Tim CullenTim Cullen was born and raised in Janesville, Wisconsin. Cullen graduated from UW-Whitewater with a major in political science and a minor in history. The first election he won was to the Janesville City Council in 1970. Four years later, Cullen was lected to the state senate as a Democrat at the age of thirty. He went on to become Senate Majority Leader from 1982 to 1987, and in 1987 he became Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services under Governor Tommy Thompson. Cullen took a job in 1988 with Blue Cross and worked with them for the next 20 years. He served a term on the School District of Janesville School Board from 2007 to 2010. In 2010, he decided to run for his old senate seat. He was elected and served until 2015. Today Cullen still lives in Janesville and spends his time working with the three foundations he started. Cullen will equally split all profits from this book to the Janesville Multicultural Teachers Scholarship Fund, which he started in 2008, and Beloit's similar scholarship program, Grow Your Own. The sole purpose of these programs is to raise money for college scholarships for students and adults of color. The goal is to support those students who wish to become teachers and are willing to return to Janesville or Beloit to teach. The goal of the foundations is to make the teacher corps look more like the students they teach. Read More Read Less