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Summit Advisors

 

Advisors to the Economic Summit
Jay L. Smith
Co-chair
Wisconsin Economic Summit
Member and Past President
UW System Board of Regents;
CEO & Chairman
JLS Investment Group
Katharine C. Lyall
Co-chair
Wisconsin Economic Summit
President
University of Wisconsin System

Phil Albert
Secretary
Wisconsin Department of Commerce

Jennifer Alexander
Secretary
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development

Tess Arenas
Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs and Senior Advisor to the President for Multicultural Affairs
University of Wisconsin System

Roger Axtell
Author/Speaker
Member
UW Board of Regents

Todd Berry
President
Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance

Mark Bugher
Director
University Research Park
UW-Madison

Elizabeth Burmaster
State Superintendent
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Richard Carpenter
State Director
Wisconsin Technical College System Board

Jeff Crawford
Attorney General, Forest County Potawatomi Community

George Franco
Chairman & CEO, National Financial Corporation;
Chair, Council on the New Economy; Chair, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin

Guy Gottschalk
President
UW Board of Regents
President, Gottschalk Cranberry, Inc. and Biron Cranberry Co.

Jim Haney
President
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce

Wayne Harris
President
Forward Wisconsin

Bill Harvey
Executive Vice President - Generation
Alliant Energy

Tom Hefty
Chairman and CEO
Cobalt Corporation

Bill Hendee
Senior Associate Dean & Vice President
Medical College of Wisconsin

Oscar Herrera
Secretary
Wisconsin Department of Regulation & Licensing

Stan Johnson
President
Wisconsin Education Association Council

Tommie L. Jones, Jr.
Student Member
UW Board of Regents

Ralph Kauten
President and CEO
Quintessence Biosciences, Inc.

Suzanne Kelley
Manager, Government Relations
GE Medical Systems

Don Kettl
Professor
Public Affairs & Political Science
UW-Madison

Paul LaSchiazza
President
SBC/Ameritech Wisconsin

Richard Leazer
Past Chair
Wisconsin Technology and
Entrepreneurs Council

Tod Linstroth
Partner
Michael, Best & Friedrich;
Chair, Wisconsin Technology Council

 

Don Mash
Chancellor
UW-Eau Claire

Matt Miller
Division Manager
The Stark Company;
Chairman
Wisconsin Realtors Association

Fred Mohs
Partner
Mohs, MacDonald, Widder & Paradise; Member
UW Board of Regents

Roger Nacker
President
Wisconsin Economic Development Institute

James W. Nellen, II
Partner, Michael, Best & Friedrich President
Competitive Wisconsin

David Newby
President
Wisconsin AFL-CIO

Don Nichols
Director
La Follette School of Public Affairs
Professor of Economics
UW-Madison

David Olien
Senior Vice President for Administration
University of Wisconsin System

Gerard Randall
President/CEO
Private Industry Council of Milwaukee;
Member
UW Board of Regents

Kevin Reilly
Chancellor
UW-Extension

Joel Rogers
Director
Center on Wisconsin Strategy
Professor of Law and Sociology
UW-Madison

Tim Sheehy
President
Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce

Tom Still
Executive Director
Wisconsin Technology Council

Art Smith
President & CEO
Keystone Travel Services, American Express Travel

Charles Sorensen
Chancellor
UW-Stout

Richard "Moose" Speros
Secretary
Wisconsin Department of Tourism

Linda Stewart
Director
UW-Milwaukee Joint Center for Workforce Development

David Storey
Deputy Secretary
Wisconsin Department of Commerce

John Torinus, Jr.
CEO
Serigraph, Inc.

David J. Ward
President
NorthStar Economics, Inc.

Rolf Wegenke
President
Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities

Linda Weimer
Vice President for University Relations
University of Wisconsin System

Bob Weisenberg
President
Northwoods Software Development

Gary Wolter
Chairman, President & CEO
Madison Gas & Electric

Nancy Zimpher
Chancellor
UW-Milwaukee
Management Committee

Doug Bradley
Special Assistant for Summit Communications
UW-Extension

Erik Christianson
Acting Director of Communications
University of Wisconsin System

Laurie Dies
Special Assistant to the Vice President
Economic Summit Coordinator
University of Wisconsin System

Sue Gleason
Coordinator
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development

Erica Kauten
State Director
Wisconsin Small Business Development Center
UW-Extension

Richard Wegner
Special Assistant to the President
Economic Summit III
University of Wisconsin System

Dennis Winters
Vice President
Director of Research
NorthStar Economics, Inc.

Staff
Laurie S. Dies
Special Assistant to the Vice President
Economic Summit Coordinator
University of Wisconsin System

ldies@uwsa.edu
Richard Wegner
Special Assistant to the President
Economic Summit III
University of Wisconsin System

rwegner@uwsa.edu

 


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