Southeastern Community College Alumni Association | Distinguished Alumnus Award 2010
Martha Wolf earned her Associate of Arts degree from SCC in 1969.
As co-owner of the Ivy Bake Shoppe and Café, Wolf opened the first location in downtown Fort Madison in 1995 and a second location in West Burlington in 2002. The Ivy Bake Shoppe & Café was featured in Time magazine in 2000, in the Chicago Tribune in 2003 and she published the Ivy Bake Shoppe Cookbook in 2007.
Wolf was a member of the State Advisory Board for small business for five years and served as President for two of those years. Martha received “Citizen of the Year’ in Fort Madison in 1990. She was awarded the “Woman of Distinction” award in Fort Madison in 1996. She served on the Fort Madison School Board for nine years and was President for three of those years. She is President of the Downtown Riverfront Business District and donates time and talent to many community activities. She is also very active in St. John’s United Church of Christ.
