Richard Sneider, CFA, CIPM
Chief Investment Officer,
Board of Commissioners of Public Lands

Rich Sneider is a native of Wausau, Wisconsin and earned a Master of Science degree in Finance and Real Estate at UW-Madison before starting a banking career in Chicago. Following that mistake in judgement, he moved back to Madison to start a real estate investment company focused on historic renovation. Mr. Sneider was recruited by the State of Wisconsin – Board of Commissioners of Public Lands in 2010, and has been Chief Investment Officer of the $1.4 billion Common School Fund for the past 14 years. Richard is a Charterholder in the CFA Institute and has earned the Dane County Award for Historic Preservation.

Monica Treptow
School Library Media Education Consultant, Library Services Team, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Monica Treptow began work as the School Library Media Education Consultant at the DPI in July of 2017. This role includes supporting school librarians and administrators navigating library planning, Common School Funds, Intellectual Freedom, and all things connecting libraries to the wider school community! Monica’s prior experience includes twelve years as a K-12 library media specialist and district leader. She has a Master of Arts in Library and Information Science from the University of Wisconsin Madison, as well as a Master of Education from the University of Wisconsin LaCrosse. Monica believes school libraries hold critical, irreplaceable value for all students and school communities!