Dan brings a steady, thoughtful approach to school board leadership, focused on accountability and responsible oversight. Your support helps build trust and ensure careful decision-making for our schools.
Support can take many forms — requesting a yard sign, volunteering, or spreading the word. Introducing Dan to friends and neighbors and staying engaged makes a real difference.
Hear from Supporters
"I am writing on behalf of my husband, Dan Stemper, who is running for School Board in Wauwatosa. Dan is an incredible person. Honest, authentic, and driven to reach the best possible solutions. He learned about all matters fiscal, and developed amazing problem solving skills as President of his family business at the T. H. Stemper Company. He also is dedicated to volunteering in the city through the St. Vincent De Paul Society. He wants to help serve the Tosa community by using his desire to help Teachers, Students, and Staff, and assist in district transparency in all respects. He certainly had a front row seat watching me work as a School Psychologist all those years, and knows all too well how Tosa teachers and staff go beyond expectations and make many sacrifices of time to help our students."
Kathleen Stemper, Wife and Retired Wauwatosa School Psychologist of 30+ Years
"I have known Dan for only a few years, but in that time, he has made a strong impression on me.
We are both volunteers with the St. Vincent de Paul Society, which means that we regularly visit the poor who request our help. In that role, Dan has shown repeatedly that he never gives up. If one method doesn't work, he comes up with another, making multiple phone calls, going beyond what a volunteer would normally do, until that neighbor in need is served.
This is all done with his calm, measured approach, which makes cooperation with others occur naturally.
You can be confident that whatever he promises in this campaign, he will work hard to accomplish. There will be no empty promises."
Bob Friday, President of the Gesu Parish Conference - St. Vincent De Paul Society
“We grew up neighbors with the Stemper family, and I’ve had the pleasure of watching this beautiful family navigate life’s lowest lows and highest highs. Early on, Dan emerged as a natural-born leader and helped build TH Stemper and Co. into a successful, fiscally sound business. Dan is a man of a strong moral compass and a strong head for business. He understands the inner workings of education and public service through his wife, a lifelong school psychologist. This combination makes him a perfect candidate — a driven leader with a head for business and a heart for advocacy for children and staff. A vote for Dan for school board is a vote for a stronger, better education for students in Wauwatosa.”
Julia Dubs, Family Friend
"I was delighted to learn Dan would consider running for the Wauwatosa School Board. I was honored to sign his nominating papers and now want to express my wholehearted endorsement of his candidacy. I’ve known Dan and Kathy for 25 years, or more, and have admired them from the get-go. They are intelligent, thoughtful, kind and committed to the highest ideals of integrity and all day, every day it’s “do it well or not at all. Dan is a retired business executive, experienced in decision making, budget and planning, and all things fiscal. His professional life has been all about long range planning and day-to-day problem solving. I can’t imagine a better qualified person to participate in protecting the enterprise I have given my life to and planning for its future."
Joe Daley
“As a Tosa resident for 30+ years, I am honored to support Dan Stemper for the 2026 Wauwatosa School Board race. Dan brings with him years of financial experience from his career with a successful family business. He is a man of strong, deep character balanced with a sense of humor. Dan is committed to oversight and accountability in the Tosa school system, always centering the concerns and interests of Tosa children and community needs. His wife Kathleen worked in the Tosa schools, so he knows the system’s history while also bringing future needs to the fore.”
Susan Mountin, Ph.D.