison over the past 35 years, Greg currently works as a consultant for IBM Global Deals, helping clients around the world transform their business through sound strategy and experience-led design, reinforcing that the best technology is ultimately used by human beings. It’s that human-centered approach that attracted him to the Samaritan board, recognizing that our mission is centered around caring for the mind, body, spirit and community. Greg and his wife Jane are both proud Badgers, have four children, and have just entered the amazing world of empty-nesting, allowing more time to helping the Center continue to grow.

Sharon Mason-Boersma

Sharon has been a dedicated member of the Board of Directors for the Samaritan Counseling Center of Southern Wisconsin since 2017. With over 25 years of experience in social work, primarily in Children, Youth, and Family Services for Kenosha and Dane Counties, she has spent her career helping families access vital resources and support. She currently works part-time with the Stoughton Resettlement Assistance Program, serving legal immigrants from Ukraine and Venezuela. In addition to Samaritan, she serves on several nonprofit boards that she believes “can make a positive difference” to those served. “I believe strongly in Samaritan’s mission, supportive and caring trained staff, and the valuable services it provides for those in need of mental health care.” During her time on the board, she has proudly witnessed the Center grow in staff and services to better meet community needs.