What the EEF? A look at the Elmbrook Education Foundation
This entity says they are an independent third party yet they use district resources. Also, crossover between the district and EEF have raised red flags.
The Elmbrook Education Foundation (EEF) - whose purpose is to provide scholarships to Elmbrook students and grants to Elmbrook educators and schools - has been brought to our attention. Does the EEF serve students, educators and schools or do they sometimes serve the administration or certain board members?
Some things that have been brought to our attention include:
Elmbrook Superintendent Mark Hansen sits on the EEF Executive Committee. While a cooperative relationship between the foundation and district would be expected, are boundaries in place to manage conflicts of interest?
In 2021, a Board member received an Excellence in Volunteering award (which is sponsored by the EEF) and the same year their immediate family member received a scholarship from the EEF.
Elmbrook Board Member Mushir Hassan (bottom left) receiving an award in 2021 for “Excellence in Volunteering” as part of the Medical Advisory Board 
A Director on EEF since 2019, who has been sponsoring EEF events from the business they own, was given an Excellence in a Community Partnership award (which is sponsored by the EEF) in Spring 2021. In Fall 2021, Elmbrook honored the business with a Wisconsin Association of School Boards 2021 Business Honor Roll award. As we previously covered, in January 2022, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that the EEF Director's business is paying $2 Million to settle a medicare/medicaid fraud lawsuit.
