Staff Directory

Teen Challenge exists because of the generosity and help of many donors and volunteers. We sincerely appreciate the many volunteers that help us each and every year! May the Lord bless their efforts as we together labor in His harvest!

Rev. Craig Harper, Executive Director

Craig Harper has been working with Milwaukee Teen Challenge since 1991. Craig and his staff have been able to develop a great place on a great lake! The Milwaukee centers represent two of over 1027 Teen Challenge centers world-wide.

Craig obtained a bachelors degree in Math and Chemistry Education from Louisiana State University in 1987. He has done graduate work at Cardinal Stritch University and Marquette Graduate School of Business. In 2007, Craig was awarded a scholarship to attend classes in the Executive Education Program at Harvard Business School. He was chosen for this opportunity by members of the Harvard Business School Club of Wisconsin. He attended additional classes in 2008 and 2009 both at the business school and at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

Craig served on the National Teen Challenge Board of Directors and as a National Teen Challenge Regional Representative from 1996 to 2002. He is an ordained Assembly of God Minister and Nationally Appointed Home Missionary. He is past President, and Treasurer for the Association for Northwest Advancement, a current Board Member for "RAJ Ministries - A Foreign Missions Society", and also served at the County Executive's request on the Executive Committee for Wiser Choice. He is also a member of the U. S. Swimming Foundation, U. S. Golf Association, the Northshore Republicans, the Harvard Business School Club of Wisconsin, MIlwaukee Rotary, and Milwaukee Rotary's Partners in Education Committee.

Mrs. Judy Dooley, Associate Director

Judy Dooley came to work for Teen Challenge in 2001. Previously she worked at her husband’s law firm in Bismarck, North Dakota.

In 1973, Judy entered the Gwen Wilkerson Home for Women in Northern California. She was referred to Teen Challenge by the shelter she was staying at. After spending many years involved in drugs and alcohol she found help at Teen Challenge. Earlier this year her husband retired and they moved to Milwaukee so she could work for the center here.

The majority of her experience in the last twenty-five years has been in the different aspects of running a law firm. Judy plans to start certificate level program training in Non-Profit Management at UWM in the Fall.

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